DETROIT — A northern Michigan man who prosecutors say called for putting Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi s head on a stick faces being jailed indefinitely Monday in a federal criminal case involving
‘Drug dealer in a white coat,’ doctor sent to prison for illegal opioid prescriptions
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
A Grand Rapids doctor was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 12, to federal prison for illegally prescribing controlled substances. (MLive File Photo)Shutterstock
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A former Grand Rapids physician was called a “drug dealer in a white coat” for prescribing opioids that were sold on the street.
Dr. Richard Samuel Piazza, 63, pleaded guilty to three charges of unlawfully writing prescriptions for controlled substances such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, two of the drugs behind the nation’s opioid crisis.
U.S. District Judge Janet Neff on Tuesday, Jan. 12, sentenced Piazza to nearly six years in prison, to be followed by three years on supervised release.
‘Terrified? You should be:’ West Michigan man gets prison for threats to congressman
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
A West Michigan man has been sentenced to prison for threatening voicemails left for a U.S. congressman. (MLive File Photo)
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KALAMAZOO, MI – A Van Buren County man was sentenced to prison Friday, Dec. 18, for leaving threatening voicemails for U.S. Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson, D-Georgia, over gun legislation.
Martin Dale Osborn of Bangor also left threatening messages for two other federal officials, a federal prosecutor said.
Osborn pleaded guilty as charged to threatening a federal official.
U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney sentenced Osborn to one year, one day in federal prison. He said those who make sure threats “must understand the likelihood that they’re going to serve some time in incarceration is significant.”
This photo combo shows from top left, Kaleb Franks, Brandon Caserta, Adam Dean Fox, and bottom left, Daniel Harris, Barry Croft, and Ty Garbin. (Kent County Sheriff via AP File)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (CN) Five of the six men accused of scheming to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleaded not guilty before a federal judge Thursday after a grand jury found the night before there was enough evidence to indict them.
The indictment returned late Wednesday did not add additional charges against the men but a chilling detail emerged: one defendant, Brandon Caserta, allegedly sent a message to the others saying they should give law enforcement one chance to retreat from any confrontation and then kill the officers if they refused.