We ll do this until the money runs out, Detroit police chief said. We re not going to stop looking. I don t know the outcome, but I know the effort will be there. Search begins Wednesday.
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Detroit A Wayne County judge denied prosecutors request Friday to reverse his decision earlier this month to grant bond to a man accused of killing a Detroit police officer, saying the defendant is not a flight risk or danger to society.
Judge Lawrence Talon s April 1 ruling in the case of Eddie Ray-Jr. Johnson prompted protests and sharp criticism from Detroit police; Johnson is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the June 2, 2019, shooting death of Detroit police Sgt. Elaine Williams, his domestic partner.
Talon s April 1 ruling ordered the defendant released on a tether because of an undisclosed medical condition, reducing the defendant’s bond from remand status to a $100,000/10% bond. Police chief James Craig and other officers called the judge s decision cowardly.
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A Michigan inmate deserves the right to a possible new trial for a slaying that a self-professed hit man allegedly confessed to committing, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
Thelonious Searcy, 41, was convicted in 2005 of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of Jamal Segars as he sat in traffic near the Coleman A. Young Airport on the city’s east side Sept. 5, 2004.
Searcy is serving life in prison at the Thumb Correctional Facility where, his attorney says, he s been infected twice with COVID-19.
The attorney, Michael Dezsi, said Thursday that whether or not Searcy gets a new trial or the conviction is dismissed will be up to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.