Bond revoked for father charged with neglect of seriously injured baby
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RICHMOND, Ind. An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for a father accused of neglecting his then-4-month-old daughter, who was catastrophically injured.
Matthew J. Shaffer, 28, is wanted after his bond was revoked. Shaffer failed to appear at a Superior Court 2 hearing this week about the bond revocation, and Judge Gregory Horn revoked the bond and ordered the arrest warrant.
Shaffer and Casey Renee Miller, 27, are both charged with five counts of neglect of a dependent, one as a Level 1 felony, three as Level 3 felonies and one as a Level 6 felony. The four more serious charges resulted from injuries, including a brain injury, a fractured rib, a broken arm and retinal damage, sustained by their daughter, and the fifth charge is for failing to promptly seek medical care.
Adrian Brown had been sentenced for a separate crime the week before he allegedly abducted a former girlfriend in Warren. She was found safe several hours later.
Wayne County left extradition firm unpaid for months over contract mix-up
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Detroit A company that transports inmates and witnesses for the Wayne County Prosecutor s Office has waited nearly a year to get paid for about $26,000 in work done in April and May of last year because of a contract mix-up.
Prosecutor Kym Worthy s office had a contract with Tennessee-based U.S. Corrections LLC for the company to transport inmates and witnesses who are in police custody from other jurisdictions in the U.S. to Wayne County.
The contract expired on March 31, 2020. The next day, Worthy s former chief financial officer, Rosalyn Gibson, retired.
Racial harassment, white supremacist propaganda on the rise in Michigan
Posted May 07, 2021
People march downtown Detroit during the Stop Asian Hate, Support Asian American and Immigrants protest and vigil held in remembrance of the Atlanta spa shootings that left eight people dead on Saturday March 21, 2021 in Detroit. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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White supremacist propaganda and racial harassment are continuing an upward trend in Michigan.
The Anti-Defamation League, a nonprofit watchdog group, reported a 240% increase in antisemitic incidents in the last five years. White supremacist groups are also stepping up efforts to recruit young men across Michigan.
“I’m very, very worried about how comfortable people are feeling with antisemitism in our country,” said Carolyn Normandin, regional director of ADL Michigan.
Man charged in strangulation death of his mother while on probation for domestic violence
Updated May 06, 2021;
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI – A Dearborn Heights man is charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his mother, which occurred while he was on probation related to a previous domestic violence incident with the same victim, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Ibtisam Field, 73, of Dearborn Heights, died at her home on Tuesday, May 4, allegedly at the hands of her son, 45-year-old Aaron Samir Akel, the news release said. This is not the first time Akel has been accused of assaulting his mother.