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  • Police Chief Says 4-Year-Old’s Death Wasn’t An Accident

    4-year-old Ivy Yurkus was rushed to the hospital, where she lived for a few hours with severe stomach pains, before passing away. In the wake of her death, investigators have looked into her condition and her injuries, and determined that she was most likely the victim of child abuse. The Roseville Police Chief, James Berlin,…

  • CPS to Terminate Parental Rights in Female Genital Mutilation Cases?

    If you are regular reader of our blog, or pretty much any news media in the state, then you’re already aware of the Michigan-based female genital mutilation cases that have caused uproar of late. The result, besides a good deal of media coverage, has been for local legislators to draft hurried bills outlawing the practice,…

  • 5 Adults Charged After Child is Burned in ‘Deplorable’ Home

    A tragic accident involving a 4-year-old boy and a butane torch has turned into criminal charged for his parents, evictions for five people, and CPS involvement. The events that led to this sad outcome began over a month ago, with a little boy playing with something he found in his messy house… According to police…

  • Female Genital Mutilation To Be Outlawed in Michigan?

    The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been raging through the media like wildfire over the last few weeks. Ever since three people in Michigan, two of whom are doctors, have been charged with performing this illegal procedure on minors here in the Mitten state, it has been the topic of choice for news…

  • Calhoun County Dad Leaves Baby in Car While Visiting Strip Club

    A Calhoun County father has been arrested for allegedly leaving his young child in the car while he spent time visiting a Battle Creek area strip club. He is now facing charges, although he claims it isn’t what it looks like. According to police records, three men at the club stepped outside to have a…

  • Two New Arrests in Michigan Genital Mutilation Case

    It’s only been a couple of weeks since we shared with you a story about a Michigan-based doctor who is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly performing genital mutilation on underage girls. However, since then new charges have been brought against another Michigan doctor and his wife who are accused of engaging in this same…

  • Abuse or Tradition: Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision

    Last week we shared with you the story of a Michigan doctor who is accused of performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on a number of young girls in the name of tradition and religion. As is often the case when stories of a controversial nature become public, people on all sides step up to the…

  • Domestic Violence and CPS: Points to Consider

    Domestic Violence, sometimes called domestic assault, can result in criminal charges and a host of other unwanted consequences for the people involved. From court costs, fines, time spent in jail, attorney’s fees and the possibility of a criminal conviction, domestic violence charges are no joke. But what many people don’t realize is that domestic violence…

  • Michigan Doctor Charged For Female Genital Mutilation Practices

    Female Genital Mutilation is something that the average American only hears about in news about other countries. In fact, it’s neither customary, nor legal to alter the genitalia of an underaged girl here in the US, and so it simply isn’t something that makes the local news very often. Yet, if Homeland Security and Child…

  • CPS and Animal Control to Work Hand-in-Hand?

    When the average person thinks about CPS, they don’t usually also think about dogs and cats and possibly gerbils. Nor does the average person associate Animal Control with children (unless they are a parent making jokes after a very difficult day!) Either way, these are not two agencies that are commonly linked in their work…