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  • Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare – Helping Hand, or Racial Bias? 1

    In 2014, then-Attorney General to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Eric Holder, expressed open concern about the use of predictive analytics in the criminal justice system. For those of you who haven’t encountered this term before, predictive analytics refers to an advanced form of analytics, which is used to make predictions about unknown future events. Predictive…

  • Pilot Program To Keep Michigan Families Together Is Working

    If there is one thing we are adamant about, it is the fact that parents should be entitled to raise their children as they see fit, not as the government decides they should. This sentiment has been echoed by parents all over the nation, especially those who have battled CPS to maintain their parental rights.…

  • CPS Investigation Part of Multi-layered Criminal Accusations

    A CPS investigation into an Albion family last year was part of a strange, unraveling criminal investigation, full of pointed fingers and allegations of criminal activity.   Norman Pittelkow and his wife, Nicole Jacob were targeted by Homeland Security Investigations, a department of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They were accused of producing, and…

  • Four Children Found Alone in Detroit Home, Dehydrated

    CPS was contacted recently about four children that were found alone and allegedly dehydrated in an overheated Detroit home. The story, which made media headlines, paints a picture of child abandonment and neglect, but that is often not a complete picture.   According to Detroit Police, officers were summoned to a house on Faust Avenue…

  • Burton Mother Suspected of Child Endangerment DUI

    The term ‘child endangerment’ is somewhat self explanatory – it refers to a situation or a specific act that endangers a child’s well being. Under Michigan law “child endangerment” is almost exclusively used in reference of a person putting a child in danger by driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol with a child in…

  • 7-Year-Old Shoots Father With High Powered Rifle

    The majority of accidental shooting cases involving children, are usually instances where one child shoots another with a gun that they should not have had access to. It is, however, rare to hear about a child who has shot an adult with a rifle, and what makes this case even stranger is the fact that…

  • Boy Begs Judge: Please Don’t Let My Mom Out Of Jail

    A 39-year-old woman, who is currently serving out a one year jail sentence for sexually assaulting her 11-year-old son, has petitioned the court for early release for good behavior. But her son, the victim, has also petitioned the court, begging the Judge to keep his mother behind bars for as long as possible.   In…

  • The Story of Ryker James-LaRoy McEvers

    On a Facebook page entitled fight.cps.false.allegations, Jennafer McEvers shares her and her daughter’s heartbreaking story of their battle with CPS, and their fight to keep Jennafer’s tiny preemie grandson, Ryker James-LaRoy McEvers.   Ryker was born 14 weeks early via cesarean section to Danielle McEvers. At birth, he weighed a single pound. But before being…

  • Mom Arrested, Daughter in CPS Custody

    Michelle Marie Andrews, the 47-year-old mother who chose not to surrender her daughter to Child Protective Services and instead fled the area, has been arrested. Her daughter, a 3-year-old named Arianna Rene’e Andrews, was found safe at a relative’s house, and has since been taken into the custody of the state.   According to police…

  • Missing Child Report Results in CPS Investigation

    In Canton, Michigan, a missing child report from a frantic parent has resulted in Child Protective Services opening an investigation into the family. Police reports say the incident that started the ball rolling took place in a Home Depot store, where a father who was shopping suddenly realized that he could not locate his son.…