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  • Former Tennis Coach Accused of Molesting Michigan Girls

    Christopher Pearson, a 49-year-old current resident of Marco Island, Florida, originally lived in the Lansing area in Michigan. He worked as a tennis coach at both Lansing Catholic High School and Michigan State University. Although Pearson has relocated to Florida since 2011, the police here in Michigan are determined to ensure that he face charges…

  • Victory for the Family Defense Center in Three Civil Rights Cases

    The Family Defense Center is a non-profit organization that focuses on advocating for justice for families whose children have been removed by overzealous child welfare systems. According to their website, a great many parents around the U.S. “lose custody of their children to state foster care systems primarily because they are poor or because they…

  • Rescued Baby Forgotten By Dad in Hot Car

    A young father may be faced with charges for having forgotten his baby daughter in the car on a hot day in Jackson, Michigan. The incident took place at about 4 pm on August 9th, which is about 1 hour after the hottest time of day according to the farmer’s almanac. The father, a 21-year-old,…

  • Pokemon Go Results in CPS Intervention

    Unless you have been camping in the Upper Peninsula without cell service for over a month now, you have probably heard about the Pokemon Go craze that has taken the world by storm. There have been news reports of people walking off cliffs, strolling in front of moving cars, and breaking into private property in…

  • Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare – Helping Hand, or Racial Bias? 2

    Having looked at the concern that several people have expressed regarding the way in which predictive analytics may be violating civil rights when used improperly in the criminal justice system, we’re now moving on to talk about how predictive analytics would affect the fairness of child welfare. In July of 2015, the County of Los…

  • 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…