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  • Man Going To Prison For Threatening CPS Worker Who Removed His Kids

    32-year-old Jason Paul Arnold has been sentenced to serve 5 years in prison after he threatened to start “World War III” with Child Protective Services workers who were in the process of removing his children from his custody.   According to police records, Arnold threatened the CPS workers as they were escorting his children out…

  • CPS Petition Denied – Mother Found Innocent By Jury

    A CPS petition to remove three little girls from the custody of their parent’s home in Grand Haven was recently denied.  A jury found their mother not guilty of improper supervision after a three day trial in Ottawa County Family Court.   Steve Wagasky, the biological father of the youngest child, was removed from the…

  • Changing Medical Marijuana Laws Prompt A Reexamination Of CPS Policies?

    Despite the fact that the federal government has completely prohibited marijuana, medical or otherwise, there are now 20 states, including Michigan, that have approved marijuana for medical purposes.  There are also 17 states that have effectively “decriminalized” the possession of small quantities of marijuana for personal use.   But while many view these changes as…

  • Murder Suicide Leaves Orphaned 6-Year-Old In CPS Care

    In the early hours of the morning on May 29th, neighbors woke up to the sound of a weeping child in the street. The little boy was a 6-year-old resident of Lansing’s southside. Neighbors who found him called 911, unsure of what was wrong or why he was roaming the streets at 1am. The child…

  • Court Of Appeals: CPS Workers In Calista Springer Case Are Immune From Lawsuits

    The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling by a St. Joseph County Circuit judge which denied a request by two CPS workers to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them in 2010. The lawsuit was filed by Suzanne Langdon, the grandmother of 16-year-old Calista Springer, who died in the 2008 fire that destroyed her…

  • Parents Charged With Murder, Now Facing Possible Termination Of Parental Rights

    Mio Campbell and Aki Dillard, parents of the deceased 6-year-old boy, Elijah Dillard, are currently facing murder charges for the death of their son. But they are now also faced with the potential termination of their parental rights, with regard to their other three surviving children. Thier three remaining children are in state custody while…

  • Mother & Grandmother Arrested For Posting Video Of Child Abuse On Facebook

    Police have arrested Demitria Latrion Powell, a 28 year old resident of Flint, MI along with 42 year old Uteas Michelle Taylor, and a 39 year old man named Stefon Tirrell Felton. The trio have been arrested after administering a beating to Powell’s 11 year old son and then posting the video clip to Facebook.…