Category: Criminal Charges

  • 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…

  • Mom Sentenced To Prison For Accidentally Smothering Baby

    Although this incident took place in the Upper Peninsula where our firm doesn’t often practice, we would still like to share it with you as it is a situation that could happen anywhere. In this case, the tragedy took place in Ishpeming, to a mother of eight. According to court records, 37-year-old Nicole Christensen was…

  • Woman Charged For Giving Alcohol To a Toddler

    64-year-old Deborah A. Holloway of Muskegon has been charged with child abuse for allegedly giving alcohol to a child that she was caring for. Based on the fat that she has a substantial criminal record, Holloway may end up behind bars for more than a decade, if convicted. According to Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor…

  • Missing Port Huron Boy Found, Father Arrested

    39-year-old Douglas Edwin Ball Jr., a resident of Port Huron, MI, is facing very serious charges for the alleged kidnapping of his young son and the possible murder of his son’s mother. Authorities say that there are still many details that they have to work out, and the case is still under investigation, but the…

  • 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…

  • CPS Takes Baby Found in Home With Dead Women

    Genesee County Children’s Protective Services (Michigan CPS workers) were called to the scene of a suspected double murder recently, where investigating police officers found two dead women and one unharmed baby.   The incident took place in Flint at about 9:30 in the evening on Tuesday, April 19th. Responding officers arrived at the Ridgecrest Village…

  • 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…