It is now . Far from it, at Listening Tours, she told the audience that if she found a public administrator was up to no good, she would have no compunction in firing that person.Of course not. These charges have surfaced over the last year or so, and have only driven the total number of public corruption cases that can be accounted for in the last four years. Sometimes, after a salacious bit of information is published, all the OpEd scribes line up to give their two penneth. True to form, it was a downright bizarre four hours during which our summary of findings was received with moments which ran the gamut between receptive and defensive. With more likely in the works, it is important to note that strong local journalism, citizen involvement in local government and an understanding of who is being elected can help reduce corruption cases. On the morning of March 25, I paused to watch Nessels presser on Facebook. But then, these families could not get moveon.org to tweet a single word about them and, despite the complete eradication of their loved ones civil rights, the Detroit office of the ACLU told them to stick it. SF corruption scandal widens: Two business leaders charged with bribing City Hall official. The Kirks formed a professional guardianship company and gave it the name Caring Hearts a more palatable title but no less vicious than their Macomb County predecesssor,ADDMS Guardianship Services. One attorney who did described sanctions and threats of Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaints from both the PAs and the judges. Smiths felony charges from the Michigan Attorney Generals Office are all in relation to alleged misuse of forfeiture funds. In total, there have been at least 32 public corruption charges since 2016 in Southeastern Michigan that involve either an elected official or a public employee. Jeff Chiu/Associated Press. In January 2005, Valerga was charged with two counts of violating the civil rights of his victims, and two counts of false imprisonment. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. Theiralleged victims number in the high thousands of Michigan's most vulnerable senior and developmentally disabled citizens, each declared legally incapacitated wards and placed under a court-appointed guardianship and conservatorship. Only the Detroit News was at all interested. All of them showed shocking financial malfeasance. Those officers have since been fired. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? Public corruption occurs when anyone who works for the . For months, the president had been saying you can't trust absentee, mail-in ballots so his base was not using it. The Istanbul Center hosted a discussion Jan. 19 with Ali Winston, one of the authors of The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and . Required fields are marked *. Chris Busch did whatever he wanted and H. Lee Busch's money protected him. Rather than address the serious issues Chief Kirkpatrick raised, the city of Oakland, through Mayor Libby Schaaf and the members ofpolice commission, fired the most progressive police chief in the citys history for blowing the whistle on the commissions misconduct, said her attorney R. James Slaughter of the law firm of Keker Van Nest & Peters, in a statement. Four years ago, Trump won among the 1,182 votes there53%-40%, with 6% split between Johnson and Stein. In 2015, the Superior Court in Alameda County, California, quietly destroyed the criminal case files for three former Oakland police officers, known as the Riders, who stood trial for beating, falsely arresting, and framing dozens of African American men in the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Appeal has learned. And legal experts say that destroying records of police misconduct, even if authorized by state statute, may conflict with the constitutional rights of defendants. ", ames Ryan Jr.'s company Public Affairs Associates (PAA) has longstanding ties to Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer and was among the, Gretchen Rachel Hammond is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based out of Chicago. Still, as Rossman-McKinneys stock climbed ever higher, the Elder Abuse Task Force set out to boldly go where two other Task Forces had never gone before. Hes part of a case there right now. Throughout the trials, the Oakland Police Departments internal culture was examined in detail, as were political decisions by city leaders to undertake a zero tolerance crackdown on drug dealers, which community activistsand even the Oakland police unionblamed for stoking violence by street cops. The Friend of the Court workers are not accurate in their reporting of the facts and they are defrauding children and their parents of justice. Its the easiest job in the world for Nessel; like telling Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York that she cant be a Duchess because all those weight watchers commercials were a bridge too far. This is producing unnecessary drama and complications so at this point Im asking you to skip efforts to attend. On Nov. 16, 2000, Officer Harper was acquitted of all charges after a month-long trial. They asked you to jump and, instead of backing me, you did.. With millions of those votes cast in the weeks before Election Day, it entirely changed the face of the campaign, and Avery wonders whetherit won't change things for good. But he won three more counties than Clinton did and did better in those he didn't win than Clinton did in a state known to be more Democratic-leaning than Republican in presidential elections. Biden, the former vice presidentwho won Michigan 50.6%-47.9%, won the presidency Saturday morning after the Associated Press called the race in Pennsylvania, giving him 284 Electoral College votes, with 270needed to win the presidency, and delivering him a state that, like Michigan and Wisconsin, were key to Trump's victory in 2016 and played a vital role in defeating him this year. It would be a long shot. I was floored. He fought back and ended up with a reprimand. Theres a reason for why this story is on my personal blog and not a mainstream outlet. Read more onMichigan politics and sign up for ourelections newsletter. Evidence Room: 248-858-5062. However, some legal experts, including Cordell and Stanford University law professor Robert Weisberg, believe that records of police prosecutions should be maintained longer because they also constitute official histories of institutional corruption. On the other hand, what happened this year with the Detroit Free Presstook the prize andwas a gut-punch to what had been my rose-tinted view of the profession. My advice is to contact the Macomb County Bar Association, the Michigan State Police or the FBI." First time I can remember I've tried to report a crime and no one has . Four take plea deals in wild Brentwood homicide where victim, suspects shot each other, Feds charge two with robbing two San Francisco banks during the same day, One dead, another wounded in Oakland shooting, Prosecution wraps case in Alex Murdaugh murder trial. It would, therefore, not serve our goals for publication at all to provide you with the requested documents at this time, I concluded. He is guardian of her eldest son, Clarence. Data were assembled from public records filed with the financial and police departments in each city or county and excluded payments less than $1,000. Some voters are unwilling to admit they are voting for him. After all, less than a week after Nessels office asked to meet with me, the Detroit-area Task Force raided the Taylor, Michigan City Hall and the Attorney General herself released a note congratulating them. But it was 56%-45%. But, I keptthe name of the Free Press out of requests for interviews. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly 75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout . I emailed my editor again with no response. Angela Ruggiero covers criminal justice and the Alameda County Superior Court. The department remains under a federal judges authority and bound by a settlement agreement that details numerous reforms. took a deep dive into the state's regions, their voting trends and their importance in electing statewide candidates. SAN FRANCISCO Three Bay Area men, including a justice activist who billed himself as a youth mentor just 11 days after . Former LAPD officer Rafael Perez was convicted in 2000 on state felony charges for stealing eight pounds of cocaine from an evidence locker. In addition to members of the Detroit City Council being investigated for possible crimes related to public corruption tied to City towing policies, so are three members of the Detroit Police Department. Kirkpatrick was also recently criticized in her handling of the police fatal shooting of a homeless man, Joshua Pawlik, who was found armed and sleeping in 2018. Peter Wielhouwer, associate professor of political science and director of the Institute for Government and Politics at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, said the fact of early voting blunted Trump's aggressive campaigning in the last few weeks in Michigan. Oakland, California CNN Four police chiefs in 10 days. The reforms that Nessel, alongside Michigan Supreme Court Justices Richard Bernstein and Megan Cavanaugh, proposed that morning all stemmed from issues I had brought up in the meeting with Teter as well as Catallos reporting and ones which were clearly laid out in an updated 2019 federal Qui Tam lawsuit brought by Ann Arbor attorney Bradley Geller. The second trials of Mabanag and Siapno also ended in hung juries. "He (Trump) grew his base considerably. As we moved on to Medicaid fraud allegedly committed by the public administrators, I was asked what bearing it had on the investigation. The sole remaining court record of the Riders case is related to officer Frank Vazquez, known to his fellow officers as Choker because he frequently grabbed people by their necks. Ex-Macomb County official Anthony Marrocco's sentencing on corruption charges has been delayed again, according to court records. Or one of the cases that had the DPOA that was ignored to see if we could file a motion to terminate. The women turned out to be undercover Alameda County sheriffs deputies running a sting operation. Chapter 3: Law and Order - LBP. Theres a reason why this story is my last as a journalist. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! They always left with no result. Under the Brady rule, prosecutors must disclose material that might help the defense, including information that undermines the credibility of state witnesses. Whether I received my answers from Nessel in the form of an official comment or not, the AG herself had ordered the meeting. After all, they were out of state, But I never thought it would be. Other allegations of misconduct, according to the lawsuit, are commissioners trying to steer resources toward their own neighborhoods, and related threats, bullying and intimidation of two Oakland Police Department employees. But that wasnt on the high level reviews agenda. If you have any . Juvenile (delinquency/abuse neglect) - 248-766-7533. He is prepared to utilize his years of . So, it didnt pass anyones notice that, despite the simplicity of the job, the Attorney General couldnt even bring herself to say the word fired., Instead, after careful internal deliberation, she decided relieve these public administrators of their appointments.. Her work has won or been nominated for four successive Chicago Press Club awards, been recognized by the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists (NLGJA), and covered topics such as criminal justice,abuse atICE detention facilities, andalleged discriminationon the part of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services leading to the unnecessary separation of children from their parents. themselves as FBI agents during the incident. If you valued this article, please help us produce more journalism like this by making a contribution today. The Riders case is significant for police accountability in Oakland. No other county in the region or the state has had as many corruption cases the as Wayne and Macomb counties. Katie Jane Fernelius As a result, the full extent of Valergas conduct remains unknown. Teter gravely asked if I had shared the information with anyone. Delphine Allen et al. My concerns about a possible catch and kill situation didnt come out of nowhere. You lied to me, I wrote back. The Oakland city attorneys office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. We can do something right now. March 13, he continued. They are all sharp as tacks anyway. Since 2016 there has been two public corruption cases in Oakland County and one in St. Clair County; no other county in the region has had any cases come to light. Jackson said she felt the commission was vindicated after Warshaws report said there was a lack of leadership on Kirkpatricks part in handling the Pawlik case. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper: "The Senator does not appreciate your constant attacks on the Attorney General." Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido: I can't help you. However, Vazquezs case documents were inaccessible to the public until Sept. 27, when the Alameda County clerk uploaded them to its electronic records database in response to questions from The Appeal. I called some old friends still in the business in Chicago and they agreed to vouch for me if necessary. Recent headlines have been focused on several public officials, including four from the Detroit City Council, three from the Detroit Police Department and three from Macomb County. Indeed, outside Catallo and myself, no one ever wanted to talk to these families. Staff writer David DeBolt contributed to this report. Prior to the Task Force presser, Nessel moved to dismiss Gellers lawsuit while I repeatedly emailed my teams findings to Michigan Supreme Court Director of Communications John Nevin with no response. And despite the fact that Detroit is part of Wayne County and Trump has claimed it iscorruption there that cost him the state, it's worth noting that Biden got about 1,000 fewer votes than Clinton did out of Detroit proper, while Trump's support in the city grew by about 5,000 votes. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. And it tells us about Trump, a combativeand polarizing politician who has continued to shock with his claims and surprise with the resilience he has shown in drawing support in places like Michigan. "The Trump surge came at the end and he couldn't quite catch up to Biden's advantage," he said. Teter had certainly not brought it up either at our meeting or any time afterwards. The Oakland Public Ethics Commission has broadened the scope of its investigations into allegations of corruption by building code enforcement officers. Far from the Michigan election being stolen from Trumpas he claims, the president did a remarkable job of energizing support, especially, but not only, in older industrial and rural parts of the state. They will take months to do anything. Michael Buchanan, and Officer Brian Liddy. Gretchen Whitmer two years ago). On August 23, 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that she had fired three Oakland County Public Administrators, John Yun, Jennifer Carney and Thomas Brennan Fraser and one. However, when I saw that the list of attendees included State Public Administrator Michael Moody, I pushed back and alerted Rossman-McKinney that he was a focus of the investigation. can stand by your side from the initial investigation onward. A survey of some 3,400 voters in Michigan done by the Associated Press as part of its election coverage found whites without college degrees made up some 54% of the electorate, and they overwhelmingly supported Trump 58%-41%. "I think it says a lot more about Hillary Clinton than it does Joe Biden," said David Dulio, director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Oakland University. and corruption in Contra Costa County. Turnout topped 5.5 million votes, beating the record of 5 million in 2008, and that, in turn, was driven by an avalanche of absentee votes, which were believed to top 3.3 million. Seven points (the margin between the two candidates in the poll) is not representative of the gap (in the election). Lucido seemed equally surprised because, he said, there was supposed to be a press conference about it on March 25. And in Grand Traverse, Trump went from winning by 13 points four years ago to beating Biden by just 3. Miller recently asked for the misconduct in office and conspiracy to commit a legal in an illegal manner charges against him to be dropped. Oakland County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a driver who hit a road sign and left the scene. This time it was defined by a Republican senators big mouth. Leland admitted to accepting the cash when he pled guilty. where an initial count raised questions and led to a re-tabulation. The Free Press: Thats what it says on the cereal box. Not with you and not with a publication that falls under the AGs sphere of influence. They wanted his license. Whether Moody had jurisdiction over them or not, even after public administrators like Munger had been fired by him in 2017, Munger still took and was taking deceased estate as well as guardianship and conservatorship cases at the Oakland County Probate Court. In Oakland County, in Novi Precinct 21, Clinton eked out a 49.8%-46.9% among the 1,157 votes. Bill Ballenger: The blue AMC Gremlin, child killer. Edward Ortiz, Officer Paul Harper, Sgt. Nessel claimed that the Task Force was working in concert with the Supreme Court Justices. Yet she, somehow, forgot to mention to them the evidence my team and I brought to her staff and years of complaints to her office, and that of her predecessor, by wards and their families. Kirkpatricks lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages for loss of pay, benefits and loss of future earnings. Bernie Porn, pollster for EPIC-MRA of Lansing, which does polling work for the Free Press, said Trump's margin in the election suggests to him that a greater-than-believed portion of undecided voters and voters who tell pollsters they are supporting third party candidates the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign are really so-called "shy" Trump supporters who mask that support. 2 days ago Armored truck driver shoots at attempted robbers outside Southfield McDonald's An. The Section's public corruption work involves the investigation and prosecution of bribery, extortion, fraud, and embezzlement committed by elected and appointed officials, government employees, and those doing business with city, state, and federal government. Teresa James, assistant division director for the Alameda County Superior Courts traffic and criminal division, confirmed that the Valerga, Richholt, and Neely files were destroyed in accordance with state law that allows the court to dispose of misdemeanor criminal files after five years. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of probation. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. In the early 2000s, several women accused Oakland patrol officer Richard Valerga of holding them against their will in his squad car while he harassed and molested them. v. City of Oakland (or the Riders Case or Riders Scandal) was a civil rights lawsuit in Federal District Court regarding police misconduct in Oakland, California which has resulted in ongoing Federal oversight. On July 3, 2000, Batt resigned and blew the whistle on the misconduct he witnessed. This was a rare opportunity to press her on the issue in person and, given its name, my questions clearly fell smack in the middle of the Task Forces wheel house. I shared the information with the AG and she would like us to get involved more deeply in a couple of cases immediately, he wrote. Since Moody was good friends with a select few of the public administrators he appointed, he alerted them to the complaining families who then suffered staggering retaliation in a probate court. By the morning of Friday March 22, I was getting nervous. And, given the hands-off approach of Michigan officials (with the exception of Wayne County, MI) and the Detroit bureau of the FBI, there's a very good chance we will never fully understand the lengths public officials and police went to in Oakland County, Michigan, to put economics and reputation ahead of child welfare. This year, he won the precinct again. While the rest of the country engages in hand-wringing over the treatment of undocumented immigrants not one civil rights group has raised a finger in protest about the rights that have been stripped from innocent, American citizens. In Antrim County, where an initial count raised questions and led to a re-tabulation, Trump's margin of victory fell 15%. And legal experts say that destroying records of police misconduct, even if authorized by state statute, may conflict with the constitutional rights of defendants. It included Nessels press conference announcement which noted that only credentialed members of the press who had RSVPd to a Nessel communications team member would be allowed to attend. When including public contractors that number rises to about 40. At least once a year, but usually more often than that, a public corruption cases surfaces in Southeastern Michigan that involves a public official. Metricmaps.org. Court records were gathered for the claims. From one standpoint, Biden didn't overachieve: Where Trump in 2016 flipped a dozen counties from blue to red, Biden flipped only three. And there are any number of places where such a change can be demonstrated, across metro Detroit. We left at 5 pm with no comment but quite a lot of answers. Please take a moment to explore these programs below. Guys like John Chase and Alan May have been running roughshod for so long that theyve utterly lost their principles, he told me. Contact Todd Spangler:tspangler@freepress.com. For Coblentz, that is 296 cases involving 345 defendants . In Brighton's Precinct 4, at the Brighton Education Community Center on Church Street, Trump won 55%-40% four years ago, getting 507 votes to Clinton's 370. So, nothing that was said there was going to come from anonymous sources I would need to protect with my life. I was already looking into Macks background when Catallo broke Bob and Barbs story. When Catallo was shooting the story, the Kirks attorney, Sterling Heights Mayor and rabid Democrat Michael Taylor showed up to do a bit of schilling for his clients. Yet, for the months which followed, Nessel refused to say the words public administrator and investigation in the same sentence. Introduction. There are also cases tied to contractors and overall public corruption cases in Macomb County, that were not included in these counts. With this plea he is required to testify against Smith if requested to do so. - John F . Really? At least two other cases identified by The Appealone involving officers Eric Richholt and Mark Neely Jr., the other involving Richard Valergahave also been destroyed. Pressures to Raise Wages in Michigan Continue, Michigans Substance Use Vulnerability Index Highlights Wayne County as one of States Most Vulnerable, Rate of Alcohol-Induced Deaths Increasing in Southeast Michigan; White Males Have Highest Rates, Metro-Detroit Economic Indicators: Home Prices Dropping, Personal Debt Increasing, Climate Change in MichiganNow and in the Future. in Oakland County at their at the Red Fox in I think it was Bloomfield. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by. Since they had never received a single response from their own attempts to shed light on what was happening at the probate court, I hoped to discern why, while giving them an opportunity to be heard. OAKLAND COUNTY. You can't wait until the last week. Record turnout of 5.5 million, larger than that seen in the election of 2008,drove his victory. In 1945, Michigan was racked with corruption. Two suicides. An example of that varying support can be found in Clinton Township Precinct 38, located along Romeo Plank at Hall Road. The Oakland Police Commission, made up of seven appointed residents, was created to oversee the police departments policies and practices, and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates police misconduct.. This year, Biden won 60%-40% and there were 1,500 voters. The press conference was Monday morning. 28 police officers with allegations involving a prostitute. In 2008, Oakland paid $2 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by 16 womenall of whom were Asian Americanwho said they were victims of Valerga. What is fundamentally clear is that neither the Free Press nor Nessel wanted me there asking anything specific. The Biden campaign knew it, telling reporters Trump would have to top 62% of the in-person voting in order to overcome the advantage. He joined the . Moody, you know about. The three officers, who patrolled West Oakland together on the graveyard shift in 2000, were accused of violating the civil rights of innocent suspects by illegally detaining them, planting drugs. to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by 16 womenall of whom were Asian Americanwho said they were victims of Valerga. This case involving Spivey is connected to a larger investigation related to its towing operations. However, theres always the unexpected. Sgt. This year, despite trailing in many independent public opinion polls such asthe Free Press' by around 7 points, he brought it closer to 2 by outgaining Biden in areas like St. Clair County, where he added more than 10,000 votes, and Monroe, where he added 9,400. 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