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Sheriff Candidate Impersonated a Social Worker. In Email, Outlines Intention to Violate Michigan Law
by P.D. Lesko
Public employees who are paid for full-time work are expected to work full-time. Public employees who run for public office and who do so during the time they are paid and would normally be expected to be at work and/or in…
Sheriff Candidate Alyshia Dyer Sued by Credit Card Company for Defaulting on $20,958.98 in Debt
Updated 6/10/24 with a comment from Alyshia Dyer.
by P.D. Lesko
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On June 9, The Ann Arbor Independent received an anonymous email with a court filing attached. The same court filing was also sent to…
Ann Arbor Independent Files Lawsuit to Obtain Background Check of Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Sex Crimes
Note: The A2Indy FOIA Fund has taken in over $40,000 in 2024. The newspaper uses this fund to pay to obtain public records. This is the newspaper's first lawsuit against Washtenaw County for refusing to turn over public records.
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Campaign Finance Violation Complaint Made Against Sheriff Candidate: State Officials Investigating
Correction: This article was corrected to reflect the correct total donation limit imposed on local candidates who run for Sheriff.
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by P.D. Lesko
May was Derrick Jackson's…
Sheriff Candidate is Impersonating a Licensed Social Worker: AG and State Licensing Officials Investigating
Updated on May 30, 2024 with comments from Duane Breijak, Executive Dir. at the National Association of Social Workers, Michigan Chapter, Derrick Jackson and Tanya Hilgendorf, former Executive Dir. at Ozone House when Jackson worked there.…
Court of Appeals: Trial Court Judge “Rewarded Parental Kidnapping”; “Enabled Illegal Behavior”
by P.D. Lesko
NOTE: This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge's ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are upheld…
Sheriff Deputy’s Sex Crimes Trial: Politics, Postponements and Missing Evidence
By P.D. Lesko
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo McWilliams.
If Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy and alleged rapist D'Angelo McWilliams were a vegetable, he'd be a potato--a very, very hot potato. McWilliams's hiring and…
A2Politico: County Pols Plan to “Protect” the Mental Health Millage. They’re Five Years Late & $35M Short
by P.D. Lesko
The 2016 Mental Health and Public Safety Millage was the brainchild of County Commissioner Andy LaBarre (District 7). It was the perfect way to get voters to pony up tens of additional millions for two of the poorest run…
Alleged Rapist Hired as Deputy; Sheriff Denies Release of Background Check as “Not in the Public’s Interest”
by P.D. Lesko
On March 25, 2024, The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the County Sheriff's Dept. to obtain a copy of the background check done on Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Ladonn McWilliams prior…
U-M Tickets Student Protesters and Bans Them From Campus Buildings: ACLU Says, “Not So Fast”
by Ann Mullen
According to an article in The Michigan Daily on Mar. 29, Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) reported that three students were served citations by police in Ann Arbor “for trespassing at the 101st Honor…
