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Jewish Student Targeted, Then Assaulted Near U-M Central Campus
AAPD probing incident as hate crime; victim was asked if he is Jewish and then assaulted when he affirmed; ADL offers $5,000 reward for info leading to convictions.
Police in the US state of Michigan said they were probing an…
MI Court of Appeals: Washtenaw Trial Court Judge Erred in Ordering Child Visitation For Sexual Abuser
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…
Jillian Kerry, Candidate for Supervisor in Scio, Faces Felony Charges for “Bunch of Silliness”
8/2/2024: This article has been corrected.
by P.D. Lesko
Fifty-seven year old Scio Twp. Trustee Jillian Kerry is once again running to be the next Supervisor of the Township. In 2020, Kerry ran against incumbent (now outgoing)…
The A2Indy July 2024 Print Newsletter: Read and Download Your Copy Now!
SPOTLIGHT: The Sheriff’s Race & The Mental Health Millage
The Ann Arbor Independent's exclusive July 2024 print newsletter is on it's way to around 75,000 mailboxes. Scroll down to read the print newsletter in PDF format using the…
Sheriff Candidate Impersonating a Social Worker Could Be Charged With Felony Fraud: Michigan Officials Preparing Enforcement
by P.D. Lesko
Officials at the office of the Michigan Attorney General and officials at LARA, the Michigan Bureau of Professional Licensing, have confirmed that the complaint filed by a licensed social worker in May 2024 against Sheriff…
“Just One Life Matters”: A Twisted Tagline Used By the “Great Pretenders” Running for Sheriff
by Ken Magee
Note: Ken Magee is a candidate in a three-way race to serve as the next Washtenaw County Sheriff.
Slide courtesy of Derrick Jackson, 2024 Community Violence Intervention Summit.
Does “just one life” matter 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.
On…
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.…
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…
