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Jillian Kerry

Scio Twp. Trustees Continue to Violate Ordinance That Requires Reimbursement of Supervisor’s Legal Fees—Supervisor Threatens to Sue

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 26, 2025

by P.D. Lesko In a two-page letter dated Nov. 24, 2025, Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry wrote to the Scio Twp. Board of Trustees, "I sincerely hope the Township isn’t now inviting me to file a lawsuit to enforce its legal…

County News

Scio Twp. Trustees Refuse to Reimburse Supervisor’s “Unreasonable,” “Unending” Legal Fees—In Violation of Required Indemnification

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 17, 2025

by P.D. Lesko 11/17/25 Correction: The resolution to reimburse Supervisor Jillian Kerry for her legal fees was submitted by Jillian Kerry not Clerk Flintoft. The article has been edited to include comments by Clerk Flintoft. …

Courts

Scio Twp. Supervisor Bound Over for Trial on Charges of Alleged Felony Computer Crimes

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 12, 2025

by P.D. Lesko On Aug. 12, 2025, Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry was bound over for trial in the 22nd Circuit Court on charges of two alleged felony computer crimes. Judge J. Cedric Simpson of the 14-A District Court listened as…

Courts

Scio Twp. Supervisor’s Lawyer Accuses Judge J. Cedric Simpson of Violating Client’s Constitutional Rights and of Showing Favoritism

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2025

by P.D. Lesko At a July 1, 2025 hearing, Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry's lawyer, R. Michael Bullotta, a former United States prosecutor in Los Angeles and Detroit took an opportunity to place on the record an accusation that 14-A1…

County News

Scio Township Has Spent $103K in Legal Fees For Sup. Jillian Kerry, Now Trustees Tighten Purse Strings

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 21, 2025

by P.D. Lesko Between Dec. 2023 and October 2024 in the matter of State of Michigan v Kerry, Scio Township paid $103,677.25 for reimbursement of Supervisor Jillian Kerry's cost of two attorneys’ services she incurred. Kerry's case stems…

Courts

At Preliminary Hearing For Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry —Judge Simpson Loses Cool. Again.

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 30, 2025

by P.D. Lesko Thanks to a series of events characterized as political dirty tricks on the part of former Scio Twp. Supervisor Will Hathaway, or current Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry, Scio Twp. Supervisor Kerry stands charged with…

Courts

Judge in Scio Supervisor-Elect Jillian Kerry’s Case Calls Her Lawyer’s Allegations of Political Corruption in Washtenaw County, “Insane”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 24, 2024

by P.D. Lesko In Nov. 2023, Scio Twp. Supervisor Will Hathaway walked into the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Dept. and filed a complaint naming Scio Twp. Trustee Jillian Kerry. Hathaway alleged that Kerry had hacked his Outlook.com email…

Elections

“Fix Scio”: A Scio Township Super PAC Front Group

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 20, 2024

NOTE: This article has been updated to include comments by Scio Twp. Trustee John Reiser. by P.D. Lesko James Dries registered the Fix Scio Super PAC in May 2024. Public records show that on May 17, 2024 Fix Scio (a Super PAC) was…

County News

Jillian Kerry, Candidate for Supervisor in Scio, Faces Felony Charges for “Bunch of Silliness”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 2, 2024

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)…