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County Sheriff and Dir. of Engagement Lied, Knew About Deputy’s Background Check Rape Investigations

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 10, 2024

NOTE: This reporting was made possible by the Ann Arbor Independent's FOIA Fund. Donate today! by P.D. Lesko In March 2024, the Ann Arbor Independent made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Washtenaw County for the…

Courts

Alleged Rapist Hired as Deputy; Sheriff Denies Release of Background Check as “Not in the Public’s Interest”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 11, 2024

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…

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Days After U-M’s President Schlissel Starts Job, Feds Launch Title IX Investigation into Sexual Violence at Brown U. Where He Was Provost

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 22, 2014 2

by P.D. Lesko In April 2014, Brown U. was in an uproar. There were protests about the “bungled” handling of a student rape hearing. Media described the protests as having provoked a “nationwide uproar.” Meanwhile on April 17 in Ann…

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U-M Student Task Force Report: “University failed to meet ‘recommended 60-day period of time’ between sexual misconduct complaints and school investigations”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 25, 2014 0

Student Task Force alleges football coach Brady Hoke “knowingly issued false statements in December 2013 concerning the status of Gibbons.” ACCORDING TO A report released on Monday April 14 by the U-M Central Student Government,…

Crime

The Number Of Rapes and Forcible Fondling Complaints At The University of Michigan Rose Sharply In 2012

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 30, 2013 0

THE NUMBER OF forcible rapes committed on the University of Michigan’s campus and/or reported to the University’s police dropped from a high of 75 in 2005 to a low of 8 in 2010. Between 2011 and 2012, however, the number of forcible…