Washtenaw County Prosecutor

While Washtenaw County law enforcement officials cater to criminals, crime rates are increasing.

Note: This article has been updated to include the email sent by Victoria Burton-Harris. by P.D. Lesko Emails shared with The Ann Arbor Independent showed that on Jan. 31, 2022, an Ann Arbor man phoned and then sent an email to the…

by P.D. Lesko Note: The Ann Arbor Independent sent a request for comment and questions to the County Prosecutor, Victoria Burton-Harris and Christina Hines via email. Read that email here. Sources inside and outside the Washtenaw…

Note: This article has been updated with comments from Carla Marable, Jeffrey Dwayne Smith's lawyer. by P.D. Lesko Jeffrey Dwayne Smith, 47, a resident of Flat Rock, Michigan and a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, was…

by Patricia Lesko The majority of domestic abusers are poorly-educated, white men. In the case of Mitchell Irwin, the abuser is a 1 Percenter Poster Boy, an educated, rich, 68-year-old white man, a former Michigan State Senator,…

by Patricia Lesko The Project Team at consultant Hillard Heintze, a Chicago-based security consulting firm hired in Mar. 2017 by City Council, and who is being paid $200,000 to review the Ann Arbor Police Department, is seeking feedback …

On Jan. 16 City Administrator Steve Powers, in response to a request for comment, responded via email: “The Michigan State Police  have completed their investigation and it was turned over to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office. Until…

THE INVESTIGATION INTO the police shooting of Aura Rosser is complete and the Michigan State Police have handed their findings over to the City of Ann Arbor as well as the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office. County Prosecutor Mackie will…

by John Ball In May and June 2014, citizen complaints filed with the Ann Arbor Police Department included several from women alleging that an officer named Jason J. Kitts had offered to waive traffic tickets in exchange for sexual…