Was use of drug forfeiture money in Saginaw legal?
Garrett DeWyse was overseeing the evidence and property room and protested when he was ordered to remove $2,000 for the bag that was needed for a confidential informant drug buy. January 13, 2017More than $22,000 was taken from a man by a sheriff’s deputy, and...
Missing evidence case lands in court
Evidence presented against retired MI trooper January 10, 2017CADILLAC — Michigan State Police Lt. David Street noted something out of place in a photograph of a drawer that once was a repository for evidence money collected in MSP-investigated cases as he displayed...
Michigan’s rape kit backlog increases over year as police complete 2,349 cases
The backlog of sexual assault kits at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2016 was 737 cases. That number increased to 1,177 a year later, as of Sept. 30, according to a recent Michigan State Police report to the legislature. November 12, 2016The number of rape kits in...
A former state police sergeant in charge of a post’s evidence room is accused of stealing nearly $10,000
Sergeant’s gambling tied to missing $9,600 from evidence room November 7, 2016CADILLAC, MI – A former state police sergeant in charge of a post’s evidence room is accused of stealing nearly $10,000, police said.Malcolm Lindsey Irwin, 52, of Cadillac, had...
