She previously covered the Tri-Valley cities of Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore and Danville. For instance, the vote inblue-collar Macomb County, north of Detroit,has predicted the statewide winner for governor or president in the last sevenelections and 17 of the last 20. It is one of the 80 key precincts identified by Tim Kiska, an associate professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn who does election analysisfor the Free Press, as representative of the direction the state may take in a given election. OAKLAND COUNTY. In order to make her point, only one member of the public was invited to attend. I think it is going to take a whistleblower with some damn good evidence, going to the DC feds. Of course, the fix is much more complicated than that, and this too will be explored at a later date. 2023 www.freep.com. With this plea he is required to testify against Smith if requested to do so. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. There is no evidence of absentee ballot corruption in Michigan and none of widespread problems nationwide. "That tells me some of those folks in Oakland County are turned off by Trump himself but would support Republican principles, at least as John James was pushing them," Dulio said. Her work has won or been nominated for four successive Chicago Press Club awards, been recognized by the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists (NLGJA), and covered topics such as. OAKLAND Former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the city on Wednesday, alleging she was fired in retaliation for exposing corruption and abuse of power in the police commission. Chapter 3: Law and Order - LBP. A public administrator was clearly just a title with no more consequences of its removal than telling the Duke of Edinburgh that he could no longer be a duke. Both officers falsely. In addition to members of the Detroit City Council being investigated for possible crimes related to public corruption tied to City towing policies, so are three members of the Detroit Police Department. Oakland, California CNN Four police chiefs in 10 days. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. Theiralleged victims number in the high thousands of Michigan's most vulnerable senior and developmentally disabled citizens, each declared legally incapacitated wards and placed under a court-appointed guardianship and conservatorship. If that's the case, it's not just in Michigan, but in several other states as well, including Wisconsin and Florida, where Trump clearly outperformed most recent polls. Michael Buchanan, and Officer Brian Liddy. Investigative and Forensic Services Division - Captain Joseph Quisenberry: 248-858-5087. In 2008, Oakland paid $2 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by 16 womenall of whom were Asian Americanwho said they were victims of Valerga. . "Everything will have to start a lot earlier. Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute Executive Director and author of the Stealth Game report Abdinoor Dima Jillo, member of the Borana Council of Elders in Isiolo County, Kenya Isaiah Biwott, community member Tugen community, Baringo County, Kenya Violet Matiru, Executive Director, Millennium Community Development Initiatives, Kenya Host: Andy . On the night of March 21, a South Michigan guardianship reform activist forwarded an email she had received from a reporter at a local paper. In 2000, Ortiz, Liddy, and Buchanan were convicted by a Los Angeles County jury of framing gang members and planting evidence. What may be the most remarkable part of Biden's victory in Michigan, however, is the way in which the entire process unfolded amid the coronavirus pandemic. In 2000, Vazquez fled the country before he was arraigned on 18 felony counts including kidnapping, assault, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. And his percentage of the overall vote actually declined slightly. Under the Brady rule, prosecutors must disclose material that might help the defense, including information that undermines the credibility of state witnesses. I was both an idealist and a born leftist in every sense of the definition. I emailed my editor again with no response. At least, thats what it says on the professions cereal box. The Kirks were donors to Macomb County Probate Judge Kathryn Georges re-election campaign. And while we don't know precisely what that percentage was yet across the state, Kiska's key precincts give a decent idea. As we moved on to Medicaid fraud allegedly committed by the public administrators, I was asked what bearing it had on the investigation. Anyone with information about public corruption anywhere in Michigan should report it directly to FBI Detroit special agents and analysts at MichiganCorruption@fbi.gov. I patiently reiterated that the wards had been placed in these homes by public administrators and was about to say the name Moody again when Teter lost his temper and told me I was twisting his words. There are lessons within it, for me most of all, but I hope also for those journalists who choose to stay on the ship, maybe of what not to do, even as the last few chords of Nearer My God to Thee play out in New York and Washington DC. I was floored. Chapter 4: The Investigating Prosecutor. The U.S. Supreme Court has explained that the rule extends to any favorable evidence known to others acting on the governments behalf in the case, including the police.. Smiths felony charges from the Michigan Attorney Generals Office are all in relation to alleged misuse of forfeiture funds. They always left with no result. Every single time, they were told to "get an attorney but hardly anyone dared to represent wards or families fighting Public Administrators and court-appointed guardians. She invited me to be a join it on. Since taking the bench in 2003, George had somehow survived numerous scandals and, like most Michigan probate court judges, knew on which side her bread was buttered. The subjects of Nessels proclamation were alsocentral figures in my investigation alongside attorney Jon B. Munger (fired in 2017), Oakland County Probate Court Chief Judge Kathleen Ryan and her colleagues Linda Hallmark, Daniel A. OBrien and Jennifer Callaghan. We have concerns that the First Amendment right of access to court records may be violated by a statute providing for so short a period before records are destroyed, Kinzinger, whose firm serves as general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition, wrote in an email. They will take months to do anything. I replied that I had shared our findings with the Detroit Area Anti-Corruption Task Force. Introduction. I was already looking into Macks background when Catallo broke Bob and Barbs story. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by. The judgesdecided on a sample of 2,278 guardianship and conservatorship cases my team and I reviewed. Record turnout of 5.5 million, larger than that seen in the election of 2008,drove his victory, predicted the statewide winner for governor or president in the last sevenelections and 17 of the last 20, And that's in a county, like Kent, where Trump held a rally on the last day of the campaign, the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Evidence Room: 248-858-5062. Teter gravely asked if I had shared the information with anyone. Jackson said she felt the commission was vindicated after Warshaws report said there was a lack of leadership on Kirkpatricks part in handling the Pawlik case. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. While my press badge, issued by the Chicago Police Department, pissed off Kojak to no end and at least got me in the door with Teter, maybe it had no weight when it came to last minute pressers. In Wayne County (excluding Detroit), since 2016, there have been four public corruption charges. The Appeal was unable to contact Neely. With Detroit having turnout not seen in 20 years and turnout upsignificantly in both Oaklandand Wayne counties relative to 2016, Biden's margins in those counties he won in Oakland 56%-42%, compared with Clinton's 52%-34% and in Wayne 68%-31% to Clinton's 67%-29% more than made up the difference. Recent headlines have been focused on several public officials, including four from the Detroit City Council, three from the Detroit Police Department and three from Macomb County. But I was assured, by Free Press leadership, that in no way had the publication ever allowed outside pressure to interfere with an investigation. If you have any . "Kos" and "Daily Kos" are registered trademarks of Kos Media, LLC. An example of that varying support can be found in Clinton Township Precinct 38, located along Romeo Plank at Hall Road. I immediately pulled the project from the Free Press and scrambled to find a self-publish website while continuing to gather research. It was even apparent looking at the statewide vote for university trustees, which have often been seen as a barometer for partisanship since voters don't give them nearly as much attention as the top of the ticket and may merely have followed their party inclination. Besides, there were Attorney General appointees allegedly engaged in unimaginable elder abuse and that wasn't high level enough? My opinion was, and still is, is that Valerga should have gone to prison, Rullamas said during the deposition. Probate Corruption + the Michigan Attorney General + the Detroit Free Press = ? Circuit Civil/Criminal - 248-466-4260. Biden won in Genesee, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent, Leelanau, Marquette, Muskegon, Oakland, Saginaw, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. where an initial count raised questions and led to a re-tabulation. The Sheriff's Office continues to be active in communities throughout Oakland County by offering several programs to assist those in need. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. The paper that would never bow to a public official. Since the inception of the consent decree, the agency has cycled through 10 police chiefs, all of whom have failed to fulfill the reform programs mandates. After we hung up, I immediately sent an email to Rossman-McKinney with no response. On August 23, 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that she hadfired three Oakland County Public Administrators, John Yun, Jennifer Carney and Thomas Brennan Fraser and one Macomb County Public Administrator Robert Kirk. You told me you would never back down to anyone. Theres a reason why I have boxes and flash drives full of evidence and no-one to whom to give them. In 2015, the Alameda County Superior Court destroyed the case files for Neely and Richholt, erasing the only public record of the incident aside from media reports. Ninety minutes later, I published a five-part, freelance series detailing an alleged massive abuse and exploitation ring operating out of a Detroit-area probate court. Under Kirkpatrick, five previously achieved tasks were brought out of compliance. While I was still working Oakland County, Catallo was doing sterling work in neighboring Macomb. Itis those votes, which under state law clerks and elections officials couldn't begin counting until Election Day, that Trump has especially called corrupt, as Democratic state officials encouraged people to vote by mail as Trump does in order to avoid potentially crowded polling places and ward against the spread of the virus. Political parties have to realign their messaging," she said. Kirkpatrick was also recently criticized in her handling of the police fatal shooting of a homeless man, Joshua Pawlik, who was found armed and sleeping in 2018. . Besides, when you are investigating alleged public corruption, you lose your belief in the coincidental. "It's a huge reason we got the vote that we did, when you're talking about the numbers of third party votes we had in '16," Dulio said. took a deep dive into the state's regions, their voting trends and their importance in electing statewide candidates. If your case does not appear in the MiFIle efiling system please email efiling@oakgov.com to have it added. Oakland County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a driver who hit a road sign and left the scene. Rather than sticking to the letter of Michigan statute or Michigan Court Rules, the Oakland County Judges make up their own rules as they go along. "I think it says a lot more about Hillary Clinton than it does Joe Biden," said David Dulio, director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Oakland University. Bernie Porn, pollster for EPIC-MRA of Lansing, which does polling work for the Free Press, said Trump's margin in the election suggests to him that a greater-than-believed portion of undecided voters and voters who tell pollsters they are supporting third party candidates the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign are really so-called "shy" Trump supporters who mask that support. On Nov. 16, 2000, Officer Harper was acquitted of all charges after a month-long trial. Teter had certainly not brought it up either at our meeting or any time afterwards. We left at 5 pm with no comment but quite a lot of answers. in Oakland County at their at the Red Fox in I think it was Bloomfield. In fact, while Biden lost west Michigan as a region overall, he still was able to improve his percentage of support relative to Clinton's by 5 percentage points again, much of that coming from third party support from four years ago and get 119,000 more votes out of the region. The department remains under a federal judges authority and bound by a settlement agreement that details numerous reforms. We had supplied Teter and his people with multiple cases demonstrating pattern and practice. Chris Busch did whatever he wanted and H. Lee Busch's money protected him. Almost immediately, they are forced from their homes and into long-term care facilities or unlicensed group facilities with subhuman living conditions. to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by 16 womenall of whom were Asian Americanwho said they were victims of Valerga. But, I keptthe name of the Free Press out of requests for interviews. You cant give that stuff to them. L. Brooks Patterson: Well, I always thought that was a red herring. So, it didnt pass anyones notice that, despite the simplicity of the job, the Attorney General couldnt even bring herself to say the word fired., Instead, after careful internal deliberation, she decided relieve these public administrators of their appointments.. moving forward. In Livingston County, for instance, Trump won by 23 points but that was 7 points worse than he had done against Clinton. And despite the fact that Detroit is part of Wayne County and Trump has claimed it iscorruption there that cost him the state, it's worth noting that Biden got about 1,000 fewer votes than Clinton did out of Detroit proper, while Trump's support in the city grew by about 5,000 votes. Under the Brady rule, prosecutors must disclose material that might help the defense, including information that undermines the credibility of state witnesses. It is now . Trump, despite ending his campaign in Grand Rapids and making west Michigan a focus of his campaign, raised less than 75,000 new votes. Kirkpatrick notified city officials, and the request was included in an investigation of Harris that had been initiated by then-City Administrator Sabrina Landreth. The reforms that Nessel, alongside Michigan Supreme Court Justices Richard Bernstein and Megan Cavanaugh, proposed that morning all stemmed from issues I had brought up in the meeting with Teter as well as Catallos reporting and ones which were clearly laid out in an updated 2019 federal Qui Tam lawsuit brought by Ann Arbor attorney Bradley Geller. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. Sheriff Bouchard is excited to announce several new programs this year, and the expansion of existing programs. The Oakland Police Commission, made up of seven appointed residents, was created to oversee the police departments policies and practices, and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates police misconduct.. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. Originally, the oversight was to last five years, but the police department has been slow to achieve reforms. But even as Trump added some365,000 voters to his totals in Michigan from four years ago in Tuesday's general election, his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, didfar better, running up surging vote totals in urban and suburban areas and narrowing Trump'sedge in key counties, including Macomb,Kent and Livingston. But the Riders wasnt the only criminal case file involving Oakland police corruption destroyed by the Alameda County Superior Court. Nov. 2, 2000. This is producing unnecessary drama and complications so at this point Im asking you to skip efforts to attend. Prologue. and corruption in Contra Costa County. Throughout the trials, the Oakland Police Departments internal culture was examined in detail, as were political decisions by city leaders to undertake a zero tolerance crackdown on drug dealers, which community activistsand even the Oakland police unionblamed for stoking violence by street cops. A high level review of elder care issues?. It would be a long shot. Corruption in the Oakland County Child Killer case Guarded By Jackals. At least two other cases identified by The Appealone involving officers Eric Richholt and Mark Neely Jr., the other involving Richard Valergahave also been destroyed. Not only did he flip Kent, where Grand Rapids is located, he cut Trump's margin in Ottawa County, in one of the most Republican parts of the state, by 9 percentage points. Recently backsliding has left the department, as of February, eight tasks short of full compliance with the court. And then of course in the mid-'70s, '76, '77, with the four children in Oakland County who were kidnapped and killed. While Republican businessman John James lost the race statewide to U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., 49.8%-48.3%, he ran ahead of Trump in some areas. Throughout the day, I tried to call the AGs office and was repeatedly told that the entire communications team was In a meeting.. In addition, outside law enforcement . It's the only message some people, agencies and entities understand. In February 2003, Neely and Richholt pleaded guilty to one count of agreeing to engage in prostitution and received one day in jail and three years of probation, a misdemeanor. I did so immediately with no response. So, prior to the meeting, my team and I reached a decision that if Moody was going to get involved, our best course of action was to provide the proof of our findings but protect the alleged victims and their families by: A) Redacting the names and case numbers from documents. The March 12 meeting had yielded no comment to any of my questions concerning what was allegedly happening in Oakland County and statewide nor had Nessel, herself, been present. The meeting was set for March 12. Valergas conduct was so egregious that investigators in his own department thought he should be punished to the full extent of the law. Under the guardianship of Macomb County Public Administrator Robert Kirk and his wife Cathy, they were literally fenced inside their own home. Hundreds did and the majority of the time, their stories focused on Michigans probate courts. In November 2005, Valerga pleaded guilty to the charges, all misdemeanors. 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Four years ago, he rode a level of support in rural and older industrial areas, especially those with large swaths of white voters, unlike that seen since Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, decrying trade deals and blustering that he'd force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern border. Much of his bluster was false rhetoric. Required fields are marked *. In Wayne County's Canton Precinct 2, for instance, the in-person vote broke 58%-42% for Biden, up from the52%-43% Clinton had in 2016. To help, we passed around photographs that we had taken during our visits to them. The Friend of the Court workers are not accurate in their reporting of the facts and they are defrauding children and their parents of justice. Other allegations of misconduct, according to the lawsuit, are commissioners trying to steer resources toward their own neighborhoods, and related threats, bullying and intimidation of two Oakland Police Department employees. Metro-Detroit is not unfamiliar with public corruption. We have it and it is clear and incontrovertible.". Please take a moment to explore these programs below. However, when I saw that the list of attendees included State Public Administrator Michael Moody, I pushed back and alerted Rossman-McKinney that he was a focus of the investigation. "My inclination was that the blue wall states were going to do what they normally do and vote Democrat.". Destroying files relating to police misconduct may damage the publics knowledge of police corruption, LaDoris Cordell, a retired Santa Clara County judge and former independent police auditor for San Jose, told The Appeal. A complete list of individual units is below. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! The 2020 election isn't a story about corruption. The Alameda County Superior Court destroyed Valergas entire case file sometime after his probation ended. True to form, it was a downright bizarre four hours during which our summary of findings was received with moments which ran the gamut between receptive and defensive. That held true in my February 16, 2019 email asking for a face-to-face with Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The power of the Purple Gang, the. Never had I heard of a news organization siding with a public official over a journalist, freelance or not. These charges have surfaced over the last year or so, and have only driven the total number of public corruption cases that can be accounted for in the last four years. Some voters are unwilling to admit they are voting for him. Ways to get involved in the 2022 Election. "We're committing Oakland County - our employees, our resources, our programs and services, to making a real and measurable impact in the areas that matter most, All ways, moving forward." County Executive, David Coulter. On Nov. 16, 2000, Officer Harper was acquitted of all charges after a month-long trial. Since 2016 there have been 10 public officials from Macomb County, either the County organization itself or a municipality within its boundaries, who have been charged with alleged public corruption crimes. It probably explains why they joined the Michigan Guardianship Association and a host of like-minded pro-guardianship organizations and the omnipresent Probate Judges Association as Task Force members. ), I felt like Adlai Stevenson staring down Ambassador Zorin. Data were assembled from public records filed with the financial and police departments in each city or county and excluded payments less than $1,000. After all, the families had already agreed to go on the record with their stories. Sgt. Barry King was then in his late seventies, still practicing law. Or one of the cases that had the DPOA that was ignored to see if we could file a motion to terminate. Barry and Marion King's 11-year-old son, Tim King, was the last victim of the Oakland County Child Killer. (Fugitive Apprehension Team/Detective Bureau) Investigative/Forensic Services. It spoke generally to the strength Democrats showed in growing suburbs as well as in areas where retirees from southeastern Michigan are moving into Up North. His margin of support among white men without college degrees was even higher, 64%-34%. Most recently, investigations involve Detroit City Councilmembers Andre Spivey, Janee Ayers and Scott Benson. All rights reserved. The Riders case is significant for police accountability in Oakland. Reporting suspects and suspicious events seems to go nowhere. The destruction of the Riders files is also an erasure of an extraordinary case of corruption that ended with the Oakland Police Department placed under a federal judges oversight. As much as anything, however, the 2020 election in Michigan may have been a simple reversion to the mean, an indication that, even with changing voting patterns within the state, Michigan's overall political nature hasn't changed that much after all. Nessel claimed that the Task Force was working in concert with the Supreme Court Justices. As if I didnt already know, he reminded me that public administrators who took roles as guardians and conservators were acting outside of their job descriptions and as private attorneys. The Section's public corruption work involves the investigation and prosecution of bribery, extortion, fraud, and embezzlement committed by elected and appointed officials, government employees, and those doing business with city, state, and federal government. If you prefer to do so anonymously, you can call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov. His case file remains in the archives of Los Angeless court system. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper: "The Senator does not appreciate your constant attacks on the Attorney General." Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido: I can't help you. Third parties. They had a history of superlative reporting which seemed to substantiate that. Why are you working with them?. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, alleges that the Oakland police commissioners routinely abused their power, and corruptly looked for special treatment by the police department. Oh them! Teter replied, growing visibly impatient. And then you did. The destruction of his court records means that there is no longer any public documentation of the criminal investigation against him, excluding media reports and a brief summary in the courts online database. What I am about to relate is not an attempt to shame my fellow reporters, nor is it sour grapes as I was able to to find a form of resolution in that the story got told. Biden, the former vice presidentwho won Michigan 50.6%-47.9%, won the presidency Saturday morning after the Associated Press called the race in Pennsylvania, giving him 284 Electoral College votes, with 270needed to win the presidency, and delivering him a state that, like Michigan and Wisconsin, were key to Trump's victory in 2016 and played a vital role in defeating him this year. Additional Emergency Contact Numbers: PPO - 248-303-1534. He also saw raw numbers of voters swell in virtually every part of Michigan,which is a testament to his ability to generate additional support where it had seemed it had hit a ceiling. Since 2016 there has been two public corruption cases in Oakland County and one in St. Clair County; no other county in the region has had any cases come to light. "People didn't like her. Not with you and not with a publication that falls under the AGs sphere of influence. The agency that oversees the Oakland Coliseum voted Friday to rescind its a multimillion-dollar naming-rights contract amid a conflict-of-interest scandal, but agency officials said they expect . We can do something right now. By then, Teter was already in a meeting with Nessel deciding what to do next. The Biden campaign knew it, telling reporters Trump would have to top 62% of the in-person voting in order to overcome the advantage. Tagged: Detroit Corruption, Detroit maps, Drawing Detroit, Macomb County Corruption, Michigan Corruption, Public Corruption, Your email address will not be published. However, he was never formally investigated by its internal affairs division, nor did the department track down and interview all of his victims, according to depositions taken during the civil rights suit. Producing unnecessary drama and complications so at this point Im asking you to efforts... 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