Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Saturday, August 03, 2019

Birth mom charged in adoption fraud case locked up on new bond violation

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A birth mother charged in a nationwide adoption fraud case has been locked up once again. Enhelica Wiggins appeared in U. S. District Court ...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Judge keeps Macomb County mom in adoption fraud case locked up

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A Macomb County mother at the center of a national adoption fraud case will stay behind bars until her trial. That’s the decision of a feder...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Detroit dad searching for daughters learns 1 was murdered, the other abused while under mother's care

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Deonte Hill tells WXYZ his ex left with his two little girls more than a year ago. Since, he has been looking for them. He got word at times...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

Flint Charges Dropped: Michigan Dismisses Criminal Cases But Will Continue Probe

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Eight remaining Flint water prosecutions have been dismissed by the Department of Attorney General, officials said Thursday, June 13. Soli...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

'The system failed him.' Dad did everything right to get custody, but he didn't and she was murdered

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In an apartment on Second St. on Monday, June 3, Brighton Police found a horrific scene. A mom strangled her little girl, and then shot and ...
Sunday, June 09, 2019

Reunification Month honors foster care children reuniting with their families

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In Kent County, there are about 850 children in foster care at any given time. June is National Reunification Month, and local nonprofit Wes...
Friday, June 07, 2019

Records: Father warned officials of child abuse, mental health issues before girl's death

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A Brighton mother who killed her 5-year-old daughter before taking her own life was investigated by police and state officials for child abu...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Wayne County judge accused of hiding abuse of grandson taken off family court

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A family court judge accused of covering up child abuse has new duties. After FOX 2 investigator ML Elrick revealed that the judge...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

Michigan girl, foster sister killed in car wreck days before H.S. graduation

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Communities in the western Upper Peninsula are grieving over the deaths of two teenagers who died in a crash just before the end of the scho...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Metro Detroit family battles to keep adopted son with violent history in psychiatric hospital

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A Metro Detroit family's adopted son, who has threatened to kill them, is currently in a psychiatric treatment hospital. Now, the family...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Wayne County family court judge accused of helping cover up child abuse of own grandson

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A Wayne County family court judge is being accused of helping her son cover up abuse of her grandson - but she says none of it's true. ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Faith-based adoption agency sue so they can legally turn away LGBTI parents

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A faith-based adoption agency is suing the state of Michigan after they made it illegal for state-funded agencies to discriminate against LG...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Foster parent in Muskegon charged with criminal sexual conduct

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A licensed foster care parent is facing criminal charges in Muskegon County. Mark Sorensen, 60, is facing two counts of 1st degree crim...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Adoption agency sues state over new gay adoption rules

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An adoptive mother and a Michigan faith-based adoption agency are challenging a recent state settlement that bans state contracts with foste...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

Feds: Mom charged in adoption fraud scheme made $1.6 million

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In new court records just filed, federal prosecutors reveal Tara Lynn Lee took in more than $1.6 million dollars in 2017 and 2018. The 7 Inv...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Reports on Michigan child welfare 'depressing,' says judge

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Michigan's new governor has inherited a troubled child-welfare system that has failed to protect foster kids from abuse and operates wit...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

Family sobs as Macomb County mom's bond revoked in adoption scheme

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With her family members sobbing in the courtroom, a Macomb County mother at the center of a nationwide adoption investigation has lost her f...
Friday, March 08, 2019

Michigan woman charged with defrauding couples in adoptions

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A Macomb County woman has been indicted on fraud charges for an alleged scheme to collect money from couples who wanted to adopt children. ...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Rape. Sex trafficking. Is Detroit youth home endangering girls?

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They're among metro Detroit's most vulnerable children: teenage girls who have been abused, neglected or suffer from mental health i...
Friday, February 08, 2019

Bethany: Migrant children still being separated from parents at border

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An executive from a Michigan foster services agency says migrant children are still being separated from their families at the Southern bord...