I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
In 2010, Michigan Messenger uncovered a variety of policy related stories in the area of crime. From sex offender list policy, to allegations of sexual assault at Michigan State University, here are the top five stories of crime and punishment from Michigan Messenger.
Daniel Allen, the HIV-positive Clinton Township man at the center of controversial bioterrorism case, has been sentenced to 11 months probation. Allen plead no contest to an assault charge last month, and Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni accepted the plea and issued the probation sentence Wednesday.
In a written opinion dismissing a charge of bio-terrorism against a 45-year-old HIV-positive man, Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni ruled that the mere fact a person is HIV-positive is not enough to accuse him or her of unlawfully possessing a harmful biological substance.
The alleged victim in the Macomb county HIV-as-terrorism case is speaking out. In an interview with both the Macomb Daily and the Detroit News, Winfred Fernandis, Jr., 28, responded to questions about Thursdays ruling by Judge Peter Maceroni which resulted in the dismissal of bio-terrorism charges against defendant Daniel Allen, 45. Here’s what the Detroit [...]
Advocates, legislators are pleased that Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni has dismissed a controversial bio-terrorism charge against a 45-year-old HIV-positive man.
Mark Peterson, a director and spokesperson for the Michigan Positive Action Coalition, says Monday’s Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni’s failure to reject a terrorism charge against an HIV-positive man is “troubling.” “It keeps us in limbo,” says Peterson. “It’s troubling because this case being out there that by just having the virus we [...]
MT. CLEMENS — Daniel Allen, the 44-year-old Clinton Township man facing unprecedented bio-terrorism charges, will have to wait a while longer before he finds out if that charge will be rejected by the courts.
A hearing on motions from groups asking a Macomb County Circuit Court to dismiss bio-terrorism charges against a 44-year-old HIV-positive man has been delayed. The hearing was scheduled before Macomb Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni on Monday, but was postponed until May 10 to allow the prosecution time to respond to amicus briefs filed by [...]
In a friend of the court filing in Macomb County Circuit Court, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has asked that bio-terrorism charges against an HIV-positive man be dismissed. The ACLU filed the brief in the case of Daniel Allen, a 44-year-old Clinton Township man. Allen was arrested in October of 2009 following a [...]
MOUNT CLEMENS — An HIV-positive Clinton Township man facing charges stemming from state anti-terrorism laws passed in 2004 was arraigned in Macomb County Circuit Court on Monday, setting the stage for what will likely be a close examination of a case that for the first time has HIV presented as a weapon of bioterror.
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