| Read Time: 3 minutes | Self Defense

Delvon M. Jackson Exonerated of Open Murder

This article was originally published from Saginaw and Bay City News’ author Cole Waterman. SAGINAW, MI — After less than two hours of deliberation, a jury exonerated a Saginaw man accused of fatally shooting another man during a fight on a West Side street, finding he acted in defense of his brother. Jurors in the trial of Delvon M....

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Jury Acquits Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl in Photo

This article was originally published here by author Cole Waterman SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw County jury has exonerated a Midland man accused of sexually assaulting a child several years ago. Despite what appeared to be photographic evidence implicating him, his attorney argued throughout the man’s trial that the photo was a fabrication, and jurors ultimately agreed. The trial of 49-year-old...

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Jury Acquits Catholic Priest Robert DeLand of Sexually Assaulting 2 Teens

This article was originally published here by author Cole Waterman SAGINAW, MI – A jury deliberated for about two hours before acquitting a popular Roman Catholic priest in a case where he was accused of sexually assaulting two male teens. It was the first of three trials. The nine-woman, three-man jury delivered its verdicts about 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 21,...

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| Read Time: 3 minutes | Oil and Hazardous Substance

Feds Dismiss Cases Against Engineers Accused of Dumping Oily Waste in Lake Huron

This article was originally published here by author Cole Waterman BAY CITY, MI –  A little more than a year after charges were first filed against them, two men alleged to have dumped oily waste from a towing vessel into Lake Huron have had their cases dismissed. The dismissal comes just days before they were to go before a federal jury....

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| Read Time: 2 minutes | Drug Related

Saginaw Man Acquitted in Bay City Woman’s Heroin Overdose Death

This article was originally published here by author Bob Johnson. SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw man is free after a jury decided he was not responsible for the fatal heroin overdose of a Bay City woman. A jury on Thursday, Dec. 8, found Jaymes D. Collins-Degrate, 22, not guilty of delivering a controlled substance causing death, a felony that carries...

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| Read Time: 3 minutes | Conspiracy to Commit Murder

Saginaw Man Avoids Murder Conspiracy Conviction for Second Time

This article was originally published here by author Andy Hoag SAGINAW, MI – Jurors have acquitted a Saginaw man of a murder conspiracy in connection with a March 2015 shooting on the city’s South Side. After deliberating for a total of about three hours over two days, a jury of seven women and five men on Thursday, April 21, found Dominique A....

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Judge Overturns Murder Conspiracy Verdict in Humbert Casas Homicide

This article was originally published here by author Andy Hoag SAGINAW, MI – A judge has overturned a jury’s verdict against one of two men convicted of conspiring to murder Humberto Casas Jr. last year. For the first time in his 15 years as a judge, Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson on Thursday, March 3, set aside a jury’s verdict in...

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