CRIME & SAFETY
Lansing Man Guilty of Premeditated 2019 Murder, Faces Life Without Parole
A Lansing man has been found guilty following a brutal 2019 murder tied to the city's underbelly of narcotics trafficking. Julian Guadelupe Revilla, 31, faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole after an Eaton County jury convicted him of premeditated murder and various weapons charges. Revilla's crimes included...
Holt teacher with anxiety over mass shootings sues school over refusal to make accommodations
DELHI TWP. — A Holt Junior High School teacher is suing her school district and local officials, saying the district has ignored her requests for accommodations that would ease her anxiety and PTSD concerning school safety amid mass shootings in schools. The federal lawsuit filed earlier this month, on April 9, is at least the third lawsuit for Holt Public Schools since the fall and the second accusing the school system of discrimination. ...
Mom pleads to federal charge after son, 2, fatally shoots himself
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The mother of a 2-year-old boy who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound pleaded guilty Monday, April 29, to a federal charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Emma Jane Huver, 26, of Lansing, awaits involuntary manslaughter and other charges in Ingham County Circuit...
MSU didn't address warning that its leadership was ill-prepared for emergency. Then the campus shooting happened.
In December 2022, Michigan State University was given a warning.There was no guidance in place for high-ranking members of university leadership to follow during emergencies. If a campus-wide crisis were to occur, an uninformed and unpredictable leadership response could follow, a crisis management firm told MSU.The university never addressed the problem, so they were forced to confront it head-on when two months later an active shooter sent the campus into lockdown.The chaotic leadership response that ensued disrupted the healing processes of victims and their families and interfered with MSU's ability to respond to the crisis, according to outside reviews and...
Lansing mom confesses to charge related to 2-year-old's accidental shooting death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A mother has pleaded guilty for her role in the accidental discharge of a gun that killed her 2-year-old in Lansing last fall. The U.S. Attorney’s Office – Western District of Michigan (DOJ) says the incident happened Oct. 24, 2023. Avis Coward, 44, reportedly left the vehicle with the child and his mother inside. We’re told surveillance footage shows a bullet hole appearing in one of the car’s windows one minute later.
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