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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 3, 2011 21:41:28 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 4, 2011 1:37:47 GMT -5
Police in Michigan enforce the false police report statute at their discretion. Where there is a blatant disregard for the law, charges are more likely to be filed. Where the person who made the report has mental health issues, police have some latitude to refer the offender for psychological counseling or contact the person's family for assistance instead of filing criminal charges. Convictions for filing a false police report are relatively rare in Michigan, but they do occur and the crime is taken seriously by both law enforcement and the courts. Read more: Penalty for Filing a False Police Report in Michigan | eHow.com www.ehow.com/about_5435059_penalty-false-police-report-michigan.html#ixzz1U1VigCvu
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 4, 2011 10:46:21 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 9, 2011 2:52:46 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 10, 2011 7:58:52 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 10, 2011 11:01:25 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 10, 2011 13:47:43 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 11, 2011 0:06:14 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 11, 2011 14:57:38 GMT -5
DETROIT -- The family of a Michigan woman whose death remains unsolved is suing two police departments on claims witness statements were either ignored or never taken.
Grosse Pointe Farms resident Joann Matouk Romain was last seen Jan. 12, 2010, at a prayer service at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church.
Her car, with her purse, wallet and cash inside were found in the church parking lot.
Investigators said they tracked footprints in the snow from the lot to Lake St. Clair and searched the waters, but no traces of Romain were found. Then, in March, her body was found by fishermen in a channel of the Detroit River near Amherstburg, Ontario.
Two autopsies were conducted. Both concluded she died by drowning. Police suspect a suicide. But her family diagrees.
"We do not believe this was a suicide or an accident. This was a murder, Roman's daughter, Michelle, said.
Jeffrey Abood is the family's attorney. He has said that although Romain was about to file for divorce, the idea of suicide does not fit.
"She was a very upbeat person. She was close to her family. She cared for her kids. She lived for her children," Abood said.
Police have said they are sympathetic to the family's concern but add their investigations did not find evidence of foul play.
But Abood's law firm is now suing the Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe Woods police departments. The Freedom of Information lawsuit requests that police turn over police reports and witness statements. In a release about the lawsuit, the law firm says some witness statements were never taken because witnesses were turned away by police. The firm also says Grosse Pointe Farms police never obtained any proof that Romain was suicidal.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 13, 2011 22:03:42 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 15, 2011 6:53:04 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 16, 2011 20:42:25 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 17, 2011 15:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 19, 2011 0:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Aug 19, 2011 17:09:03 GMT -5
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