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12:49 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Former Detroit Public Library official charged with bribery

Former Detroit Public Library official charged with bribery

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Tim Cromer, the former chief administrative officer for the Detroit Public Library, was charged with taking $1.4 million dollars in bribes.

Cromer and two contractors were indicted on 21 counts after the FBI raided the library offices last November.

Christine MacDonald of The Detroit News has more:

Law
11:45 am
Thu May 23, 2013

The difficulties of setting a legal limit for high driving in Michigan

The difficulties of setting a legal limit for high driving in Michigan

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A marijuana plant.

On Tuesday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana patients are not automatically breaking the law if caught driving after using marijuana.

Passed in 2008 by Michigan voters, the state’s Medical Marihuana Act does prohibit patients from operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of pot.

But the law fails to explicitly say just how much THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, needs to be in the bloodstream for a user to be considered “under the influence.”

Which is why the justices offered this piece of advice to lawmakers: Set a legal limit for pot consumption, just like the blood alcohol content metric for alcohol intoxication.

Law
5:48 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Ex-Detroit library official indicted in bribery scheme

Ex-Detroit library official indicted in bribery scheme

DETROIT (AP) - The ex-technology chief for Detroit's public libraries and two former business contractors are charged in a $1.4 million bribe and kickback scheme.

The U.S. Justice Department announced the indictments Tuesday.

Forty-six-year-old Timothy Cromer was the library system's chief administrative and technology officer in 2006-13.

The Associated Press left a phone message at his West Bloomfield home Tuesday afternoon seeking comment.

Federal officials say the library system paid out $4 million to two companies for information technology services. They say $1.4 million was returned in kickbacks.

The indictment also seeks forfeiture of money associated with the scheme.

Law
11:43 am
Mon May 20, 2013

Suspended judge faces tenure commission hearing

Suspended judge faces tenure commission hearing

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A judge who a state agency says had an affair with a woman who had a child-support case pending in his court is facing a key hearing.

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission hearing for Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree began Monday in Ann Arbor and could last several days. A retired judge is presiding.

Geniene La'Shay Mott disclosed an affair with McCree in December. He was placed on leave and then suspended without pay in February.

The commission says McCree lied during the agency's ethics investigation and falsely reported to prosecutors that Mott was stalking him.

McCree's attorney, Brian Einhorn, has said the judge shouldn't lose his job.

The state Supreme Court reprimanded McCree last year after he sent a shirtless photo of himself to a female court employee.

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