Foreclosure prevention clinic scheduled
MSU Extension Macomb, in partnership with Legal Aid and Defenders Association of Macomb County, will host a Foreclosure Prevention Outreach Clinic on Thursday, August 15 in Clinton Township.
Organizers say the focus of the event will be educating and assisting homeowners on predatory lenders, abusive loan servicers and mortgage rescue scam artists.
Homeowners will learn about their rights in the foreclosure process, strategies to avoid foreclosure and insight into utilizing housing counseling and home retention options with delinquent mortgages.
The clinic will be held from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Verkuilen Building, 21885 Dunham Road, assembly room E, Clinic attendance and services are free of charge but advanced registration is advised.
To register, call 586.469.6430. For more information, contact Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. at 313. 967.5630 or MSUE-Macomb County at 586.469.6097 and 586.469.6430.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Stubborn juror spends a night behind bars
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A man apparently unhappy that he was picked as a juror has spent a night in jail after refusing to serve in Grand Rapids federal court.
Steven Freed was found in contempt of court.
He was released from jail Wednesday, but he’s not off the hook.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker ordered Freed to attend the trial, which could last three weeks.
The Oceana County man was picked as an alternate juror.
But Jonker says Freed refused to take an oath and be sworn-in with other jurors.
The judge has barred him from talking to reporters during the trial, which involves a series of Lansing-area armed robberies and a homicide.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
TGI Fridays fined for switching booze
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An operator of TGI Fridays restaurants in New Jersey raided as part of Operation Swill has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for serving customers cheap booze when they paid for top shelf.
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman says the fine levied against Briad Group should send a message to every bar and restaurant in the state that customers should always get what they pay for.
Twenty-nine establishments were raided as part of the operation.
Under terms of the settlement, Briad will employ a state-appointed monitor to ensure the restaurants and employees are in compliance.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Corrections to target inmate online profiles
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Corrections Department officials say inmates could face disciplinary action if they don’t remove profiles from an online pen-pal website.
A corrections spokesman says officials are investigating how many inmates have profiles on WriteAPrisoner.com, and they’re asking inmates to remove them.
Adam Lovell says he created the website to connect pen-pals with prisoners so they can trade letters.
He says the site also provides educational tools and legal aide help.
Prison officials say it’s against state rules for inmates to have social media profiles on any sites.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
––––––––––––––––––––
Subscribe to the Legal News!
http://legalnews.com/Home/Subscription
Full access to public notices, articles, columns, archives, statistics, calendar and more
Day Pass Only $4.95!
One-County $80/year
Three-County & Full Pass also available
