Judge orders 30-month prison term for corrupt Troy city manager
TROY (AP) — A man who ran local government in Oakland County’s largest city has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for corruption.
Prosecutors say Brian Kischnick treated the pockets of contractors “as his own” when he was Troy city manager as he sought bribes, meals, booze and housing. It added up to more than $50,000.
Kischnick told a judge last week he had led a “morally bankrupt life.” He apologized for choosing a “dark and unhealthy path.”
The ordered by Judge Nancy Edmunds was less than what prosecutors recommended. Kischnick’s attorney says his judgment was clouded by alcohol and prescription drugs.
But prosecutor Dawn Ison says Kischnick never intended to serve Troy with honor.
High court kicks back petition to suspend judge
BRIGHTON (AP) — A technicality has stopped an effort to suspend a Livingston County judge who is facing criminal charges.
The Michigan Supreme Court said Friday it must have a recommendation from the state Judicial Tenure Commission, not the watchdog agency's staff.
Judge Theresa Brennan is facing misconduct charges as well as a separate criminal case. She's already been barred from hearing cases, but a suspension could stop her pay.
Brennan is accused of perjury and destroying evidence in her divorce case. In the misconduct matter, she's accused of many ethics violations in how she ran her office as well as for a relationship with a state police detective during a murder trial.
Man in fraud case told to pay more than $130K in restitution
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 61-year-old Hastings man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for committing health care fraud.
Federal court records say Randy Kirby was sentenced recently and ordered to pay restitution of more than $130,000.
Prosecutors say Kirby operated a mental health practice called Transitions Counseling.
Prosecutors say that between September 2013 and September 2016, Kirby submitted to Nebraska Medicaid false claims for reimbursement for services that he couldn’t show he’d rendered.
He pleaded guilty last October.
WWII-era grenade in car’s truck prompts Taco Bell evacuation
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — When a World War II-era hand grenade came to a Taco Bell in central Florida, everyone else had to leave.
In Facebook posts, Ocala Police said a treasure hunter found the grenade while magnet fishing Saturday in Ocklawaha. Magnet fishing is a form of treasure hunting that uses magnets to retrieve items from bodies of water.
Police say the man put the grenade in the trunk of his car and drove to the restaurant in Ocala, about 15 miles away, where he called authorities to report finding the small explosive device.
The restaurant was evacuated and the Marion County Sheriff's Office bomb squad was dispatched to remove the grenade. Ocala Police said it was authenticated as a World War II-era weapon and would be destroyed
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