Conviction stands: Court drops interest in false abuse case
ST. JOSEPH (AP) — A woman convicted of telling her daughter to make a false report of sexual abuse has failed to persuade the state Supreme Court to take the case.
The court heard arguments in May. But in a brief order last Friday, the court said an appeals court opinion affirming Shae Mullins’ conviction will stand.
Mullins, a Berrien County resident, was accused of coercing her daughter to tell a teacher that she had been abused by the girl’s father. A trial witness suggested that Mullins had offered to buy the girl a new horse. The scheme unraveled.
Mullins argued that she couldn’t be charged with making a false report because it was her daughter who did it. But the appeals court says someone who uses an innocent person can be charged.
Mullins was sentenced to a week in jail.
Monument to fallen officers dedicated
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Monument has been dedicated following a 14-year fundraising effort in support of its construction.
Dozens of officers from departments across the state and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel took part in Saturday’s ceremony in Lansing at the monument honoring Michigan law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
The monument’s home in Veterans Memorial Park is near the Hall of Justice in the Capitol complex. The monument includes metal panels engraved with the names of fallen officers.
Alabama sued in transgender driver’s license case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge is questioning Alabama’s requirement for a transgender person to undergo full gender reassignment surgery to change the sex on their driver's license.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson held a Tuesday hearing in the lawsuit filed by three transgender individuals challenging the requirement as unconstitutional.
Thompson noted the violence faced by transgender individuals. He said a license gender that contradicts public appearance will disclose a person as transgender. He said they “might as well have a scarlet letter T.”
A state attorney argued Alabama has an interest in proper identification and has a simple rule on the matter. ACLU attorney Gabriel Arkles said states shouldn’t be forcing medical decisions.
TSA: Man checked missile launcher in luggage at BWI
BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal officials say they found a missile launcher in a man’s luggage at the airport in Baltimore.
The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the military grade weapon was located in the man’s checked luggage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
TSA officers called airport police who found the man and detained him for questioning. The unidentified traveler said he was in the military and coming home from Kuwait. He said he wanted to keep the weapon as a souvenir.
The TSA said the missile launcher was “not a live device.” But it was handed over to the state fire marshal for disposal.
The man lives in Jacksonville, Texas, which is about 115 miles east of Dallas. He was ultimately allowed to catch his flight home.
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