Daily Briefs

Officer says he was fooled by Nassar’s ‘lies’ in 2004


MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan police officer who investigated a complaint against Larry Nassar back in 2004 says he didn’t send the case to a prosecutor because he was fooled by the sports doctor.

Officials in Meridian Township, Michigan, publicly apologized to the victim, Brianne Randall-Gay, a year ago, after Nassar was sentenced to decades to prison for molesting girls and young women. But they also took the extraordinary step of hiring an investigator to try to learn more about how police handled her complaint. The report was released Tuesday.

The report didn’t reveal many new details. But it includes an interview with Andrew McCready, who investigated Randall-Gay’s allegation that Nassar had molested her. Nassar told police that he was performing a legitimate medical procedure.

McCready says, “I believed his lies.”

 

Michigan priest pleads no contest to sexual misconduct


SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A 72-year-old Michigan priest has pleaded no contest to sexual misconduct, less than a week after he was acquitted in a different case.

The Rev. Robert DeLand’s plea occurred Tuesday before jury selection in the second of three trials.

The Saginaw County prosecutor says the plea closes the two remaining cases. DeLand pleaded no contest to second-degree criminal sexual conduct causing injury and gross indecency between males. Some charges were dropped.

A no-contest plea means DeLand didn’t contest the evidence. It ­wasn’t immediately known if there was a sentencing agreement. The prosecutor won’t comment until a news conference Wednesday.

DeLand was pastor at St. Agnes Church in Freeland until his arrest in February 2018. He also regularly mixed with students at Freeland High School.

 

Marijuana Law Section presents ‘Cannabis and Cars — OWI in the Era of Legalized Marijuana’
 

Join the Marijuana Law Section and the Michigan Association of OWI Attorneys to learn the best practice methods of handling cases involving cannabis and vehicles. The seminar will be held from 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 10 until 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 at The Henry Center at Michigan State University, 3535 Forest Rd. in Lansing.

Speakers will include a variety of experts from a prosecutor to defense attorneys. A tentative schedule is available at www.mich bar.org.

The cost for Section and/or MIAOWIA members is $300, and $375 for non-members. Register at www.michbar.org.

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