- Posted July 16, 2014
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Ex-county prosecutor accused of soliciting murder
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - A lawyer and ex-county prosecutor in northern Michigan has been charged with solicitation of murder after authorities say he tried to pay a man $20,000 to kill another attorney.
Clarence Gomery was arraigned Monday in Traverse City District Court and jailed on a $5 million bond.
A person who answered the phone at Gomery's law office told The Associated Press there was no immediate comment on the charge.
Gomery served as Leelanau County prosecutor in the late 1990s.
Authorities say Gomery sought the killing of Christopher Cooke, who represented ex-Gomery business partner Fred Topous Jr. He sued Gomery for fraud and malpractice in a golf course deal.
The Traverse City Record-Eagle says a judge ordered Gomery to pay $315,000 in Topous' legal fees. Gomery filed for bankruptcy in April.
Published: Wed, Jul 16, 2014
headlines Oakland County
- Senators accepting applications from candidates interested in nomination for federal judgeship, U.S. attorney, and U.S. marshal in Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
- Elizabeth Lake Pump Station rehabilitation project underway
- Virtual gathering looks at ‘Barrier Free Design for Planners’
- Bloomfield Township Department of Public Works earns award
- Judicial investiture
headlines National
- Summit offered research-based roadmap for law firms seeking to implement generative AI
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice agrees to license suspension for alleged election-review misconduct
- ‘Stay out of my shorts,’ other discourteous comments led to censure for New York judge
- Federal judge’s Columbia clerk boycott didn’t harm public confidence in judiciary, judicial council rules
- ‘There is no question that we will fight,’ says latest law firm targeted in Trump executive order
.png)
