Progress Report on New Case

After our new case was filed in April, a motion was filed almost immediately by the Defendants' attorney to change the venue from Michigan Circuit Court to Federal Court. Then prior to the conference to schedule discovery such as depositions, etc., they filed a motion to have it heard by the previous judge, and have it termed a 'companion' case with our first case. All of this is strategy and maneuvering, and was shot down immediately. But it delayed any further progress. Consequently, the scheduling conference has been delayed from July to September. So glad we're not impatient to get things underway.

Due to the sensitivity of much of the information regarding the case, I can only give updates of actual events. Nothing of substance regarding the case, itself, can be shared at this time, alhough, some of you may have heard the news that the Thetford Township Police Chief (Yes, the one in the book) was arrested last week (August 22, 2018) on charges of embezzling money from the sale of military equipment obtained through the LESO program, and obstruction of justice. This certainly throws a new twist into the situation. The arrest was the culmination of a year-long investigation by the local Sheriff's Department as to what had become of some of the equipment the Chief had obtained, and where some of the money was from equipment that had been scrapped at a local salvage yard that hadn't been turned into the Township. The Clerk promptly resigned the next day on the heels of the Police Chief's arrest. One thing is clear, the regime that has been in control, doing whatever they wanted with no fear of reprisal or being held accountable, is fast losing its grip. Stay tuned!