Ex-Michigan State basketball star pleads guilty to gun charge
DETROIT (AP) — Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling is expected to serve jail time after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and resisting police charges.
Appling's plea was accepted Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Prosecutors say it includes a sentence agreement of five years' probation with the first year being served in the Wayne County Jail. The agreement does not include early release. Sentencing will be held Aug. 3.
The 24-year-old Appling played for Michigan State from 2010-2014 and had two brief contracts with the Orlando Magic.
He was arrested last August after driving away from a traffic stop in Detroit. Gun charges also are pending in two other cases in Dearborn and Detroit.
Menards loses appeal in case of shopper hit in store parking lot
DETROIT (AP) — Months after hearing arguments, the Michigan Supreme Court has decided to stay out of a personal-injury case at a big-box store that could have consequences for retailers in the state.
The court said it will let an appeals court decision stand against Menards, the Wisconsin-based home improvement chain, which was sued after a shopper was struck by a pickup truck after leaving a Bay City store in 2011. Virginia Rawluszki died from her injuries two years later at age 72.
Her family said Menards should have installed stop signs to slow down traffic at a crosswalk. The retailer, however, said the risk of being hit in a parking lot is open and obvious — a key legal standard in Michigan that often protects property owners from liability.
"You've got a square building with a square, rectangular parking lot. There's nothing else around," Menards attorney Alan Sullivan told the Supreme Court in January.
But two courts declined to dismiss the lawsuit. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous order Friday, said it won't get involved, leaving an appeals court decision in favor of Rawluszki's family and sending the case back to a Bay County judge for trial or possible settlement.
Cop's fatal shooting of man, 73, ruled justified
MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county prosecutor has ruled that a police officer's actions in the fatal shooting of a 73-year-old man were justified.
Authorities say Manistee Police Officer Doug Vansickle shot Lee Pat Milks on March 28 after he came out of the house with a gun and told the officer to leave. Police say the officer was conducting ordinance enforcement.
Manistee officials say the officer told Milks to drop the weapon, but he didn't comply and pointed it at the officer, so Vansickle fired. The officer was not injured and was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
Manistee County Prosecutor Jason Hagg says the officer had reasonable belief he faced "imminent danger of death or great bodily harm" when he fired. Manistee's public safety director agreed with the finding.
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