Court upholds secret hallway camera in SW Michigan drug bust
PARCHMENT, Mich. (AP) — A secret camera outside an apartment in southwestern Michigan didn't violate the rights of a man who was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for a drug crime, an appeals court said.
Police got a warrant to search the apartment of Raheim Trice after the camera recorded him going in and out of the unit. The camera, which looked like a smoke detector, was placed on a wall in the building in Parchment.
"The hallway was effectively a common area, open to all, in which Trice had taken no steps to maintain his privacy. He therefore did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the unlocked common hallway," a federal appeals court said in a 3-0 opinion last week.
Trice pleaded guilty to a methamphetamine crime under an agreement that allowed him to challenge the search of the apartment and use of the camera. Police in 2018 also discovered cocaine, heroin and digital scales.
Detroit seeking photos of city's COVID-19 victims for event
DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit has set a Friday deadline for people to submit photos of Detroit residents who died from COVID-19 as part of a unique public memorial planned at Belle Isle State Park.
City officials plan to enlarge the photos and display them at Belle Isle, where people will be able to see them during an all-day memorial drive on Aug. 31.
"Families and friends will be able to say goodbye, and the photos will be given to families when the memorial is over," the city said in a statement.
More than 1,400 people in Detroit have died from COVID-19 complications, or roughly 24% of all deaths in Michigan.
Photos can be sent by email to detroitmemorial2020@gmail.com, by regular mail or online. The mailing address is Detroit Memorial 2020, P.O. Box 21761, Detroit, MI 48221.
AG’s Office to review 2018 Shelby Township police shooting
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has agreed to review a 2018 case in which an unarmed Macomb County man was killed by Shelby Township police to evaluate whether charges should have been filed against law enforcement involved in the incident.
Kanwarbir Malhi, 25, was shot by officers from the Shelby Township Police Department after exiting a vehicle in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he resided along Spring Lane in Shelby Township. Authorities stated he refused to comply with their orders and they believed he may have possessed a weapon. Authorities later determined Malhi was unarmed.
The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office reviewed the incident and presented its investigation to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, but that office did not file charges against the officers involved in the shooting.
Nessel agreed to review the case, pledging transparency and an unbiased look at the matter.
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