Woman gets year in prison in cover-up of slaying, mutilation
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to helping her ex-boyfriend cover up the shooting death and mutilation of his childhood friend in southeastern Michigan has been sentenced to a year in prison and three years of probation.
WDIV-TV reports that 20-year-old Eevette MacDonald was sentenced Thursday after entering her plea in December to being an accessory and to exhumation and mutilation of a body.
MacDonald apologized for “being cowardly and not coming forward with the information that I had.”
A jury in February convicted 21-year-old Andrew Fiacco of second-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old Stephen McAfee. Fiacco is awaiting sentencing.
Prosecutors say Fiacco shot McAfee twice in the head in a remote Bruce Township field in March 2016 then dismembered his body and buried some of the remains on family property.
Michigan man faces charge after more than 60 dogs removed
BLANCHARD, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man is facing an animal cruelty charge after about 60 dogs were removed from a mid-Michigan property.
The Isabella County prosecutor’s office says animal control officials were tipped off about the dogs and 41-year-old Levi Yoder of Blanchard was arraigned this week on a charge of abandoning/cruelty to animals.
Yoder’s lawyer Tom Weiss says the dogs were in a heated pole barn in an Amish community and they believe the dogs were in good health and treated well.
Prosecutors say the dogs lived in unsanitary conditions at the property about 125 miles (201 kilometers) northwest of Detroit. They say some were kept in small crates and covered with feces and urine.
The Humane Animal Treatment Society announced last week that many dogs were brought to the Isabella County Animal Shelter. They’re being cleared for adoption.
Portrait unveiling ceremony Judge Denise Langford Morris
Detroit Mercy Law will host a portrait unveiling ceremony honoring alumna and Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 8 in the atrium of the school’s Riverfront Campus, 651 E. Jefferson Ave. in Detroit.
The portrait, painted by Detroit artist Henry Heading, is a gift from Detroit Mercy Law student organizations (University of Detroit School of Law’s Law Review, Black Law Students Association, and Women’s Law Caucus - Detroit Mercy Law). All members of the legal community are welcome to attend this celebration. RSVP at http://law-school.udmercy.edu/langford-morris/
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