True Crime Flint

22/06/2022

17/02/2022

This century, the Sharee Miller murder case is perhaps one of Michigan's most notable criminal cases. The love triangle that Ms. Miller fostered resulted in the death of her husband, Bruce Miller. Sharee engaged in a torrid affair with a Kansas City cop. She convinced her then-boyfriend, Jerry Cassady, to come to Michigan and murder her husband, Bruce. Ms. Miller did so using a litany of falsehoods about her husband abusing her and the love child she was carrying.

Jerry Cassady killed himself, leaving behind a su***de note and a laptop computer. The laptop held a treasure trove of filthy and incriminating evidence of the murder plot. The emails and chats gave the Genesee County jury a road map to convict Ms. Miller for her role in the murder.

In the end, two men were dead, and Sharee Miller was convicted and imprisoned.

Our guest on this episode is David Nickola, a criminal defense attorney. Mr. Nickola was Sharee Miller's defense attorney at trial. Back in 2000, former Prosecutor Arthur Busch charged Sharee Miller with murder. The attorneys discuss the case the ins and outs of the trial. They also share their handling of the jury trial. Attorney Nickola shares insights about his client, the jury's selection, and other tidbits that are fascinating.

The national media extensively covered this case over the past 20 years. Just last week, ABC 20/20 did a segment on a confession letter Miller sent to the Judge in the case three years ago! At the trial, the Court TV covered the entire trial live. We thought you would enjoy the unfiltered perspectives on this case and this defendant.

The music heard on this podcast episode is"Flint River Water" is performed by singer-songwriter Colton Ort. This original song was written by Colton to commemorate the Flint Water Crisis. We appreciate his support for Radio Free Flint and for allowing us to use his music in this episode

This century, the Sharee Miller murder case is perhaps one of Michigan's most notable criminal cases. The love triangle that Ms. Miller fostered resulted in the death of her husband, Bruce Miller. Sharee engaged in a torrid affair with a Kansas City cop. She convinced her then-boyfriend, Jerry Cassa...

02/02/2021

Don't watch this if you are hungry!

Keith Tharpe is scheduled for ex*****on by lethal injection on September 26 in Georgia. His final meal request is rich in calories and comfort. He ordered th...

02/02/2021

In Flint, it's not unusual for police making a drug bust encounter a walk into the unexpected. In this case, 15 fighting dogs and a fighting ring. The dogs are use to gamble and the owners in this case were sophisticated.

The Flint Area Narcotics Group found 15 pit bulls in what appeared to be a large dog fighting ring.

29/01/2021

Charging these kids youngsters as adults is a bit too much. Charging them as juveniles with murder is more understandable.

2017-- 13 and 14-year-old boys charged with capital murder for killing 70-year-old man

Quindaris Burress, Dequan M. Stribling, and Jayce Bryson West were charged
They're accused of killing Henry Adams Jr of Baldwyn, Mississippi, in October
The boys were arrested on Friday and charged as adults, according to state law
They cannot face the death penalty and may still be tried in a youth court
Police haven't given a motive, but his wallet was found alongside his body

https://cqrcengage.com/asce/app/document/24768717;jsessionid=1phvn8xs63gxgq7j617ut9osb

10/01/2021

My podcast guest this week is Author John Smolens an award winning novelist whose historical fiction "Day of Days" tells the story of the tragic and shocking bombing of the Bath, Michigan Schoolhouse in 1927.

https://anchor.fm/radiofreeflint/episodes/Day-of-Days-The-Bath-Schoolhouse-Bombing-with-author-John-Smolens-eooach

Author John Smolens is an award winning novelist whose historical fiction "Day of Days" tells the story of the tragic and shocking bombing of the Bath, Michigan Schoolhouse in 1927. There were 45 people killed in that bombing and countless children and adults injured. In the spring 1927, Andrew Keho...

05/01/2021

This is a shocking crime. Two suspects still on the loose.

Cameron Latrell Burnett, 21, has been arranged on 13 charges related to the shooting death of 3-year-old Messiah Williams.

04/01/2021

In Flint, Michigan this type of case was not unheard of at all. they are difficult to investigate. Perhaps I'll do a podcast to explain the most heartbreaking and sickening of this variety of crime. In the meantime, if you need a picture of perverted, this guy would fit the mold.

A Michigan man who was arrested for fathering a son with his 20-year-old daughter claims he gave her his semen in a cup but doesn’t know “what she did with it,” police said. Gregory Michael S…

02/01/2021

A federal court several years ago declared the Michigan scheme for S*x Offender Registration was unconstitutional. It only took the Michigan Legislature 4 years to get around to complying with the Court's Order!

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will trigger major changes in the state's s*x offender legal landscape. The House Bill 5679 will repeal specific sections of t...

23/12/2020

I thought Flint, MI had strange murder cases. Son kills dogs then threatens brother with a gun. Dad shows up and he shoots at son. Son then shoots dad. Both father and son killed!

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22/12/2020

He is only accused at this point. However, s*xual predators come from all social economic backgrounds. Federal Court has big penalties for this type of offense as does Michigan law. He may receive up to 15 years in federal prison. That all depends of course on the facts of the case. Problem will be the strength of evidence in the case often depends on the victim-witness and the believability of that witness. In this case, the age difference between the victim and this professor will be a big factor to a jury is my guess.

Shipps is scheduled to be arraigned at 1 p.m. Thursday.

22/12/2020

This is one stupid criminal if this is true. He might win the Stupid Person of the Month Award!

He was discharged from parole this spring.

22/12/2020

New podcast episode is a very strange case.
David Melfi did what no parent could have ever imagined, held his twin brother down while another man stabbed him 45 times. He participated in the murder of his twin.

https://anchor.fm/truecrimeflint/episodes/Fraternal-Twins-Murder-Case-Cain-and-Able-Revisited-eme9l3

David Melfi did what no parent could have ever imagined, held his twin brother down while another man stabbed him 45 times. He participated in the murder of his twin.

16/12/2020

This is not uncommon in Michigan schools. When I was a prosecutor reviewing these cases of by teachers, I had cases in Flint, Michigan about teachers who kicked students, punched them and stuffed them under desks in classrooms. The age of the kids were sometimes young as this but in most cases that come to light today they are older students. Teachers have a challenging job. However, resorting to corporeal punishment is never acceptable behavior and is a crime in most states.

A former Kansas teacher who was caught on security camera kicking a kindergarten student in the school library has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and a year of probation. Crystal Smith, 55, was also ordered to attend anger management classes after pleading guilty to battery at a video hearing Thu...

11/12/2020

A very tragic situation. The boys were from Flint.

Father of two boys killed in a Cape Coral crash into a canal remains jailed, as police say he was driver, had twice the legal blood-alcohol level

08/12/2020

Ricky Newell is dead! He recently died in a Michigan prison. His evil acts of murder will live in infamy. Listen to Radio Free Flint Podcast about the Mary Sunshine Dairy Murders in Flushing: https://anchor.fm/radiofreeflint/episodes/Cold-Blooded-Murders-at-Marys-Sunshine-Dairy-20027-eg704b

Thirty-five years after carrying out what may have been the most cold-blooded homicides in Flushing history, Michael Prast is getting ready to die.

06/12/2020

This is true crime at its best! Police arresting the town drunk on a Jimmy Buffet bicycle, eating a cheeseburger in jail (paradise) and being a jail bird (parrot head) all seems about right. What a world we live in today. Someone find out if he did in fact get sentenced to Paradise?

The defendant has been to prison numerous times on drunken driving offenses.

05/12/2020

Here is a good one. This guy is believed to have murdered 93 people! Now you gotta find the bodies and evidence. Just using a confession alone does not form the corpus of a crime according to legal theory. I had this problem when a guy said he killed 2 people. We never found the bodies. Definitely needed more evidence to overcome the burden of proof. To listen to that story here is the podcast link: https://anchor.fm/radiofreeflint/episodes/29-Michigan-Murder-Mystery-A-Confession-but-No-Bodies-eg6t6g

Police across America are digging through old case files to identify Little’s victims. In Memphis, multiple families have laid claim to the woman Little says he strangled.

28/11/2020

A true crime mystery begging for an answer. Yes, even after all these years.

Forty years ago Thursday, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from a Bloomfield Hills restaurant.

26/11/2020

FLINT, Mich. - Crime Stoppers of Flint and Genesee County are looking for information of an unsolved homicide from 2017. On August 15, 2017, 20-year-old Onesti Laniece Minniefield was found shot to death according to Crime Stoppers. READ MORE:Crime Stoppers offering up to $2,500 for information lead...

19/11/2020

A podcast interview with true crime author Greg Fournier about the history of Michigan's legendary Purple Gang
https://anchor.fm/radiofreeflint/episodes/58-The-Purple-Gangs-Legendary-History-emkns0

American popular culture has memorialized the Purple Gang in books, movies and even Elvis Presley's hit "Jail House Rock" mentions the notorious Detroit gang. The Purple Gang sat on top of the underworld of Michigan in the 1920s and 1930's until the Mafia took over in Detroit, Michigan. They did dea...

14/11/2020

As Jim Kiertzner pointed out below, this guy was a serial murderer and ra**st. Perhaps one of the most dangerous criminals whom I prosecuted in Genesee County, Michigan. Interestingly he was initially identified by fingerprints after many unsuccessful attempts. Imaging technology helped to make it possible to get a clear reading of the finger prints left behind at Applewood Estate in Flint, Michigan. Look for a podcast on this interesting case in the near future. In the meantime I have attached some background on the case with this link.

Jeffrey Wayne Gorton is an American murderer and ra**st, who was convicted in 2002 of the r**e and murder of flight attendant Nancy Ludwig on February 17, 1991 at the Hilton hotel in Romulus, Michigan.

13/11/2020

This is a hopeful sign. Remember you can never know the crime rate is down in a community by watching television news. In fact, the coverage by local news can increase all while the number of cases has plumented.

Detroit's violent crime rate led the nation among big cities in 2019, although the numbers were down from 2018; Flint reported a 26% drop

13/11/2020

Oh my how fingerprints still matter.

Police ran the fingerprints though a national database per standard protocol, which authorities say began to unravel the truth about Dickson’s life.

13/11/2020

True crime story about fratricide. The killing involves fraternal twins. One twin who along with a friend helped kill the other twin by stabbing him 45 times. It is a shocking crime. The Prosecutor in the case, Arthur A. Busch narrates the case from his vantage point. This is a riveting story. It re...