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Police are asking the public for help finding a man who robbed a bank Friday morning. It happened at the Independent Bank at 1245 East Grand River in Williamston just before 10:30 a.m. Meridian Townshipget more >> Bank robbed in Williamston on Friday morningget more >> Police in Eaton County are looking for three people who they say broke into a home, tied up the owner, and stole several items from the house. It happened around 2 a.m. on Friday along the 1400 blockget more >> Three suspects broke in, tied up ownerget more >> Michigan State Police and the Department of Corrections are investigating after an employee was beaten up at a Jackson prison. It happened at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility on Wednesday night. Aget more >> Physician's assistant found in a closetget more >> The Eaton County Sheriff's Department had its hands full with meth labs last night. Deputies went to two busts - one in Charlotte and the other in Windsor Township. There was a third bust, in which copsget more >> Two in Eaton County, one in Lansingget more >> Michigan's local governments would have the option to put cameras at intersections to spot drivers running red lights under proposed legislation in the state House. A measure recently introduced by Republicanget more >> A sign would need to warn driversget more >> Police believe two sisters are the brains behind a home invasion in Holt earlier this month. Police say two Lansing men broke into a home in the 1800 block of Schoolcraft, tied-up the homeowner, and stoleget more >> Both face numerous charges for home invasionget more >> Hazardous material was found in a home on Lansing's south side after a police raid late Wednesday night. There were 180 Pounds of hazardous waste found inside the home on Valencia Street, along withget more >> There were 180 Pounds of hazardous waste found inside the home on Valencia Street, along with 25 prior One Pot Meth, and 62 gas generators.get more >> A memorial service is planned for a newly married Detroit-area youth minister who was killed in a traffic accident as he and his wife were en route to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, S.C.get more >> A memorial service is planned for a newly married Detroit-area youth minister who was killed in a traffic accident as he and his wife were en route to their honeymoon in Myrtle Beach, S.C.get more >> Two suspects are in custody after Eaton County Sheriff's Officials responded to a home with possible methamphetamine activity. According to officials they located components used in the manufacturingget more >> Officials located components used in making meth, numerous one pot meth labs, potted marijuana plants, and a loaded hand gun.get more >> Officials got the call just before 7 P.M. Tuesday night to the Mason State Bank on Cedar Street in Mason, where they say a bank robbery took place. It was reported that the male suspect came in justget more >> A male suspect came into a bank in Mason just before closing with a handgun and demanded money from an employee.get more >>
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Senate has unanimously passed three Republican-introduced bills that supporters say would make it easier to prosecute people for child pornography.
The bills approved Wednesday go to the state House for consideration.
Attorney General Bill Schuette says the bills help update laws written in the 1990s when he says "the Internet was still in its infancy."
A bill by Tom Casperson of Escanaba amends criminal procedures to make it easier for prosecutors to use evidence gathered in undercover police operations against child predators at sentencing.
A bill by Goeff Hansen of Hart restricts who has access to child pornography during the discovery phase of criminal trials.
And a bill by Dave Hildenbrand of Lowell Township expands the definitions of producing and making pornography to include creating new copies.
