March 09, 2026
A Michigan federal judge said maintaining a job and sobriety are not enough to warrant the end of early supervised release for a former marijuana industry lobbyist convicted of bribing a politician with cash and a sex worker.
March 05, 2026
Federal prosecutors urged a Michigan federal judge to deny a request by a former marijuana industry lobbyist convicted in a bribery scheme to end his supervised release early, arguing that simply following the rules for a short period of time does not justify shortening his sentence.
October 17, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request from the former speaker of the state House of Representatives to serve the last three and a half years of his bribery sentence at home on compassionate release, finding he is receiving adequate healthcare in prison.
August 15, 2024
The former speaker of Michigan's House of Representatives and ex-chair of a marijuana licensing board is asking to serve the rest of his prison sentence following a bribery conviction at home, saying he is eligible for early release due to his age and complications from a serious heart condition.
November 20, 2023
A former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives isn't going to get another two months to convalesce following a heart procedure before turning himself into federal prison for a five-year sentence for accepting bribes from the marijuana industry, a federal judge has declared.
October 16, 2023
A federal judge will allow the former speaker of Michigan's House of Representatives to delay his surrender for a 55-month sentence as he recovers from two heart procedures, after he pled guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for help on license applications while head of the Medical Marihuana Licensing Board.
October 04, 2023
Federal prosecutors recommended Wednesday that a Michigan federal judge sentence two marijuana industry lobbyists to between 2 and 2½ years in prison after they pled guilty to paying a combined $82,000 in bribes to a state regulator overseeing the state's medical cannabis program.
September 28, 2023
A former Speaker of the Michigan House was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison Thursday after a Michigan federal judge condemned his "unfettered abuse of power" in taking bribes from the marijuana industry while sitting as chair of a state board responsible for licensing marijuana businesses.
September 15, 2023
Federal prosecutors said this week a former Michigan politician deserves nearly six years in prison for allegedly accepting bribes throughout his tenure at the head of a state agency tasked with overseeing the marijuana industry, revealing in a new filing that the bribes included payments for a prostitute's services.
September 14, 2023
A Michigan businessman was sentenced to 28 months in prison Thursday for bribing the head of Michigan's medical marijuana licensing board, with a federal judge saying his remorse and previously spotless criminal record did not outweigh the need to send a message that bribery is "unacceptable" in the U.S.