Michigan Marijuana Legalization Commercial…feat Steve Miller
The Coalition To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Michigan released a commercial for Marijuana legalization featuring retired Michigan State Trooper Ted Nelson and Komorn Law staff member Steve Miller.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry as well as consulting and legal representation for Medical Maruhuana Patients and Caregivers.
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Holy Moly Donut Shop laundered drug cash, feds say
Detroit — The Holy Moly Donut Shop lured cops, but for all the wrong reasons.
The popular shop, where people can customize doughnuts with candy toppings, was a front for a multi-state marijuana ring, which laundered drug money through the doughnut shop, a sham marijuana dispensary next door and a business that fills ATM machines with cash, according to federal prosecutors.
The unusual drug investigation emerged Friday when Holy Moly owner Victor Attisha and two others were indicted in federal court on drug conspiracy, money laundering and other charges.
Court records and interviews chronicle more than $700,000 seized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and reveal a colorful criminal investigation that illustrates the potential for criminality as Detroit’s nascent medical marijuana ordinance takes effect with 75 licensed pot shops across the city.
The indictment was filed one month before Michigan voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana.
“I’d say of all the gin joints to walk into, if they walked into this one, there must be a reason,” said attorney Michael Komorn, president of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association. “More information needs to come out but people should be concerned because if you’re not operating under the rules, this is the kind of thing that can happen.”
A lawyer for Attisha and a DEA spokeswoman declined comment Friday.
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Attisha, 40, of Sterling Heights was charged alongside business partners Junior Asmar, 45, of Sterling Heights, and James Shammas, 38, of Shelby Township.
The drug conspiracy started in 2016 when the three men devised a scheme to make and distribute hundreds of pounds of marijuana under the guise of operating a marijuana dispensary that purportedly would comply with state drug laws, prosecutors said.
That sham dispensary was Unified Collective, next door to Holy Moly Donut Shop on Eight Mile, prosecutors said.
The trio had various roles manufacturing, possessing and distributing the marijuana and laundering the drug money, according to the indictment.
The marijuana was grown and cultivated in commercial and residential locations across Metro Detroit and sold throughout the region.
The men also bought hundreds of pounds of marijuana worth more than $1 million from suppliers in California and other locations to sell in Metro Detroit, according to the government.
The drug ring’s operations included operations in Farmington Hills, Roseville, Shelby Township and Asmar’s bedroom, the doughnut shop and Unified Collective, prosecutors said.
The 24-hour doughnut chain has multiple locations in Detroit: on Eight Mile east of Woodward and on Seven Mile.
Government documents obtained by The News indicate investigators seized more than $39,000 from Holy Moly and Unified Collective on Feb. 14. The rest of the money was seized from a home in Bloomfield Hills, a Hazel Park business and banks.
The doughnut shop and dispensary were used to conceal drug proceeds and hide the source of the income, prosecutors said.
So were ATM businesses, according to the indictment.
Asmar, an employee of A&S ATM on the 24000 block of John R. Road in Hazel Park, periodically filled the machines with cash, including illegal marijuana proceeds, prosecutors said. Attisha is the company’s resident agent.
From April 2016 to September 2017, more than $2.3 million was deposited into the ATM company’s bank account. A nearly equal amount was withdrawn, prosecutors said
The bank account was controlled by Asmar and Attisha, according to the government. Shammas, meanwhile, listed his profession as “ATM Consulting.”
Asmar and Shammas could not be reached for comment Friday.
The men used other people to conceal the true identities of certain real estate and bank accounts, prosecutors said.
The real estate included commercial marijuana operations on Research Drive in Farmington Hills and in Oak Park. And a safety deposit box that held $197,140 was registered under the name of a Shammas relative.
Attisha, the doughnut shop merchant, has a criminal record.
In November 2000, police officers in suburban San Diego, Calif., raided the home of a suspected drug dealer and seized cocaine, and a loaded pistol. Investigators learned that the pistol was among 54 firearms stolen during a smash-and-grab robbery of a gun shop.
The suspected drug dealer cooperated with federal investigators and led them to the person who sold him the stolen firearm.
The suspected drug leader said Attisha sold one weapon at his workplace, a San Diego fish market, where agents seized an illegal rifle, ammunition and “approximately one-half pound of high-grade marijuana,” according to federal court records.
Attisha was indicted in March 2001 on marijuana and weapons charges, convicted of one gun crime and sentenced to 27 months in a federal boot camp.
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But some can and some will. “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”…If you abuse it…You Lose it.
Our story today highlights the reported news about a Michigan Judge from the Livingston County District. Judge Theresa Brennan faces misconduct allegations that include a list of fun things. Here is an incomplete list.
Perjury
Failing to disclose personal ties to parties involved in her cases
Requiring her staff to do personal tasks for her
Mistreating people who came before her.
There’s more….
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A retired judge appointed by the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission is hearing the evidence in Livonia. Depending on his findings, the commission could eventually ask the state Supreme Court to discipline Brennan.
Discipline ?!?!?! You mean like shaking your finger at her or having her make amends and pay restitution to the people she harmed or whose lives she destroyed!!!
In a recent 87-page complaint, the JTC said Brennan, among other issues:
Failed to disqualify herself or fully disclose her close personal relationship with a Michigan State Police detective involved in a murder case she presided over in 2013. She also failed to disclose conflicts and disqualify herself in other cases, the JTC said;
Failed to disqualify herself from hearing her own divorce case until six days after she knew the complaint had been filed;
Used improper demeanor in court;
Directed court staff to do personal tasks for her on court time;
Required staff to work on her re-election campaign during work hours;
Made misrepresentations during court hearings and in her contact with the tenure commission;
Committed perjury.
The commission said it plans to add destroying evidence and obstruction of justice to the list of accusations.
But wait there’s more…
Brennan also faces several other legal issues, including a criminal investigation by the state police. Attorney General Bill Schuette has said his office will review the investigation when it’s finished.
Brennan is being sued by Livingston County officials who claim she abused her authority by using court employees “as free labor” to perform personal tasks while being paid by the county.
The judge also is being sued in federal court by District Court Administrator Francine Zysk, who claims Brennan retaliated against her after Zysk testified in Brennan’s divorce proceedings regarding the judge’s “dishonesty, perjury, scandalous behavior, bullying of employees and disruption of court officials.”
Well then she is of course innocent until proven guilty. But did she commit a crime or is she just a you know what? – If it were you… it certainly would be a whole list of charges thrown at you – but with her it’s just called misbehaving so far?
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Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry.
If you or someone you know is facing charges as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise, etc. Please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer in the evolving laws.
Lead attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
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In the middle of a debate on the legalization of marijuana, the opponents to legalization made the claim, without any details or statistics, that legalizing marijuana would cause auto insurance to rise. This is another bogus claim, in a long line of bogus claims, used to continue prohibition of a plant.
In the long line of false claims made by prohibitionists, the theories seem to be getting weaker and weaker as time goes by. Looking back through the claims made over the last 100 years, it is foolish to continue believing these, or anything else the prohibitionists throw at us.
Marijuana causing Mexicans go “loco” and murder everyone like they were assassins. Based upon a fictional story in a book published in the early 1900’s.
Jazz musicians seducing white women with marijuana. Seems kind of racist against blacks and Mexicans so far. The war on drugs is also, currently to this day, even in legalized states, used to prosecute and arrest more blacks and latino’s than whites.
Marijuana causing murders and suicides (See Reefer Madness movie)
Marijuana causing brain cell death.
Marijuana causes you to be a lazy no good beatnik and or a motivational syndrome tree-hugging hippie.
Marijuana causing testicular cancer.
Marijuana causing lung cancer.
Marijuana gateway theory to hard drugs like heroin or crack cocaine.
Marijuana causes addiction to marijuana.
Marijuana funds terrorism.
Marijuana causing drop in IQ points.
Legalizing marijuana will not stop the cartels and black markets.
Marijuana causes man-boobs.
Marijuana turns straight people into homosexuals.
Marijuana makes you have lower sperm counts and more trouble conceiving.
Marijuana makes you drop out of school and if you ever smoke marijuana you will never become President of the USA (See Bush, Clinton and Obama.)
Marijuana makes you crazy and prone to psychosis (We circled back to the 1920’s again)
Marijuana gives you a heart attack because it increases your pulse temporarily.
Marijuana suppresses your immune system.
Marijuana causes crime. (Back to Reefer Madness)
Legalized/Medical Marijuana stores cause crime.
Prohibition of marijuana (or Alcohol) works.
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Car Insurance rates increased in Colorado, where marijuana is legal, although it was due to the incredible population increase and a settling of the market after Colorado repealed no-fault insurance.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry.
If you or someone you know is facing charges as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise, etc. Please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer in the evolving laws.
Lead attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
19 inmates have died in Macomb Co. jail since 2012; sheriff says ‘we do our best’
19 inmates have died inside Macomb County’s jail since 2012, with the most recent death—the suicide of 51-year-old Alfred Paige—happening just this month.
“Multiple people are dying, and probably unnecessarily,” said Dan Korobkin, deputy legal director of the ACLU of Michigan. “We owe a duty to all people in the world and all people in society to treat them humanely.”
The causes of death range from heart attacks to sepsis, drug overdoses to suicides. Some of the inmates battled mental illness or addiction.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry.
If you or someone you know is facing charges as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise, etc. Please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer in the evolving laws.
Lead attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
Komorn Law has represented numerous clients through the legal chaos of starting up a business in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Industry.
If you or someone you know is facing charges as a result of Medical Marijuana, DUI, Drugs, Forfeiture, Criminal Enterprise, etc. Please contact our office and ensure you’re defended by an experienced lawyer in the evolving laws.
Lead attorney Michael Komorn is recognized as an expert on the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. He is the President of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association (MMMA), a nonprofit patient advocacy group which advocates for the rights of medical marijuana patients and their caregivers.
Contact us for a free no-obligation case evaluation 800-656-3557.
