Feb 16, 2022 | Blog , News
MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith was given a maximum prison sentence of 21 months and was fined $20,000 following his involvement in a criminal enterprise scheme.
Smith, who resigned from his position in 2020 following an investigation into the scheme, will also have to pay $69,900 in restitution and will be on 18 months of supervised release.
The 55-year-old ex-prosecutor pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges after he asked coworkers to lie to the FBI during the investigation. He admitted to stealing $75,000 from a campaign fund from 2012-2019.
Smith’s sentencing was delayed due to a separate investigation related to a scheme where he tapped accounts that held money from drunken driving cases, bad check cases and assets forfeited in drug crimes, according to the state attorney general’s office. The alleged scheme dated back to 2012 totaled $600,000.
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Eric J. Smith (Michigan politician) – Wikipedia
Eric Smith is the an American attorney and the former Prosecuting Attorney of Macomb County, Michigan . He resigned in 2020 after his arrest of embezzlement and corruption charges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_J._Smith_(Michigan_politician)
MACOMB DAILY NEWS – 2018
Source Macomb Daily News
An emerging scandal in the Macomb County Prosecutor ‘s Office or a rush to judgement by an inexperienced treasurer?
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Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said he was about to reach an agreement with county officials a month ago over his office’s four “off the …
Transparency in government has taken two steps backward from a pair of unlikely sources – the office of Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith an…
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Crime victims and witnesses now have their own personal chauffeurs to drive them to Macomb County courts at the expense of convicted criminals…
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The Macomb County treasurer and prosecutor reached an agreement in their dispute over control of four bank accounts that contain forfeiture funds.
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Macomb County’s treasurer and prosecutor may have reached an agreement in their dispute over so-called “off the books” bank accounts that cont…
MACOMB DAILY NEWS – 2019
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts, mhotts@digitalfirstmedia.com and @Mhotts on Twitter Jan 7, 2019 The Macomb County Prosecutor ‘s Office plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that stated they have to turn over additional “off-the-books” financial…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts, mhotts@digitalfirstmedia.com and @Mhotts on Twitter Jan 23, 2019 The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a request by the Macomb County Prosecutor ‘s Office for a stay in the controversy surrounding “off-the…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts and Jameson Cook Macomb Daily Staff Writers Jan 24, 2019 Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith on Thursday defended his use of tens of thousands of dollars from asset forfeiture funds as two other top …
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook, jcook@digitalfirstmedia.com and @JamesonCook on Twitter Jan 27, 2019 The ongoing squabble over the Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith ’s so-called “off the books” accounts continues as the plaintiff in the Freed…
Jared Maynard, left, and his attorney, Frank Cusumano, talk Monday following a hearing in Macomb County Circuit Court over county Prosecutor E…
Copies of three of hundreds of checks written from a forfeiture fund controlled by Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith .
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook, jcook@digitalfirstmedia.com and @JamesonCook on Twitter Feb 19, 2019 Some $160,000 for building security, over $100,000 each paid to dozens of nonprofit organizations and credit card companies, and thousands of …
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts mhotts@medianewsgroup.com; @Mhotts on Twitter Feb 20, 2019 An independent audit firm will conduct an “in depth” seven-year analysis of a so-called “off-the-books” fund controlled by Macomb County Prose…
Bob Smith , center, chairman of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, voted Wednesday along with the rest of the board to have an in-depth …
NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Feb 23, 2019 Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel is calling for a state investigation into a controversial, obscure fund controlled by county Prosecutor Er…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Feb 25, 2019 In what has evolved into a full-blown scandal in county politics, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel announced Monday he is seeking a state c…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Feb 26, 2019 The Macomb County Board of Commissioners is forging ahead with its plan to hire an accounting firm for an investigative audit of a prosecutor …
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts mhotts@medianewsgroup.com @mhotts on Twitter Feb 27, 2019 Macomb County Board of Commissioners Bob Smith — brother of embattled county Prosecutor Eric Smith — will no longer be involved in board dec…
Bob Smith , chairman of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners, said Wednesday that due to a “perceived conflict of interest,” he will not be…
OPINION
By Ken Kish For MediaNews Group Mar 7, 2019 Eric Smith may have thought of himself as the Robin Hood of Macomb County, doling out thousands of dollars to those in need.
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Mar 15, 2019 Macomb County is asking a judge to rule that forfeiture funds under the control of county Prosecutor Eric Smith must go through the county Tre…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Mar 24, 2019 A subcommittee of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners approved an outside attorney firm to represent county Prosecutor Eric Smith in a la…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 1, 2019 Michigan State Police has opened an investigation into expenditures from a forfeiture fund controlled for several years by Macomb County Prose…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 11, 2019 Michigan State Police is asking Macomb County officials to refrain from interfering with an accounting firm’s forensic audit of a controversia…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook and Norb Franz Macomb Daily Staff Writers Apr 17, 2019 Michigan State Police detectives Wednesday morning raided Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith ‘s offices at the County Administration Building.
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Macomb Daily Staff Apr 17, 2019 A timeline of events that led up to the Michigan State Police raid of Prosecutor Eric Smith ‘s office Wednesday.
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter May 10, 2019 Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith will seek independent counsel for at least three ongoing court cases after a county Board of Commissioner’…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter May 14, 2019 At least three security cameras were seized from exterior of Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith ’s home by Michigan State Police on Tuesday mo…
A Michigan State Police evidence technician Tuesday morning removes a security camera from the exterior of Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith …
Michigan State Police investigators handle wiring inside Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith ‘s attached garage during a search of his Macomb T…
Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw on Tuesday morning watches colleagues work to remove a security camera from the exterior of Macomb Coun…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter May 18, 2019 A transparency advocate has sued Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith and the county for documents related to a police search of his offices as…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jun 8, 2019 A Macomb County Board of Commissioners panel on Thursday gave initial approval to county Prosecutor Eric Smith to hire an independent attorney…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook and Norb Franz Macomb Daily staff writers Jun 10, 2019 Macomb County Eric Smith on Monday afternoon released documents related to a police investigation of his office after a judge ordered him to do so.
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Mitch Hotts mhotts@medianewsgroup.com Jun 11, 2019 The owner of a security firm that is connected to the ongoing controversy over Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith is due in court later this …
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jun 12, 2019 A Republican activist is asking a judge to hold Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith and an assistant in contempt of court, claiming they misre…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jun 30, 2019 A transparency advocate has sued two state agencies seeking details from two known search warrants and two newly revealed actions as part of t…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jul 2, 2019 The owner of a security company connected to an investigation of Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith pleaded no contest to three misdemeanors …
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jul 6, 2019 Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said he no longer has a relationship with board Chairman Bob Smith , accusing him of trying to usurp the ex…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Jul 18, 2019 The owner of a security company tied to an investigation of Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith received one-year reporting probation for drun…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Sep 29, 2019 Some of the proceeds from Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith ’s annual birthday-bash fundraiser next week could be used to defend him against …
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Dec 18, 2019 Macomb County’s chief assistant prosecuting attorney is retiring but will return to the office as a part-time independent contractor in anothe…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By George Pohly gpohly@medianewsgroup.com @GPohly on Twitter Dec 18, 2019 Saying the issues that have plagued De La Salle Collegiate High School this year “go beyond football,” a group of parents called for the head …
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Macomb Daily Staff Dec 30, 2019 Macomb County is known for its political intrigue. The county whose voters became known as “Reagan Democrats” in the 1980s and delivered Michi…
MACOMB DAILY NEWS – 2020
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Macomb Daily Staff Mar 23, 2020 Suspected of expending thousands of dollars from a forfeiture fund, Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith is expected to be criminally charged Tuesday.
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Norb Franz and Jameson Cook Macomb Daily Staff Writers Mar 24, 2020 Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith countered criminal allegations of illicit spending of public funds by accusing state officials of a politi…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Mar 25, 2020 At least one Macomb County commissioner wants to initiate a process that could result in a board vote on whether to remove Prosecutor Eric Smi…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Mar 27, 2020 The day before he is set to be formally charged, a Macomb County Board of Commissioners committee chair has agreed to hold a meeting to discus…
OPINION
Smith needs to step down
NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Mar 30, 2020 Eric Smith has resigned as Macomb County prosecutor .
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
On Monday, three days after he was charged with 10 felonies, Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith resigned the post he has held since 2004. The…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 1, 2020 Former Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith maintained a positive approach in his final-day farewell message to his staff but glossed over some…
ELECTIONS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com @jamesoncook on Twitter Apr 1, 2020 State Sen. Peter Lucido is the first official candidate for Macomb County prosecutor .
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 2, 2020 The lawyer for a top official in the Macomb County Prosecutor ’s Office charged with two felonies says his client is innocent of any wrongdoing.
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 5, 2020 Former Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith has created a modest yet possibly growing war chest for a potential expensive legal fight against c…
ELECTIONS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 6, 2020 A former assistant Macomb County prosecutor and Oakland County judge has filed to run for the open county prosecutor position.
OPINION
By Kathy Sanchez and Daryl James Guest Opinion Apr 7, 2020 Public trust might be running low in Michigan following criminal charges against Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith , who resigned March 30 am…
ELECTIONS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 7, 2020 Retired Macomb County judge Mary Chrzanowski and a veteran criminal defense attorney are the latest candidates to file for the vacant county p…
LOCAL NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 8, 2020 Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel says a Freedom of Information Act ordinance passed by the county board last month is “invalid and unenforc…
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
The Macomb County Circuit Court bench on May 20 will name an interim county prosecutor to serve until after a new prosecutor is elected in November.
NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 14, 2020 A former longtime assistant Macomb County prosecutor and ally of Eric Smith has been fired.
ELECTIONS FEATURED
By Norb Franz nfranz@medianewsgroup.com; @NorbFranz on Twitter Apr 14, 2020 With political eyes on the field of candidates hoping to become Macomb County’s next prosecutor in the wake of criminal charges filed against …
COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 15, 2020 Michigan State Police visited the Macomb County Prosecutor ’s Office on Tuesday to look at computer and related electronic equipment as part of…
NEWS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 17, 2020 Investors of Macomb County governmental funds are cautiously optimistic investments will remain stable despite the recent volatility of the st…
ELECTIONS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 27, 2020 COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Norb Franz nfranz@medianewsgroup.com; @NorbFranz on Twitter Apr 27, 2020 COPS AND COURTS FEATURED
By Jameson Cook jcook@medianewsgroup.com; @JamesonCook on Twitter Apr 30, 2020 https://www.macombdaily.com/search/?q=prosecutor+eric+smith+forfeiture&d1=2018-01-01&d2=2020-05-11&s=start_time&sd=asc&l=100&nsa=eedition
Just think what would be going on if he won …
Eric Smith turns down request to run for Attorney General
Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith has declined a request by Democratic Party and union leaders to run for state Attorney General.
Smith, 51, the prosecutor since 2005, said he was asked to run last fall but informed state party officials last week that the time is not right for him to run. He enjoys his current job and doesn’t wont to inject disruptions of a statewide campaign and possible move to Lansing into the lives of his wife and three children.
‘I was approached by Democratic leaders and elected officials and a broad range of Democratic Party allies,’ Smith said. ‘I appreciated their interested and the discussions about this important law-enforcement position in our state. But … I decided this was not the right time for my office and my family.’
He said his office is running at peak efficiency and he isn’t ready to relinquish the reins.
He is very involved with his two daughters, Ella and Violet, 12 and 9, respectively, and son, Robert, 7, and their sports and other activities.
‘I’m coaching four teams right now,’ Smith said.
He said one of his assistants, Derek Miller, a former Democratic state representative and county treasurer, counseled and assisted him in the discussions with union, party and elected officials.
The post will be open with current Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette running for governor to succeed Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican.
‘I think Macomb County would be represented well in Lansing for a change,’ he said.
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