A MSU student is suing the East Lansing Police Department in federal court, according to court documents.The case involves two officers and Justin Socha, a 38-year-old MSU student who claims two East Lansing police officers coerced him and a friend into spreading glass behind car tires in a parking lot and later wrongfully arrested him.
Raulie Casteel, the MSU alumnus convicted of the I-96 shootings, was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison on Monday at the Livingston County Circuit Courthouse.
Convicted I-96 shooter Raulie Casteel was sentenced to 16-40 years for terrorism and 2.5-4 years for felony assault Monday afternoon in Livingston County District Court. Casteel, 44, went on a shooting spree along the I-96 corridor, shooting at motorists across several different counties. In February, the MSU alumnus was sentenced to 6.5 to 10 years in prison in Oakland County for multiple assault and weapons charges after accepting a plea deal. Although Casteel's mental state often was the subject during his trial proceedings, the diminished capacity plea to lessen charges based on mental illness was eliminated in Michigan in 2012.Casteel was found to have delusional disorder following a court-ordered independent evaluation.
The federal investigation into MSU’s handling of sexual assault complaints stems from assault in August 2010 in Wonders Hall, a university official confirmed Friday.
After several days of treatment, music professor Jonathan Reed was released from the hospital after suffering from severe burns.
Latino student groups danced their way through Thursday evening at their third annual Latino Greek Exhibition in Snyder Phillips Hall.
Secrets are meant to be kept unknown by others, but for some people secrets can be exposed only in an artsy way.
Beginning March 7, service centers on campus are changing the services they provide to students, including no longer providing change or stamps.
To kick off the start of this year’s Relay for Life, Lansing residents and cancer survivors came together to inform people on how to get involved in the relay which will take place this summer.
As a part of the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to investigate MSU’s handling of alleged sexual assault and sexual violence complaints, representatives from the department’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, are visiting campus this week to hear from students.Department of Education spokesman Jim Bradshaw told The State News Monday that it is currently investigating Title IX sexual harassment and violence complaints that are pending against MSU. Neither the OCR nor MSU have provided additional information regarding the claims.
For Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Spartan Body Pride hosted a free yoga event to help students build a healthier relationship with their body.
Whether it’s having “me time,” helping others or enjoying the sun, international students often have different ideas of what it means to have a good time during spring break.
They walk around campus and go to classes. Many of them live in the residence halls and enjoy living and working with animals. Just one more thing: their pets are worms.
City officials are in the early stages of plans to replace some of the MSU family housing facilities.
On the day before the second anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death, the Martin family’s attorney Benjamin L. Crump gave a speech to law students at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, advising them to use their education to make the world a better place.
DETROIT - The signs and people outside of the federal courthouse in Detroit signaled one thing: the beginning of the DeBoer v. Snyder trial Tuesday morning.The case involves adoption laws for same-sex couples in Michigan. In October 2013, Judge Bernard Friedman brought the issue of same-sex marriage to the fold.
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams , or FRIB, has been approved to receive $100 million of federal funding on Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund board.
Spring break is approaching and with it, hundreds of students decide to vacation in different places around the world.