In newly filed court documents, Michigan prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley to at least 10 years in prison, alleging they have both showed a “chilling lack of remorse” after they were convicted for involuntary manslaughter. In two separate sentencing memorandums dated April 3, Oakland County prosecutors […]
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Prosecution releases James Crumbley’s threatening jail calls against Karen McDonald
In calling for a stiff prison sentence for James Crumbley, the prosecution on Wednesday disclosed the damning phone conversations that Crumbley had in jail when he allegedly threatened Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, who made history this year in securing convictions against the first parents in America charged in a mass school shooting involving their […]
How the unusual case against Ethan Crumbley’s parents ended in historic verdicts
PONTIAC, Mich. — The charges prosecutors brought against the mother and father of teenage school shooter Ethan Crumbley were identical and hinged on convincing jurors that while neither parent knew their son was plotting a deadly attack, they both failed in their legal responsibilities to help prevent it. But clinching convictions for involuntary manslaughter in […]
Judge denies James Crumbley’s effort to move trial out of Oakland County
A judge has denied James Crumbley’s request for a change of venue, concluding the father of the Oxford school shooter can get a fair trial in Oakland County over his alleged role in the 2021 massacre. However, the judge did not completely close the door on the matter, adding that Crumbley can renew his request […]
How Jennifer Crumbley’s guilty verdict can open up parents to criminal charges
In many ways, Jennifer Crumbley’s parenting was on trial when she was ultimately found guilty Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter in her son’s school shooting spree in suburban Detroit in 2021. Prosecutors in Oakland County, Michigan, picked apart the time she spent with her horses, an extramarital affair, the ignoring of text messages from her teenage […]
Witch hunt, or justice? Jennifer Crumbley’s trial ends on dramatic note
Jennifer Crumbley’s historic school shooting trial ended on a dramatic note Friday, with one side claiming the prosecution was “so desperate” to blame someone for the Oxford school shooting that it mounted a “witch hunt” against an innocent mother, while the other side accused the mom of being selfish and negligent, and refusing to do […]
Prosecution picks apart Jennifer Crumbley’s parenting of shooter son during cross-examination
PONTIAC, Mich. — Prosecutors sought to pick apart Jennifer Crumbley’s self-description as a “vigilant parent and helicopter mom” when she returned to the stand Friday, instead suggesting the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley was too consumed with her hobbies, such as her horses, and an extramarital affair to notice her son’s deteriorating mental state. […]