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Former Warren police officer charged in fatal 2024 crash headed to trial
The former Warren, Michigan, police officer charged in the September 2024 crash that killed two men will stand trial, the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. James Burke, 29, is charged with two counts of manslaughter with a motor vehicle, one count of a moving violation causing serious impairment of a body function and one count of willful neglect of duty in the Sept. 30 crash. Officials said Burke was driving his patrol car near Schoenherr Road and Prospect Avenue when the car collided with a Dodge Durango. Both people in the Durango, 34-year-old Cedric Hayden Jr. and 33-year-old DeJuan Pettis, were killed, and a police officer riding with Burke was hospitalized. The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office said it's alleged that Burke was driving "at a high rate of speed without his emergency lights or siren" when the collision happened. A court official at the 37th District Court in Warren said Friday that Burke is bound over to stand trial at the Macomb County Circuit Court. He's set to be arraigned on Sept. 2. Judge John M. Chmura decided to move forward with a trial following a preliminary hearing, which included witness testimony from a sheriff's deputy about how fast Burke's cruiser was traveling before the crash. "Our thoughts remain with the families who have suffered an unimaginable loss," Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido said in a news release on Friday. "No matter the profession or background of the defendant, we are committed to ensuring that all individuals are held accountable under the law." If convicted, Burke faces a maximum prison sentence of just over 31 years.
CBS News
28 minutes ago
- CBS News
Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize "good moral character" requirement for U.S. citizenship
The Trump administration is signaling it will more heavily scrutinize applications filed by legal immigrants seeking American citizenship, in its latest effort to tighten access to U.S. immigration benefits. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency overseeing the country's legal immigration system, instructed officers on Friday to consider additional factors when determining whether immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship have a "good moral character." Typically, legal immigrants with U.S. permanent residency, also known as a green card, can apply for naturalized American citizenship after a 3- or 5-year period, depending on their case. Demonstrating "a good moral character" has long been one of the requirements in U.S. immigration law for American citizenship, alongside passing English and civics tests. For decades, under Republican and Democratic administrations, the "good moral character" assessment has generally been satisfied if applicants don't have any of the criminal offenses or disqualifying conduct outlined in U.S. immigration law. Those disqualifying factors range from violent crimes like murder and aggravated felonies to drug offenses and being a "habitual drunkard." But a policy issued Friday by USCIS expands the "good moral character" assessment, saying that determination must involve "more than a cursory mechanical review focused on the absence of wrongdoing." Instead, the review, the agency told its officers, should be "a holistic assessment of an alien's behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions that affirmatively demonstrate good moral character." The directive orders officers to place a "greater emphasis" on applicants' "positive attributes and contributions," listing community involvement, family caregiving and ties, educational attainment, "stable and lawful" employment, the length of time spent in the U.S., and paying taxes as some of those factors. The memo also mandates "greater scrutiny" of factors that show applicants lack a "good moral character," beyond the crimes and disqualifying conduct detailed in U.S. immigration law. Those factors, the policy said, include "acts that are contrary to the average behavior of citizens in the jurisdiction where aliens reside," including actions that are "technically lawful" but also "inconsistent with civic responsibility within the community." USCIS listed "reckless or habitual traffic infractions, or harassment or aggressive solicitation" as some of those actions. Lastly, the new USCIS policy instructs officers to weigh factors that could show that applicants who have engaged in wrongdoing have rehabilitated, such as complying with probation, paying overdue taxes or child support and receiving letters of support from their community. Over the past decade, the U.S. government has naturalized between 600,000 and 1 million immigrants as citizens annually, USCIS figures show. In a statement to CBS News, USCIS chief spokesman Matthew Tragesser said the directive is another effort by President Trump's administration to "restore integrity" to the U.S. immigration system. "U.S. citizenship is the gold standard of citizenship — it should only be offered to the world's best of the best," Tragesser added. "Today, USCIS is adding a new element to the naturalization process that ensures America's newest citizens not only embrace America's culture, history, and language but who also demonstrate Good Moral Character." Doug Rand, a former senior USCIS official during the Biden administration, suggested the Trump administration's policy is designed to scare legal immigrants from applying for American citizenship and require officers to put their "thumb on the scale" to find more reasons to deny applications. "They're trying to increase the grounds for denial of U.S. citizenship by kind of torturing the definition of good moral character to encompass extremely harmless behavior," Rand said, citing the policy's reference to traffic infractions. While the Trump administration has launched a highly visible crackdown on illegal immigration by deploying thousands of troops to the southern border, expanding immigration raids across the country, and fast-tracking deportations of those in the U.S. illegally, it has simultaneously moved to restrict legal immigration, with less fanfare. The Trump administration has virtually shut down refugee admissions, terminated Biden-era programs that allowed migrants to enter the U.S. legally, limited visas for certain countries and implemented aggressive vetting procedures for legal immigration benefits. Those efforts include expanded vetting of social media activity of legal immigrants and stricter screening requirements for some applications.
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Police 'extremely concerned' after woman goes missing
Police are "extremely concerned" about a woman who has gone missing from Oxfordshire. Sharlene, whose name was not revealed by Thames Valley Police, was last seen in Didcot shortly after 4pm on Thursday (August 14). READ MORE: 'Bus driver caught in sex act' onboard by horrified 15-year-old girl Missing woman Sharlene. (Image: Thames Valley Police) The 37-year-old has links to Oxford, according to officers. Thames Valley Police is now appealing for help in finding the missing woman from Didcot. Releasing a public appeal this afternoon (Saturday, August 16), officers shared details of her disappearance as well as photographs. READ MORE: 'Car on its roof' as police close road following serious crash Sharlene has been missing since Thursday. (Image: Thames Valley Police) Detective Chief Inspector James Mather said: 'We're extremely concerned for Sharlene's welfare and would ask anyone with information on where he may be to get in touch. 'If you see her, please call 999. 'Anyone with information on Sharlene's whereabouts should make a report on our website or call 101, quoting the reference number 43250415528.' Police guidance states a missing person will not be in trouble with officers when they are found. It also states that it is not wasting police time to report someone as missing and you do not have to wait 24 hours to report it. You should call 999 in an emergency.
