U.S. Route 12 in Michigan

Over the past 20 years, I have defended countless marijuana possession and distribution cases with weights ranging from residue amount to a thousand pounds.

At the time I created this video, most marijuana has grown in the western half of the U.S., yet its demand is nationwide.

Canine officers patrolling our highways are looking for the smallest driving infraction to pull over and investigate vehicles that may be couriers for marijuana, hard drugs, or large amounts of cash.

Don't be surprised to learn that the majority of these cars that have been pulled over have out-of-state plates or rental barcode stickers on the windshield.

So they started farming.

They started planting Christmas trees in 1955, drove up Highway 12 before they lived in Joliet or outside of Joliet.

uh driving up highway 12 before as if there was an interstate and my mom or our mom just spent hours every weekend driving back and forth uh working

so two jobs and then weekend weekend

weekend warrior on the farm it was the cabin right they always go up to the cabin and little did you know the cabin was really

As the policeman jumped onto the car's running board, Burke shot him three times and sped away.

Skelly died at the hospital and Burke's car was found on U.S. Highway 12, cracked up against a telephone pole.

The registration papers in the glove compartment bore the name Fred Dane and listed an address on the outskirts of St. Joseph.

When police raided the home, they found a bulletproof vest, bonds recently stolen from a Wisconsin bank, two Thompson submachine guns, pistols, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Leaders in New Buffalo Township are looking forward to the ribbon cutting for the community's new Veterans Tribute Plaza after a lengthy project that saw several delays.

New Buffalo Township supervisor Michelle Heit tells us it was the idea of former treasurer Jack Rogers to take the former Michigan State Police post property at Red Arrow Highway and US Twelve and turn it into a memorial for those who have served.

A few years later, and roughly one million dollars later, the new park's about to open.

Just it's gonna be a nice place for reflection.

Armstrong's preferred haunt for picking up sex workers was in downtown Detroit, around 10 miles from his family home.

Unfortunately, prostitution has always thrived in Detroit, and the area of Michigan Avenue has always been a hotspot for prostitution.

Kyle James Casares was a child when his mom, Kelly Jean Hood, began working on the streets in the 1990s.

Kelly started taking drugs following the death of her father and was trying to fund her addiction through sex work.

I had to get counseling and stuff because I got diagnosed with PTSD.

Less than four months later, on December the 2nd, 1999, another woman was targeted.

31-year-old sex worker Monica Johnson was driven to work on Michigan Avenue by her boyfriend.

The couple parked up on a side street just off the notorious red light strip.