SAGINAW, MI — Nearly 18 months to the day that 6-year-old Lay'la Jones died in a drive-by shooting, Michael D. Lawrence for the first time announced his innocence in court. Lawrence, standing at ...

With Saginaw County District Judge Terry L. Clark's courtroom closed to the public and media, Michael Lawrence III was the first witness to take the stand during the Tuesday afternoon preliminary ...

SAGINAW, MI — It may prove moot legally, but Saginaw County's prosecutors on Friday, Oct. 24, secured a second life sentence for Michael D. Lawrence. After a two-week trial, a jury on Friday ...

was arrested in Lansing in February while he was wanted on charges of killing a 6-year-old girl in Saginaw in August 2012, Lawrence remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.

SAGINAW, MI — Michael D. Lawrence, convicted of murdering a 6-year-old in a drive-by shooting in 2012 and of killing his child's mother in 2013, has received his second sentence of life without ...

SAGINAW, MI — Michael D. Lawrence today will receive a sentence of life without parole for the August 2012 drive-by shooting death of 6-year-old Lay'la Jones. Lawrence, 24, is scheduled to ...