Midwest
GOP Michigan rep accused of chasing an exotic dancer while brandishing a gun
A Michigan state representative may face felony-level sexual assault and weapons charges after allegedly sexually assaulting an exotic dancer and then chasing her while brandishing a gun.
Republican state Rep. Neil Friske, 62, was released from the Lansing police lockup late Friday morning, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Friske allegedly “chased an adult dancer after a disagreement,” MIRS News reported, after police responded to reports of possible shots fired around 2:45 a.m. on Thursday.
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Michigan state Rep. Neil Friske was arrested after allegedly chasing an exotic dancer with a firearm early Thursday morning. Police are investigating a potential sexual assault, but no charges have been filed. (© Annie Doyle/Charlevoix Courier/USA Today Network)
He was arrested on Windbreak Lane near a condo he owns in Lansing. The dancer reportedly works or worked at the nearby Deja Vu Showgirls strip club, according to the outlet, which is the closest such club.
“We’re just saying no comment at this time,” the establishment told The New York Post.
On the scene, law enforcement learned of a “possible sexual assault of an adult female,” the office of Ingham County prosecutor John Dewane told the Free Press.
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The alleged female victim worked at Deja Vu Showgirls in Lansing, MIRS News reported. (Google Maps)
Friske declined to comment as he left the Lansing police station on Friday, but his attorney Edwar Zeineh told the Free Press that “this is a case that is getting our full attention to show actual innocence.”
Records obtained Friday by the Free Press through the Michigan State Police criminal background service show that the Lansing department requested felony charges of sexual assault, assault and a weapons-related offense against the lawmaker.
But Friske has not yet been charged or arraigned, and it is unclear whether those are the charges he will face.
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Dewane’s office wrote in a Friday press release that it has requested the department continue its investigation, and that prosecutors are coordinating with law enforcement on the matter.
Zeineh said his office will also be conducting a “very thorough investigation” and will provide its findings to the Ingham prosecutors so that officials can “make a very informed decision.”
Rep. Neil Friske, left, on the House floor, March 8, 2023. (© Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal/USA Today Network)
In a statement released on Facebook, Friske’s campaign wrote that the arrest was “highly suspect” considering that it took place “right before absentee ballots are released” and “a day after an unknown phone number conducted polling on the 107 race between Rep. Friske and our opponent with deep-state ties.”
“Rep. Friske is always exercising his 2nd Amendment right,” the campaign wrote. “We do not have any details beside what the media sourced, oddly before anyone of us knew anything.”
Friske faces a primary election challenge against Parker Fairbairn of Harbor Springs on Aug. 6, The Detroit News reported. The winner of the primary will be likely to win the general election in the Republican stronghold, which includes Charlevoix and Emmet counties and parts of Mackinac and Chippewa counties.
In a statement, Fairbairn said that despite his “abysmal and immoral voting record,” Friske is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
“He voted against protecting spouses from marital rape, voted against making child marriage illegal, voted against tax cuts for veterans — and just this past week, he voted against making it illegal to create AI ‘deep fake’ pornography using the likeness of our daughters and wives,” Fairbairn wrote in his statement. “Neil deserves his time in court, and the people of the 107th District deserve better than Neil.”
Friske, who is seeking his second term in the Michigan House next fall, is considered one of the more conservative members of the Legislature and is part of the House’s Freedom Caucus, which describes itself as “focused on traditional conservative values and individual liberty.”
After his release from lockup, his campaign wrote in a second Facebook post that they “are confident that he and his legal team will be able to show his innocence against any trumped up charges.”
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Detroit, MI
Where to watch Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic Game 6 NBA playoffs: Live stream, start time, TV channel, odds for Friday, May 1
The Orlando Magic will try to close out the Detroit Pistons in Game 6 of their first-round series. The Magic lead the series 3-2 but lost Game 5. Detroit is favored by 3.5 points. The total is set at 209.5 for this Eastern Conference matchup.
How to watch Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic
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Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
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Where: Kia Center, Orlando, Florida
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Odds
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Spread: Orlando Magic +3.5
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Moneyline: Orlando Magic +137 (40.5%) / Detroit Pistons -163 (59.5%)
Series results, schedule (all times Eastern)
Game 1: Magic 112, Pistons 101
Game 2: Pistons 98, Magic 83
Game 3: Magic 113, Pistons 105
Game 4: Magic 94, Pistons 88
Game 5: Pistons 116, Magic 109
Game 6: Fri., May 1, at Orlando (7 p.m., Amazon)
*Game 7: Sun., May 3, at Detroit (time and network TBD)
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Milwaukee, WI
Tom Tiffany campaign memo obtained by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel focuses on Francesca Hong
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – A leaked memo prepared for Republican Tom Tiffany’s campaign shows he is taking Democratic frontrunner Francesca Hong seriously in the race for Wisconsin governor.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obtained the memo this week.
Wisconsin has a Democratic governor through the end of the year. November’s election will determine the next governor.
Hong is the current frontrunner in a crowded Democratic field, according to polling. Tiffany is the lone Republican in the field.
See more in the video above.
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Minneapolis, MN
Man stabbed brother in north Minneapolis home after arguing about messy kitchen, charges say
Prosecutors on Friday accused a 23-year-old Chicago man of fatally stabbing his brother in a north Minneapolis home early Wednesday after the two got into an argument about cleaning the kitchen.
Police were called to the home on the 3000 block of Girard Avenue North shortly after 3 a.m. after hearing about the stabbing. They found a man in his 20s lying on the floor and his girlfriend holding a cloth to his wound. The man was pronounced dead roughly 30 minutes later.
According to the criminal complaint, the girlfriend told officers that she had been making food with her boyfriend when her boyfriend’s brother came upstairs. The brother was upset at her boyfriend for not cleaning up the kitchen, she told officers.
The brother then went downstairs but returned later and pushed her boyfriend around, she said. Charging documents say the brothers got into a fight.
The girlfriend told police that the brother had a bloody knife in his hands, and her boyfriend said “he just stabbed me,” the complaint states.
Police arrested the 23-year-old at the house. In a post-Miranda statement, he initially told officers he blacked out around the time of the stabbing. He later admitted to stabbing his brother, at first saying that he was trying to “fake” stab him but ended up stabbing him. He also said that his brother charged at him and ran into the knife, the complaint says.
Charging documents say the man admitted that his brother did not have a weapon on him.
He faces two counts of second-degree murder.
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