The State of Michigan wants to movie making to the state and offers producers a 25% tax credit if you make your film here. The key point of that law is that you ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAKE A MOVIE in the state to get the credit. You can't just claim the credit for watching that DVD you brought home from Blockbuster.
Joseph Peters, 46, is to be arraigned soon in 61st District Court near Grand Rapids on one count of attempted felony false pretenses over $20,000. The charge, which carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison, stems from an ongoing investigation into a Michigan Film Tax credit application Peters filed with the Michigan Film Office, according to a statement issued today by the Michigan Attorney General's office.Michigan man accused of making fraudulent $10M film tax claim | detnews.com | The Detroit News
"With Michigan taxpayers already dealing with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, it is a kick in the gut when someone tries to defraud them," Attorney General Mike Cox said in a statement. Michigan offers a 25 percent tax credit through the Michigan Film Office for investments in movie production infrastructure.
Peters applied for a tax credit claiming his company, West Michigan Film, purchased a large film production studio, known as Hangar42, for $40 million. An investigation concluded no transfer of property ever took place, and the application was denied when Peters could not document the investment, according to the attorney general.
There is all sorts of stupid in this story! First, you have the typically nerdy kid, Trevor Miller, needing cash to play Internet video games, so he steals a credit card. Of course, the police are able to trace the stolen cards by the purchases Miller made right to his home in Buffalo Grove, a Chicago suburb. Once there though, the kid is the least of their concern as officers find pot growing at his home. The kid's pot? No, the operation allegedly belongs to Miller's parents, James, 52, and Cindy, 50, who were both charged with unlawful production of marijuana. In the end, everyone gets arrested and we can be pretty sure that Thanksgiving at the Miller home will be a little strained this year.
How awful must the kids in your class be to be drunk on your way in to teach in the morning? We're not excusing what Twin Cities middle school teacher Sarah Bjerke did, but you have to wonder. And she wasn't just allegedly a little tipsy: Bjerke reportedly blew a .133 % BAC, nearly twice the legal limit.
Another day, another hot looking female teacher accused of sexing up one of her male students. This time, the story comes to us from Christiansburg, VA where the teacher, Diana Eckes Canter, is charged with 8 counts of "custodial sexual intercourse with a minor." Does that mean she was wearing a ring of keys on her belt when they had sex? Or maybe she was sprinkling sawdust on some vomit while they did it? Any lawyers out there know what "custodial sex" is?
Kids these days! This one reportedly got into an argument with her mother, and after thinking it over for a couple of days, then allegedly put some Lysol cleaner into her Kool-Aid. No so clever, but it did fool mom who drank some of it and then called 911.
Former Michigan teacher Marcie L. Rousseau has gained national fame for allegedly having a two year relationship with a male student starting when he was sixteen. According to some reports the pair "got it on" more than 100 times. But now comes word that another student may have had his application to the National Honor Society sidetracked by Rousseau because she thought he knew of her affair. 
What's worse than having your mom arrested for stealing purses from other women at the store? Having to sit in the back seat while she tries to elude the cops during a high speed chase.