A few weeks ago, I submitted a FOIA Request to understand where a turn-in arrangement went wrong. Except there’s one problem: I can’t find out.
Why?
There’s no documentation other than Detective Bryan Fuller’s personal text messages, as evidenced by my latest FOIA Request:
For being criminal justice professionals, their sloppy work continues to blow me away.
Why is a Michigan State Police Detective doing this state-sanctioned work on his personal cell phone? A similar excused used frequently by Judge Margaret Zuzich Bakker. They do it because it’s a way to get under the radar and avoid FOIA laws.
After the botched turn-in, the case’s lawyer, Benjamin Norg, contacted Detective Bryan Fuller. Even with the admission of “that was not supposed to happen” Michigan State Police still refuses to apologize or admit wrongdoing.
I’ve demanded that they reopen the investigation and informed them that I want to know what went wrong.
Michigan State Police refuses to investigate.
Perhaps because Detective Fuller is a known liability and a lawsuit was already in the works when I turned him in for misconduct. He is also a Barry County resident, living minutes from Judge Michael Schipper.
As Barry County, like many rural counties, financially benefits from charging people for jail beds, I suspect he didn’t have much interest in saving us money or being fair.
And if the past is any predictor of the future, it’s not surprising that his dishonesty permeated this case, too.
Examining Ray McCann’s Case
Detective Bryan Fuller of the Michigan State Police falsely implicated Ray McCann, a reserve officer, in the 2007 murder of an 11-year-old girl in Constantine. Despite no evidence tying McCann to the crime, Fuller relentlessly pressured him with false accusations and threats, even pursuing perjury charges when McCann refused to confess. Years later, the real perpetrator was caught and convicted, exposing how Fuller’s misconduct destroyed McCann’s life and reputation. The State of Michigan was ultimately forced to pay $14.5 million in a wrongful prosecution settlement, a costly reminder of how reckless policing devastates innocent people and taxpayers alike.
Supporting Richelle Spencer’s Campaign
Detective Bryan Fuller’s support for Richelle Spencer’s ill-fated sheriff campaign raises serious red flags about his propensity for dishonesty. Spencer, who now faces felony stalking charges and campaign finance violations, had Detective Fuller listed among her financial backers, an eyebrow-raising connection given his history of misleading behavior in official matters.
Not only does this suggest a troubling alignment with someone accused of stalking and misusing campaign funds, but it also reinforces a pattern of the kind of questionable associations that often prelude institutional misconduct.
Wrapping It Up
Knowing that Bryan Fuller has a long history of misconduct, I can’t say that I’m surprised that Michigan State Police doesn’t want to look into it and likely looked for an easy out.
Especially since they just paid out a pretty penny for one wrongful conviction.
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