A preliminary hearing involving the Detroit Police Department's former Homicide Division leader has gone on for nearly two weeks in 36th District Court.
Judge William McConico is hearing testimony to determine whether William Rice, a retired lieutenant from the Detroit Police Department, will go on trial in Wayne Circuit Court on charges related to 18 crimes -- including operating a criminal enterprise, drug dealing, drug possession and mortgage fraud. Gus Burns of MLive reports on the latest developments:
Rice's girlfriend and co-defendant Cheryl Sanford appeared in court beside him Tuesday. She and is also charged with the same crimes said to have occurred from 2006-11. . . .
The director of the State Police Crime Lab in Northville testified about . . . identifying more than 100 pills confiscated during the investigation as hydrocodone, a regulated and addictive synthetic opioid, and other pills identified as generic Xanax or containing codeine.
The hearing resumes Dec. 4.
