Ingham County Prosecutor, Carol Siemon, has received reports regarding the mishandling of evidence by the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.
A sewage leak exposed the level of "disarray" the evidence room at the Ingham County Sheriff's Department was in. For several years the evidence room was mismanaged, leading to inadequate evidence tracking.
Prosecutor's office says 77 cases were dismissed because of missing evidence at the Ingham County Sheriff's Office
"It was unacceptable, it was inappropriate, and as the county commissioners mentioned, it's embarrassing for them,” Ingham County Prosecutor Carol Siemon said in back in March.