COLDWATER — Adrian Santodomingo, 19, knew there were warrants for his arrest for probation violation so he went on a four day meth binge before New Years.Bronson Police Officer Ricky Petsun saw him driving Dec. 29, just after 11 p.m., without headlights and tried to stop him. Santodomingo fled and was [...]
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Santodomingo partied because of his warrants
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Cook charged with meth, LaVerdure driving drunk
COLDWATER — Michigan State Police troopers stopped Arika LaVerdure, 32, for speeding 69 in a 55 mph zone just after midnight Tuesday in Batavia Township.The smell of alcohol brought drunk driving charges when the Three Rivers resident later tested with a .16 blood alcohol level. Troopers found a half empty fifth of Tequila in the car. [...]
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Utah lowered its DUI limit. Will other states follow?
If you’re a 200-pound man, it takes about four drinks in an hour to register a .08 blood-alcohol content level and be deemed legally intoxicated.Except if you’re in Utah.A new law that went into effect Dec. 30 in the Beehive State lowered the legal BAC to .05 from .08. That 200-pound man is now legally drunk in Utah after consuming about two drinks. A 100-pound woman could be looking at a DUI charge after a single shot of alcohol.Four other states — [...]
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Texas man accused of beheading mother's dog
A Texas man is accused of stabbing and beheading his mother’s dog last year, according to an arrest affidavit released Monday by police in Round Rock, just north of Austin.Sebastian Deen Abdullah, 18, was charged with cruelty of a non-livestock animal, a third-degree felony punishable by 10 years in prison. The Australian shepherd mix that died, named Stella, was 16 months old, the affidavit said.Abdullah’s mother, Diana Sanchez, contacted Round Rock police Nov. 9 [...]
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Unconscious couple charged with meth
COLDWATER — The couple found unconscious Saturday afternoon in the Meijer parking lot, Sarah Otis, 31, and Kenneth Morrill, 33, will face charges of possession of meth.Coldwater Police Sgt. Nick Thornton could not rouse the pair in the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse. He noticed Otis was twitching. [...]
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Teen caught parking, charged with CSC
COLDWATER — A teenager, Lazaro Valle, 19, is charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct third degree after he was caught having sex with his 15-year-old girlfriend.Coldwater Police officers were called after a suspicious vehicle was spotted in a wooded area near Real Alloy, [...]
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Fla. teacher spread feces on tables, grills before child's birthday party, sheriff says
A professional dispute between a Sarasota County, Fla., School District principal and her substitute teacher led to an arrest last month when the teacher allegedly spread human feces on the tables and grills of a local park where the principal was hosting a birthday party for her child later that day, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.On the morning of Dec. 1, Phillippi Shores Elementary School substitute teacher Heather Carpenter, 42, went to Sarasota [...]
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No timetable for selection of prosecutor
COLDWATER — Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O'Grady appeared before the Branch County Commission Tuesday to invite input for the selection of a new Branch County Prosecutor after the resignation of Ralph Kimble earlier this month. [...]
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Woman charged with July 2018 drugged driving, injuring her children pleads
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater woman charged with drugged driving causing a wreck in July 2018, injuring her own children, entered into a plea bargain Monday in Hillsdale County Circuit Court. Kathrynne Lee Fidler, 26, was arrested Dec. 5, 2018, by the Hillsdale [...]
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N.Y. man accused of killing grandmother: 'I did chop her up'
“I did do it. I did chop her up. I didn’t only chop her up, I chopped my landlord up too.”Those are the words that a double-homicide defendant said Tuesday night regarding the killing of his grandmother and her landlord during his proceeding at Oneida County, N.Y., Centralized Arraignment Court.Naythen Aubain, 29, is being held without bail on two counts of first-degree murder.Police discovered the body of 90-year-old Katerine Aubain — his [...]
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Homes, businesses suffer damage from BB gun
BRANCH COUNTY — Local law enforcement are asking the public for help in tracking down the person or persons responsible for shooting out windows in residences and businesses throughout the county over the last several days. [...]
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Jackson sentenced after rollover accident
COLDWATER — Dustin Jackson, 24, will serve seven months jail for fleeing Union City Police August 26.The Department of Corrections does not think he is a good candidate for probation, Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady told him. "I am sorry for what I did. I [...]
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Ohio woman busted after showing up to court with backpack full of drugs, cops say
An Ohio woman who showed up in the village mayor’s court to answer to drug charges carried a backpack containing meth, Ecstasy, marijuana, pills and other drugs — and pipes used to smoke them.Stark County Jail records show Elizabeth D. Wilson, 31, of the 9100 block of Arrow Road NW in the Minerva area, was arrested at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday at the Minerva Mayor’s Court, 209 N. Market St., where she had gone to appear on unrelated drug charges.Police seized the [...]
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Texas father admits kidnapping was staged, leads police to infant's lifeless body
A Texas father who reportedly admitted to police that he staged the kidnapping of his 8-month-old son has led officers to the infant's body, authorities in San Antonio confirmed Friday.King Jay Davila was initially reported missing Jan. 4. His father, Christopher Davila, said King Jay was in a running car that was stolen from outside a convenience store by a stranger.But San Antonio Police Chief William McManus [...]
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Ill. strip-club dancer allegedly invokes Trump’s name, hurls shot glass and slaps patron
An Illinois strip-club dancer was arrested after throwing a shot glass at a customer before slapping the back of his head, police said.About 11:20 p.m. Jan. 2, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office was called to Pulse Gentleman’s Club, 3601 W. Farmington Road. Two men, ages 22 and 23, said they were sitting at the bar when a 25-year-old dancer approached them with an offer of a private dance, according to a sheriff’s report. The older man said the dancer [...]
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Pitt enters plea in girlfriend's death
COLDWATER — Andrew Pitt, 26, will be sentenced Feb. 25 after he pleaded no contest Monday to reckless driving causing the death of his girlfriend Paige Holland Graves, then 22, on July 30, 2016.Defense attorney T. J. Reed said the no contest plea was because Pitt "had no recollection of the accident and was unconscious after the crash. [...]
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Walters charged with multiple crimes after fleeing
COLDWATER — Sunday morning Daniel Walters, 32, did not get away from Coldwater Police this time, after he first ran from them in June.Officers were called to Snyder’s Laundromat on West Pearl Street Sunday morning just after midnight for a report of a robbery. A woman said a man had grabbed her purse [...]
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Davis sentenced for Criminal Sexual Conduct
COLDWATER — Former Quincy High School student Anthony Davis, 18, escaped prison but not jail after entering a guilty plea to attempted Criminal Sexual Conduct third degree, a five-year felony.Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady struggled with the facts of the case but agreed to sentence Davis to three years probation under [...]
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Fla. mom charged after kids found with rotted teeth, living in house with feces everywhere
A 23-year-old woman was charged with child neglect without great bodily harm after her children were found in poor condition at their Crestview, Fla., home.On Jan. 5, Angelica Crites’ daughter called 9-1-1 because she and her brother could not wake their mother, according to an arrest report from the Crestview Police Department. No other adults were in the home and the girl couldn’t get into her mother’s bedroom to wake her up.An officer with the police [...]
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Texas woman shot, killed man while posing with rifle for Snapchat, police say
A Texas woman who fatally shot a man two days before Christmas was posing with a rifle for Snapchat when she accidentally pulled the trigger, according to an arrest affidavit filed on Monday.Autumn King, 20, has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of 26-year-old Eric Charles Allen, police said.According to the affidavit, King and Allen had been dating for two years before the shooting. They had a child together and lived with each other in the 12500 [...]
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