Patient charged with attack on officer Oct. 22
COLDWATER — Emergency Room staff went to the aid of Coldwater Police Sgt. Nick Thornton Oct. 22 after he was called to ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital.Zack Rurka, 23, was reportedly unruly with...
View ArticleProbationer charged after call to police
COLDWATER — A call to police about a fight with his girlfriend ended with charges of meth possession against Joshua Rutherford, 27.On Oct. 23, Rutherford called 911 to complain Elaine Clark had struck...
View ArticleMore charges brought against Renner
COLDWATER — Following a closed preliminary examination Tuesday Bradley Renner, 29, of Fremont was bound over on three counts of criminal sexual conduct third degree.At the request of Branch County...
View ArticleDetails of child kidnap, rape, and murder conspiracy heard
COLDWATER — Brittany Raymond, 22, coolly testified she and four others sat around a table in Coldwater on Aug. 26, 2017 and planned to grab a young girl from the Jackson County Fair "to torture this...
View ArticlePositive drug test delays proceedings
COLDWATER — Talia Furman, 32, was to face a preliminary exam Wednesday on life offense charges of Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Kidnaping and Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Sexual...
View ArticleRodgers arrested in July attack
COLDWATER — After an intensive investigation, Michigan State Police arrested Jason Lee Rodgers, 37, for unlawful imprisonment, a 15-year crime, and assault with a dangerous weapon — a knife and a piece...
View ArticleUnderaged girlfriend lands Taylor in jail
COLDWATER — An relationship with a 13-year-old girl has Zachary Taylor, 18, facing criminal sexual conduct third degree charges. According to the Probable Cause Affidavit, the father of the young girl...
View ArticlePrison for man who terrorized couple
COLDWATER — Rebecca Wheeler said Branden Swander, 20, and two friends "have terrorized us twice. This must not be allowed to continue."Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady sentenced Swander, of...
View ArticleSecond CSC sends Thyng to prison
COLDWATER — Given one chance, Brandon Thyng, 23, was sent to prison for 23 months to five years for attempted second degree criminal sexual conduct."I realize I have a lot of problems and made bad...
View ArticleWoodman charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct
COLDWATER — Alexander Woodman, 20, is facing prison again, charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct.The homeless ex-convict had been invited to the Girard Township home of a 15-year-old girl...
View ArticleMartinez charged in altercation
COLDWATER — A fight with his new girlfriend landed Luis Martinez, 19, in jail charged with assault causing great bodily harm less than murder, a 10 year offense. Sunday night Coldwater Police were...
View ArticleCaldwell sent to prison for CSC
COLDWATER — "It’s an easy rule for men over 20, high school girls are off limits," Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady told Tyler Caldwell, 22. Caldwell will serve three to 15 years prison after...
View ArticleHardrick charged with attack on girlfriend
COLDWATER — Matthew Hardrick, 24, was charged with domestic violence after a brutal attack on a girlfriend of six months Tuesday.Coldwater Police found the terrified victim with cuts on her arms, legs,...
View ArticleJudge O'Grady warns Shakleford about probation
COLDWATER — "I almost lost my life to addiction," Justin Shakleford, 32, told Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady. "I was really a monster this time in my life."The Judge placed him on probation...
View ArticleTwo sentenced in drug cases
COLDWATER — Two women, Jennifer Wilson, 37, and Erika Raby, 29, will get a chance at treatment to beat their drug addiction. Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady sentenced Wilson to 18 months...
View ArticleVandalism estimates top $500,000
Coldwater City Clerk Susan Heath handles administrative matters for Oak Grove Cemetery.
View ArticleFire destroys pole barn Sunday night
A fire, possibly caused by a gas garage heater, destroyed a pole barn Sunday night at 425 Jonesville Road in Coldwater Township.
View ArticleBranch County Prosecutor to resign Jan. 1
Embattled Branch County Prosecutor Ralph Kimble will resign his post effect Jan. 1 after an agreement was reached with the Michigan Bar over improper conduct charges brought against him.
View ArticleBronson man faces 11 CSC charges
Neil Modert, 38, of Bronson, will face 11 life felony charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after a Michigan State Police investigation going back to events that started in 2008.
View ArticleTorres charged in assault
COLDWATER — Registered sex offender Daniel Torres, 49, was charged with felonious assault with a knife after a welfare check by an Adapt worker at a Morse Street apartment house Tuesday. The worker saw...
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