Wilson sentenced in meth, arson case
COLDWATER — "I need help. I am sorry that all this happened," Derek Wilson, 40, told Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O'Grady.O’Grady sentenced Wilson to 18 months probation for possession of drugs and...
View ArticleSebring charged with probation violation
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater man on felony probation through the Hillsdale County Circuit Court is facing a probation violation after a weekend arrest.Joseph Ryan Sebring, 39, was arrested Nov. 30 by the...
View ArticleMore prison time added for Roundtree
COLDWATER — For Jonathan Roundtree, 34, the prison times just keeps adding on.Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady added another 24 months to five years, consecutive to his two other consecutive...
View ArticleJuvenile age increase could cost county money
LANSING — House Bill 4607, and a series of related bills, are set for a final committee vote in the lame duck session of the Michigan Legislature to raise the age of majority to 18 from the current...
View ArticleChester gets another chance
COLDWATER — Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady gave Jesse Chester, 31, a last chance before she goes to prison. "I won’t be back," Chester said. "I have been clean and sober but big things happen...
View ArticleMaxwell found competent to stand trial
COLDWATER — Doctors found Romello Maxwell, 21, competent to stand trial after an examination at the Michigan Forensic Psychiatric Center. The Indianapolis resident reportedly seemed slow, at times...
View ArticleFidler charged in connection with July wreck
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater woman is facing several criminal allegations stemming from a vehicle wreck in Allen Township in July.Kathrynne Lee Fidler, 26, was arrested Dec. 5 by the Hillsdale County...
View ArticleColdwater Police officers fought twice in two nights
COLDWATER — It was a bad week for Coldwater Police officer Suleiman Sumbal. Tuesday night he was called to an apartment where Randy Sizemore, 31, was pounding on a door while holding a sword.Told to...
View ArticleUber driver pulled knife, hit passenger after political spat, police say
Police in Austin, Texas, have accused an Uber driver of pulling a knife on a passenger and punching him in the face after they got into a political argument in early November.Officers responded around...
View ArticlePolice: Sonic employees arrested after ecstasy pill found in boy’s meal
Police arrested three employees at a Sonic Drive-In in Taylor, Texas, after an 11-year-old girl found an ecstasy pill Thursday in a meal for her 4-year-old brother, said Taylor Police Chief Henry...
View ArticleDomestic calls up for holidays
Anyone that has or is experiencing a domestic or sexual violence situation and needs assistants can contact the Branch County Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence’s confidential hotline at...
View ArticleVanScoder gets prison in robbery attempt
COLDWATER — Bryce VanScoder, 20, thinks about being shot on March 28 daily, he told Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady. The Ohio man was sentenced to two years- five months to five years after he...
View ArticleNarcan use up as well as meth arrests
COLDWATER — While officers have found mostly crystal meth during arrests in the last few months, the number of opioid overdoses in Branch County continues to be high. LifeCare reported it had...
View ArticleKozlowski sent back to prison
COLDWATER — Dwayne Kozlowski, 41, said he is ready to reform. He faces loss of his children."I never gave my kids a thought until now," he told Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady.The judge could...
View ArticleSebring pleads no contest to probation violation
HILLSDALE — Joseph Ryan Sebring, 39, pleaded no contest to a charge of probation violation —for committing a new crime —Monday in Hillsdale County Circuit Court.Sebring was arrested Nov. 30 by the...
View ArticleBroughton transported to Hillsdale County after chase from Indiana to Branch...
STEUBEN COUNTY, IND. — Prosecutors in Indiana charged Angola resident Jammi Broughton with fleeing police into Branch County Tuesday where he crashed his vehicle and hid from police. Officers with the...
View ArticleStolte charged with breaking ex girlfriends jaw
COLDWATER — An argument Wednesday night sent a woman to the hospital with a broken jaw and Richard Stolte, 45, to jail charged with felonious assault. Stolte’s ex girlfriend was treated at Cameron...
View ArticleSmith, Tompkins arrested with meth Wednesday By Don Reid dwreid@aol.com
COLDWATER — Police arrested Malissa Smith, 58, of Homer and Dylan Tompkins, 24, of Coldwater, Wednesday night during a meth sale transaction.A Coldwater officer spotted Smith’s car pulling into an...
View ArticleHoughton charged for drugs in jail
COLDWATER — Nicholas Houghton, 22, could not stay away from meth even in the Branch County Jail.Now he will face additional charges.Sentenced in October to a year in county jail for possession of meth...
View ArticleCocaine found in drunk driving arrest
COLDWATER — Failure to stop as he pulled out of a business drive at Western Avenue and US-12 ended with the arrest of Jose Aburto Cordova, 22, Sunday.Cordova reportedly smelled of alcohol and...
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