Two more facing meth charges
COLDWATER — Coldwater Police knew Nicole Cooper, 35, had no valid driver license so they stopped her while driving Monday night.During her arrest, Cooper was searched and .8 grams of meth was found in...
View ArticleCharges reinstated against Terlizzi
COLDWATER — Charges have been refiled against Richard Terlizzi, 27, for third degree criminal sexual conduct after a 13-year-old said he accosted her in August in a Girard Township home where he was...
View ArticleAnthony faces various charges across the state
COLDWATER — Essence Anthony, 40, is touring Michigan jails as she faces numerous theft charges in various counties for stealing liquor from Meijer stores.Meijer identified Anthony as one of several...
View ArticleMajor win for Branch County and others in opioid suit
CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Ohio judge issued a ruling Wednesday in a multi-district litigation brought by nearly 1,500 communities across the country, including Branch County, against opioid manufacturers...
View ArticleHill sentences in 2016 Sprint store robbery
GRAND RAPIDS — Tramain Hill, 24, one of the members of an Illinois gang tied to the Aug. 27, 2016 robbery of the Sprint Store at 849 E. Chicago St., Coldwater, has been sentenced to 10 years and 10...
View ArticleTeen faces CSC charges after drinking party
COLDWATER — Matthew Siler, 17, reportedly would not listen to "no" and now faces life felony charges of criminal sexual conduct first degree.Siler, of Coldwater Township, was arraigned on four CSC...
View ArticleBronson PNC Bank robbed Friday
BRONSON — A lone man held up the Bronson branch of PNC Bank at approximately 9:51 a.m. Friday, according to Bronson Deputy Chief Brad McConn.Witnesses in the bank and a security photo described him as...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bronson PNC Bank robber could be same man that robbed Flagstar in...
BRONSON — Law enforcement believe the man who robbed the Bronson branch of PNC Bank Friday morning is the same man who robbed a Flagstar Bank in South Bend, Indiana Tuesday morning. Bank security...
View ArticleFidler waives exam in drugged driving case
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater woman, arrested Dec. 5 on allegations of drugged driving, waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning in Hillsdale County District Court.Kathrynne Lee Fidler, 26, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Bronson PNC Bank robber apprehended
BRONSON — Bronson Police Department announced Sunday that the suspects in the Bronson PNC Bank robbery Friday morning have been apprehended. They did not provide any further details as of press time....
View ArticleDefendants with mental health issues a problem for jails
BRANCH COUNTY — Branch County Sheriff John Pollack racked up 450 hours of overtime for deputies and corrections officers since Dec. 2 because prisoner Daniel Torres, 49, suffers from both medical and...
View ArticleBronson bank robber charged in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, IND. — A fight with a girlfriend Saturday afternoon resulted in the arrest of Dwight Neal, 46, in connection to the Dec.18 robbery of the Flagstar Bank in South Bend, Ind. and the PNC Bank...
View ArticleDeleon-Sanchez held in Bronson gun incident
COLDWATER — Starlin Deleon-Sanchez, 32, was charged with discharge of a weapon from a motor vehicle after an argument with a girlfriend Dec. 21 in Bronson. The charge is a 10-year felony.Bronson Police...
View ArticleTorres ruled competent for trial
COLDWATER — Based on a written report from the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry, Branch County Magistrate/ Judge David Coyle, Thursday, found Daniel Torres, 49, competent to stand trial on...
View ArticleOtis now in federal custody for child pornography
GRAND RAPIDS — Quincy resident, Dale Otis, Jr., 50, will now face a minimum mandatory 15-year federal prison term after an indictment by a federal grand jury in November. The case was developed by...
View ArticleEbersole found with meth again
COLDWATER — Carlos Ebersole, 41, did not stay away from meth for long. On a year probation after serving six months for a May meth possession arrest, Coldwater Police arrested him with the drug...
View ArticleProsecutor Ralph Kimble to leave office Tuesday
COLDWATER — Ralph Kimble will leave his position as Branch County Prosecutor with the start of 2019. Kimble’s resignation letter was mailed Friday to the Branch County County Chief Judge; Probate Judge...
View ArticleTroopers investigate hit and run on I-69
GIRARD TOWNSHIP — Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post are investigating a hit and run injury crash that occurred Sunday morning in Girard Township on northbound I-69. According to a...
View ArticleChanges in sex offender registration challenged
COLDWATER — A Branch County man, Mario Rubio Hernandez, 55, has joined dozens of those convicted of Criminal Sexual Conduct before 2006 in challenging the state sexual offender registration law changes...
View ArticleTeen charged with first degree CSC
COLDWATER — Jacob Beatty, 18, was arrested on a Michigan State Police warrant charging him with first degree criminal sexual conduct and accosting a minor child in July last summer in Sherwood...
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