Branch County Statements admissible in child porn case
A judge has sentenced a mid-Michigan man to 50-140 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to two counts of criminal sexual assault against an infant girl.Matthew Toole, 32, of Battle Creek,...
View ArticleOld charges bring Jester back to Michigan
The driver of a wrecked car found with drugs is back in Michigan to face charges from June 30, 2017. Timothy Jester, 38, was extradited from LaPorte County, Ind., where he is scheduled for trial in...
View ArticleWynn brags about driving stolen car
Sherwood area resident April Wynn, 31, was bragging she was driving a stolen car.Now she is in jail for it. Her landlord on Arney Road reported her statements to Michigan State Police and provided a...
View ArticleFather charged with abuse for biting son
Jeremy Cook, 25, was charged with child abuse for biting his 6-year-old son and both Cook and the mother were charged for lying to Michigan State Police about the incident.A mandatory reporter notified...
View ArticleTexas sheriff tracks down the Florida deputy that changed his life
A Lake County, Fla., deputy changed a little boy’s life when he arrested the man who was abusing the child’s mother.It was 1985.Fast forward 34 years and that little boy, Robert Chody, is now sheriff...
View ArticleTexas bars chaplains from inmate execution chambers
Chaplains will no longer be allowed in the rooms in which Texas death row inmates are executed, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday.All chaplains and spiritual advisers will...
View ArticlePolice announce charges in 2002 Ottawa County cold case
EATON COUNTY — Law enforcement in Eaton and Ottawa counties announced charges for three people in connection to an alleged 2002 murder of a Charlotte, Mich. man.The Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office has...
View ArticleGeiger named assistant prosecutor
Nora Newell Geiger, 36, will begin Monday as the third Branch County assistant prosecutor. Geiger has been the Crime Victim Services coordinator with the Calhoun County prosecutor’s office since June...
View ArticleMcGuire back in jail after running from police
Drivers on Marshall Street in Coldwater were surprised to see a woman running across the street Wednesday morning with police in pursuit.Cara McGuire, 26, was out of jail less than an hour before she...
View ArticleCharges refiled against Stolte
Richard Michael Stolte, 45, will remain in the Branch County Jail after completing his 93-day jail sentence after Branch County Prosecutor Valerie White refiled felony charges dropped as part of a plea...
View ArticleColdwater Prisoner charged in stabbing
Mendell Fritz, 59, will be 70 years old before he is first eligible for parole, but now he will face new charges for assault to do great bodily harm to another state prisoner.The Branch County...
View ArticleWoman charged with embezzling from family business
Amanda Snyder, 28, the granddaughter and niece of the founders of D&L Tooling in Bronson, was arrested for embezzling more than $100,000 from the company.Bronson Police were called last fall to...
View ArticlePolice close 2009 cold case
"At this point, investigators are highly confident David Kidney murdered Duane Finney." That was the statement Wednesday from Fifth District Det/Lt. Chuck Christensen at a news conference in...
View ArticleFlorida man threatens to bring terror with an army of turtles
On seven occasions last weekend, a phone call was made to the police about a man disturbing the peace at Orlando-area Starbucks Coffee, Surfanista Cafe and Sassy Granny’s Smoothies locations.The man...
View ArticleTexas sheriff’s commander asked deputies to have sex with 'Live PD' producer,...
A Texas sheriff’s commander allegedly challenged his deputies during a staff meeting to have sex with a “Live PD” television show producer, according to a grievance filed this month.Attorney Robert...
View ArticleShamed, schooled, shocked: A day in Florida county's class for johns
Loneliness. Trauma. Sex addictions. Whatever led more than two dozen people to engage in prostitution, they ended up together Friday at the West Palm Beach, Fla., Police Department, listening to...
View ArticleBracy, Leno form Branch County Anti Human Trafficking Coalition
The modern day slavery of human trafficking has been gaining attention more each year.But what is it?It is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act,...
View ArticleCovey jailed for domestic assault
Christopher Covey, 48, faces felony charges for allegedly beating and holding a girlfriend during a dispute March 31. Covey is charged with unlawful imprisonment, a 15-year felony; assault to do great...
View ArticleUnion City Couple charged in sale of drug to teen
A Union City couple will face charges related to a reported marijuana sale to a middle school student.Jamie Vaughan-Nichols, 34, was charged with delivery to a 13-year old after another investigation...
View ArticleWoman arrested for Ed's Auto break-in
Rachel Bates, 22, of Portage, was arrested for breaking into Ed’s Auto in Union City on Dec. 28. Michigan State Police reported a Snap-On $7,000 vehicle analysis computer, a $1,500 DVR system, a .38...
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