Man sentenced for giving marijuana to a minor
Dennis Young, 31, “is not a drug dealer” defense attorney Ben Jewell told Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady. Chief Assistant Prosecutor Zack Stempien agreed. A 16-year-old neighbor of a family member went to...
View ArticleTwo charged with heroin possession
A traffic stop Sunday in Coldwater yielded heroin with the arrest of the two people in a car.Eric Carson, 40, and Amber Corwin, 32, were arrested and charged with possession of the drug.Coldwater...
View ArticleColorado mom killed daughter she falsely claimed was terminally ill, police say
A Colorado mom has been accused of killing her 7-year-old daughter, a girl she falsely claimed was terminally ill, according to police.Olivia Gant died in 2017. In the weeks and months before her...
View ArticleTexas man accused of killing stepmom for celebrating Dallas Cowboys victory
A man accused of fatally stabbing his stepmother three years ago after she gloated over a Dallas Cowboys victory, and who later told police he’s glad she died, is on trial this week in Texas.Travis...
View ArticleFlorida woman, 8 months pregnant, uses AR-15 to kill intruder
A Florida woman who is eight months pregnant used an AR-15 to shoot and kill one of two intruders who were terrorizing her family, authorities say.The incident happened Wednesday in Lithia, which is...
View ArticleTexas substitute teacher seen in video beating student, charged with assault
A substitute teacher was fired and faces an assault charge after being caught on video beating a 16-year-old student in a Texas high school classroom, authorities said.Video posted to Twitter shows the...
View ArticleNevada boy, 7, survives after mom allegedly stabs him 25 times
"My mom is trying to kill me."That's what 911 operators in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas, heard when they answered an emergency call on Oct. 21. Audio from that call was just released by...
View ArticleActive shooter drills are traumatizing students, experts say
Active shooter drills, which periodically occur at schools across the nation, might be doing more harm than good.Some even include actors playing gunmen and the sounds of simulated gunfire, according...
View ArticleS.C. man says McDonald's sweet tea came with 3 bags of weed
A South Carolina man claims he found three bags of pot in a glass of sweet tea he ordered at McDonald's.Parrish Brown says it happened when he went through the drive-through at a location on Hilton...
View ArticleFormer secretary charged with obstruction of justice
HILLSDALE — Former senior secretary in the Branch County Prosecutor’s office, Lorene Blair, 63, was arraigned on charges of obstruction of justice before Hillsdale County District Judge Sara Lisznyai...
View ArticleWashington city votes to tax guns, ammo
A Washington city will soon begin taxing guns and ammunition.The city council in Tacoma voted to levy the tax beginning in July, TV station KIRO reports. Nearby Seattle has had a similar tax since...
View ArticleWeapons offense adds to jail time
Prison inmate Jason Ray, 39, serving time for felony drunken driving, was eligible for parole in December.Found with a sharpened, six-inch milled aluminum rod a year ago in Lakeland Prison, a 10-month...
View ArticleRuthless Mexican drug cartel infiltrating U.S. towns
Operating in at least 35 states, you've probably never heard of it. But this cartel has rapidly set up "cells" in unsuspecting communities to flood the U.S. with drugs.
View ArticleEmbezzlement charged in Girl Scouts case
Former Litchfield resident Kathy Jo Contreras, 47, will face 33 charges after she allegedly withdrew $1,145 from four accounts belonging to Girl Scouts of America.Mary McDonald had control over the...
View ArticleEmbezzlement charges refiled
Branch County prosecutors have refiled four embezzlement and false pretenses charges against Katherine Kay Foster, 46, former manager of Bluezers Cruzers Auto Sales in Quincy Township.Foster, of...
View ArticleFire leaves five without a home
UNION CITY — Union City Fire Chief Dave Hughes credits a neighbor with saving the lives of three people next door early Monday when fire broke out in a former gas station converted to two...
View ArticleAuthorites: ID theft led to lottery debt
COLDWATER — As new opportunities arise, new crimes results. Michigan State Police found one looking at Kristyn Bradley, 38, now of Battle Creek.While living in Coldwater in October 2018 with Jeremy...
View ArticleRifenburgh retires from sheriff's reserves
BRANCH COUNTY — After four decade,s reserve deputy Carl Rifenburgh, 67, retired from service with the Branch County Sheriff Office reserves.In a ceremony before Christmas, reserve Sgt. John Cruz...
View ArticleRelative: Fire killed family's 5 dogs
A southern Michigan family is mourning the loss of all five of their dogs in a Christmas Eve fire that broke out when the family was at a holiday celebration.MLive cited a relative, Karen Herman, as...
View ArticleMan charged in hatchet-and-hammer attack
COLDWATER — Archie Manning Wilson, 60, was arrested following an attack Christmas Eve on two Girard Township residents.Authorities said Wilson used a hatchet and hammer in the assault.Wilson is being...
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