Pot plant on porch leads to arrest
COLDWATER — Growing pot on his front porch turned out to be a bad idea for Zachary Hurd, 23. Someone called police after seeing the plant at his South Michigan Avenue residence on June 11.Officers,...
View ArticleInformants used to buy meth
COLDWATER — Robin Thompson, 32, and Guy Vertz, 58, will face up to life in prison, after both allegedly sold meth to an undercover informant during an investigation by the Branch County Sheriff's...
View ArticleMore local defendants may head to prison
COLDWATER — Branch County Circuit Court defendants already felt the impact of a Michigan Supreme Court 5-2 decision July 29 that declared the legislature-imposed sentencing guidelines unconstitutional...
View ArticleOverdose leads to heroin charge
COLDWATER — Dustin Tackett was charged with possession of heroin after he overdosed on drugs May 13.According to Michigan State Police, an officer was in the Community Health Center of Branch County...
View ArticleSours named state champ in Tae Kwon Do
COLDWATER — Eleven-year-old Chance Sours has overcome much adversity in his young life and made something of himself.The young man, who has lived with his grandma, Carol Sours, for the past 15 months,...
View ArticleWoman who reported abduction found in cornfield
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP — A young woman called 911 shortly after 2 p.m. Monday to report that she had been abducted and was bound in a cornfield.Using cell towers to triangulate her location, troopers from...
View ArticleMSP investigates Friday evening incident
BUTLER TOWNSHIP — Troopers from the Michigan State Police, Coldwater Detachment, are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at approximately 6:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at A.J.’s Butler...
View ArticleGreen charged with sex abuse of teen from 2006-2009
COLDWATER — The second of three people wanted for the sexual abuse of a teenaged girl in 2006-09, David Green, 44, was arrested Tuesday after he turned himself in on a Michigan State Police...
View ArticleWood burner fire leads to meth charges
COLDWATER — A faulty wood burner stove is believed to be the cause of a fire which damaged a trailer on Rubley Road Monday morning.Trailer resident Jacob Zimmerman, 21, was arrested for possession of...
View ArticleMusselman charged after weapons found
COLDWATER — Trey Musselman, 21, of Coldwater will face three weapons charges after he was arrested following a Bronson complaint.On Saturday — the day after Christmas — the Bronson Police Department...
View ArticleIndiana residents face meth charges
COLDWATER — Two Indiana residents with a history of meth arrests are now facing charges in Branch County, after a stop over the Christmas holiday.Coldwater Police stopped a car driven by Joshua...
View ArticleCouple arrested on drug charges
WHITE PIGEON — Two individuals are in custody on drug charges, after a press release was sent out Monday afternoon seeking help from the public.The Michigan State Police White Pigeon Detachment...
View ArticleSuspect, driver positively identified in bank robbery
QUINCY — At 3:23 p.m. Tuesday, police received a call of a robbery at Century Bank and Trust in Quincy. Quincy Police Department Officer Cody Longrey was the first to arrive on the scene.Employees said...
View ArticleWarrant issued for robbery suspects
COLDWATER — Branch County Prosecutor Ralph Kimble is asking for the public’s help in locating John T. Morgan, 32, and his girlfriend Nickole Collins, 29, after he authorized charges, and arrest...
View ArticleHarris pulls another scam
COLDWATER — The teen who wrote a bad check for a car and traded it in for a new Mustang, Rodney Harris II, is back in trouble.Harris, 19, who is on two years probation for that auto theft and felony...
View ArticleRetired LFD Chief Danny Pitts laid to rest
On Saturday afternoon, retired Litchfield Fire Chief Danny Pitts was laid to rest at Mt. Hope Cemetery, just south of Litchfield, with full honors. Multiple fire departments from four area counties...
View ArticleJeromy Hurd and Ashley Eichinger arrested after high speed chase; had active...
CAMDEN TOWNSHIP — A man and woman were arrested Wednesday afternoon with an active meth lab, after a high-speed chase in two states and three counties ended in a swampy area east of Montgomery in...
View ArticleIndiana couple charged after high-speed chase
COLDWATER — Auburn, Indiana, residents Jeromy Hurd, 27, and Ashley Eichinger, 23, were charged with possession of a meth lab, a meth lab with hazardous materials, and possession of meth after a...
View ArticleKimble, Ross arraigned for theft charges
HILLSDALE — Erin Todd Kimble, 33, of Coldwater, and Caitlyn Marie Ross, 23, of Coldwater, appeared in Hillsdale County District Court Wednesday afternoon for formal arraignment.The duo was arrested...
View ArticleSkyler Riker dies from stab wound after altercation
GASTONIA N.C. — A 2014 Bronson High School graduate attending Belmont Abbey College died early Saturday morning after being stabbed in Charlotte, according to police.Skyler Riker, 20, was stabbed...
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