Eidenier waives exams in domestic cases
HILLSDALE — A 36-year-old Allen Township man charged with multiple domestic violence-related felonies opted to waive a preliminary examination hearing Wednesday afternoon in Hillsdale County District...
View ArticlePolice search for car damaged in collision
COLDWATER — Area police were searching for the driver of a black 2012 Chevrolet Impala who struck a parked police car and fled at around noon on Tuesday. An officer from the Coldwater Police Department...
View ArticleColdwater duo charged with delivery of marijuana
HILLSDALE — Two residents of Coldwater will appear in Hillsdale County District Court at 10 a.m. Nov. 2 on charges of delivery of marijuana and conspiracy to deliver marijuana.The Hillsdale County...
View ArticleQuincy man charged with domestic, carrying concealed weapon
HILLSDALE — A 24-year-old Quincy man is facing up to five years in prison for carrying a concealed weapon and domestic violence.The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office arrested Floyd Joshua-Elo Tucker...
View ArticleCharges filed after abuse of baby
COLDWATER — The boyfriend of a Bronson mother, Wade Shortridge, 17, will face charges of second-degree child abuse after the 7-month-old boy was treated for a broken leg.Bronson Police were notified...
View ArticleParks found with heroin
COLDWATER — Suspicious neighbors on Taylor Street called police in February about a possible break-in, but instead, Coldwater Police found a drug party underway.Now the tenant, Ashley Parks, 29, will...
View ArticleRifenburg charged with aiding fugitive Eichler
COLDWATER — The sister of former fugitive Brandon Eichler and her boyfriend will face felony charges for aiding him while he avoided police.The charges came after Eichler's arrest Wednesday on six...
View ArticleManifold found competent after stand off
COLDWATER — Jared Manifold, the man who wanted police to shoot and kill him this July, is competent to stand trial.Doctors at the Michigan Forensic Hospital in Ypsilanti found him both competent and...
View ArticleWilkinson gets a year for taking funds
COLDWATER — Stephanie Wilkinson, 42, of Coldwater Township, will serve a year in the Branch County Jail for embezzlement of $17,000 from the Smile Avenue Family and Cosmetic Dentistry.Branch County...
View ArticleDacosta sentenced for check kiting
COLDWATER — Rastravanti Dacosta, 27, will serve nine months in the Branch County Jail for attempted forgery and passing a forged check at Century Bank and Trust on May 5.Branch County Circuit Court...
View ArticleLaPlante jailed for meth
HILLSDALE — On Monday morning, Hillsdale County Circuit Judge Michael R. Smith sentenced 51-year-old Sherwood resident Timothy Allen LaPlante to six months in the Hillsdale County Jail for possession...
View ArticleBreak-ins under investigation
QUINCY TOWNSHIP — Quincy Police are investigating a string of break-ins at three homes on Marble Lake. The incidents were reported on Thursday morning.Police were called to the 100 block of Lakeside...
View ArticleJerry Garnett sentenced for trying to kill girlfriend
COLDWATER — Jerry Garnett stopped taking his medication then tried to kill his girlfriend of five years in February.Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady sentenced him to two years probation...
View ArticleRichardson must register here
COLDWATER — Charles Lee Richardson, 56, will need to remember to change his sex offender registration when he leaves the Branch County Jail next month.Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady...
View ArticleMSP investigates hunting death in Noble Township
NOBLE TOWNSHIP — Michigan State Police are investigating an apparent hunting accident that left one family member dead Saturday night.Three members of a family were hunting at sunset on Gunthorp Road...
View ArticlePatel indicted on labor charges
GRAND RAPIDS — Mehul “Mike” Patel, 31, whose corporation, RAJ Patel, Inc, owns the Super 8 Motel in Coldwater and the Rodeway Inn on Beckley Road in Battle Creek, has been indicted by a federal grand...
View ArticleMiller charged with illegal Christmas shopping
COLDWATER — Justin Miller, 26, is facing charges after doing his Christmas shopping — from the cars in the parking lot — at Walmart on Tuesday.Miller was observed breaking into cars, taking items and...
View ArticleWagoner jailed for violating probation
COLDWATER — Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady ended early the two-year probation for Kayla Wagoner, 21, who now will serve 90 days in jail, after her drug abuse and mental health issues...
View ArticlePenza arraigned; no bond in fatal traffic accident
COLDWATER — On Tuesday, Branch County District Court Judge Brent Weigle denied bond for Michael Penza, 32, arrested last Thursday in the fatal traffic death of Brenda Hutchison, 54, on Oct. 28 on...
View Article41 percent text, email while driving
LANSING — Although Michigan law prohibits drivers from reading, manually typing or sending a text message while driving, 41 percent of young adult drivers admitted to sending texts and emails on a...
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