High school sports injury leads to drug abuse, other crimes
It started with a basketball injury. Now former Quincy High School player, Logan Timmons-Miller, 22, is facing 12 months jail or possibly prison boot camp because of his opioid addiction.
View ArticleCity to defend all in civil rights police brutality suit
After meeting in closed session with the Coldwater City Council Wednesday night, attorney Michael S. Bogren of the Plunkett Cooney law firm accepted service of the civil rights lawsuit by Tiffany...
View ArticleS.C. coupled arrested with packaged pot products
Samuel Thompson, 20, of Lyman, South Carolina, was charged with possession of marijuana products with intent to distribute them after an I-69 traffic stop on Christmas Day.
View ArticleCollins pleads guilty to use of meth
A Branch County man arrested during a drug sting in Hillsdale on Dec. 19 appeared in Hillsdale County District Court Wednesday morning for a probable cause conference.
View ArticleIndiana couple charged with felony shoplifting
Heather Nordness, 24, of St. Joseph, Indiana, was arrested the day after Christmas while helping a friend steal $1,784 in electronics from the Coldwater Walmart.
View ArticleVaccaro faces life in prison as a habitual offender after violating bond
A violation of a no-contact order has Anthony Vaccaro, 58, facing up to life in prison as a habitual offender for possession of methamphetamines.
View ArticleSex offender held on child pornography charges
Registered sex offender Travis Thomas, 47, will face charges of using a computer to commit a felony and possession of child sexually explicit materials, after a Michigan State Police internet...
View ArticleCole headed back to prison
Parolee Randall Cole, 27, will have 13 months to two years added consecutive to his last sentence, after he tried to hide from Coldwater Police Department on Sept. 30, 2017.
View ArticleDomestic dispute ends with drug charges
A domestic dispute in May 2017 resulted in charges against Amanda Adams, 32, after drugs were found at the home.
View ArticleDrugs lead to break-ins
His addiction to prescription drugs has Louis Setmire III, formerly of Bronson, facing charges for thefts from two families.
View ArticleQuestions raised in Eastmead case
In a terse announcement issued at 5:59 p.m. Friday, Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker said, “Officer Lewis Eastmead is no longer employed with the city of Coldwater effective Jan. 12, 2018. As a...
View ArticleHarris violates new probation
Rodney Harris II, 20, avoided prison time, but will serve a year in the Branch County Jail for violating his last-chance probation for misuse of a credit card in February 2017.
View ArticleFire damages mobile home
Fire fighters from the Bronson Fire Department spent two hours at 1097 W. Southern Road in Noble Township on Friday putting out a fire that started in an area between a mobile home roof and a metal...
View ArticleMcKenzie charged with a life felony
Jason McKenzie, 38, will face a life felony charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after his arrest Friday on a warrant that included charges of second-degree CSC.
View ArticleFerrell gets 7 years, 11 months minimum in Quincy school case
Jason Ferrell, 44, will serve a minimum of seven years, 11 months to 15 years in prison, after he pleaded no contest to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
View ArticleTwo minor fires in Branch County Sunday
An unattended trash fire caused $20,000 in damage to a pole barn in the 400 block of South Parham Road in Bronson Township on Sunday afternoon.
View ArticleDavis set for jury trial in narcotics sting
The fate of a Coldwater man netted in a narcotics sting by the Hillsdale Narcotics Enforcement Team will be determined by jury trial on May 22 in Hillsdale County Circuit Court.
View ArticleSherwood couple charged with sex offenses
A Sherwood couple, Clyde Black, 32, and his wife, Katrina, 36, are in jail facing life felony charges of criminal sexual conduct for providing “sex education” to a 14-year-old girl.
View ArticleIndiana pair will serve 11 months here
Two friends from Indiana will serve 11 months in the Branch County Jail before returning to Indiana to face charges, after an October 2017 traffic stop on I-69.
View ArticleMore details released in Bromley threat case
More details are coming out about Wednesday’s incident at Coldwater High School, where Hunter Bromley, 18, was arrested and charged with making a terrorist threat.
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