Franks sent back to Indiana
Kristopher Franks, 31, of Columbia City, Indiana, dried out during his 116 days in the Branch County Jail.
View ArticleWalmart theft case headed to trial
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater man arrested in connection with a major theft from the Jonesville Walmart appeared in Hillsdale County District Court Wednesday afternoon for a preliminary examination...
View ArticleDavis to serve prison time for selling fake drugs
HILLSDALE — A Coldwater man who pleaded guilty to delivery of a counterfeit substance in May appeared in Hillsdale County Circuit Court Monday for sentencing.Joseph Alan Davis, 40, declined to make any...
View ArticleCocaine found during booking
COLDWATER — An Alamo, Texas man, Jose Flores, 21, will face felony drug charges after he was asked to leave the Chicago Street Pub Saturday night. Two bouncers at the West Chicago bar asked him to...
View ArticleFather, son arrested with drugs
COLDWATER — James Lee Anthony, Junior, 18, of Three Rivers, seems to be following in his father’s footsteps.The teen was found in a truck Tuesday night by Michigan State Police after it was stopped for...
View ArticleQuincy bank robber pleads in Ohio
BRYAN, OHIO — Convicted Quincy bank robber John Morgan, 35, will have 12 more years added to his prison term after he entered a guilty plea to three counts of aggravated armed robbery midtrial in...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender charged in new crime
COLDWATER — Brandon Thyng, 23, will face charges of second degree criminal sexual conduct after a family member learned information and turned him into Bronson Police.According to the probable cause...
View ArticleSiler found competent in Walmart crash case
COLDWATER — The woman who drove her SUV through the doors of Walmart on May 19, Sarah Siler, 37, has been found competent to stand trial. A preliminary exam in her cases is set for Sept. 6.Doctors at...
View ArticleLaPointe case continued again
COLDWATER — For a second time the attorney for accused sex offender child pornographer Jayme LaPointe, 19, waived and continued the pre-trial hearing and preliminary exam for his client who remains in...
View ArticleJohnson gets 11 months for domestic violence, attempted resisting arrest
COLDWATER — Jeremiah Johnson, 32, will get another five months to stay sober after pleading no contest to domestic violence and an attempt to resist arrest during a dispute at his Union City home March...
View ArticleMental evaluation requested
COLDWATER — At the request of his defense attorney, Mark Hoopingarner, 42, will be sent to the Michigan Forensic Hospital in Ypsilanti for a mental examination.Hoopingarner is charged with assault with...
View ArticleMaxwell charged with driving stolen car
COLDWATER — A former Flint resident, now from Indianapolis, Romello Maxwell, 21, was charged with possession of a stolen car after an I-69 traffic stop early Friday morning.Michigan state Police...
View ArticleGaskill arrested after acting out
COLDWATER — Just six days after going on parole, Joseph Gaskill, Jr. 26, is back behind bars after a Saturday night incident at ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital.Coldwater Police were called about...
View ArticleMan arrested after calling police to shoot dog
COLDWATER — Dennis Blount, 56, faces criminal charges after he called Coldwater Police early Sunday to shoot his girlfriend’s pit bull.Blount and Kandel King both had been drinking at her North Monroe...
View ArticleKidnapping, murder plot exposed in porn case
LANSING — A case that started in Branch County resulted in the arrest, after charges were filed in Coldwater on Friday, of four on charges for their roles in a conspiracy to kidnap a young child at a...
View ArticleHoughton arrested after looking suspicious
COLDWATER — Coldwater Police Sgt. David Crilly thought it was suspicious that Nicholas Houghton, 22, was wearing his winter coat in Meijer Thursday night.As the off-duty officer approached Houghton, he...
View ArticleFlint sentenced in stalking case
COLDWATER — Corwin Flint, 43, will serve 210 days for attempted stalking of a man he believed "snitched" on him over a marijuana grow room in 2013.Flint was also sentenced to 93 days for impaired...
View ArticleLast 2 arraigned in kidnap, sex, torture, murder plot
COLDWATER — Using the video Polycom system from the Calhoun County Jail, Branch County District Judge Brent Weigle, Tuesdayafternoon, arraigned Matthew Toole, 32, of Battle Creek and Talia Furman, 32,...
View ArticleTrial set in cemetery destruction case
COLDWATER — It will be up to a Branch County Circuit Court jury to decide if three Coldwater youths are guilty or not of destruction of more than 100 tombstones March 7 at Oak Grove Cemetery. Trial is...
View ArticleCaldwell pleads guilty to CSC third degree
COLDWATER — Tyler Caldwell, 21, will go to prison when he is sentenced Nov.19 after pleading guilty to criminal sexual conduct third degree with a 15-year-old he called "my girlfriend." Caldwell agreed...
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