Heroin addiction blamed for thefts
A 27-year-old Adrian man blamed heroin for his thefts from stores and a home last year when he was sentenced Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court."I messed up," said Cody Ray Proffitt. "The drugs...
View ArticleHearing set in robbery of TV
A March 16 hearing was set for an Adrian man who entered not guilty pleas in Lenawee County Circuit Court to charges stemming from a reported robbery of a television set.Antonio Raphael Hernandez, 23,...
View ArticlePair charged in three more Cambridge Township burglaries
Two suspects arrested last month during an investigation of a home burglary spree listened quietly Tuesday as charges from three home invasions were read to them during video arraignments from...
View ArticleThree charged as accessories to murder arraigned from jail
Three people accused of helping conceal the Nov. 24 murder of Adrian business owner Edward Allen Monday were arraigned from jail by video Wednesday in Lenawee County District Court on felony accessory...
View ArticleCocaine dealing in Madison Township earns prison sentence
A 39-year-old Adrian woman convicted in a cocaine delivery case was sentenced to a guideline maximum 46-month to 10-year prison term Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Jennifer Lynn Ybarra was...
View ArticlePrison term given in Adrian meth case
An Adrian woman arrested in a July 23 police raid at her home where a methamphetamine laboratory was reportedly operating was sentenced to prison Thursday in the same courtroom where her husband was...
View ArticleToledo man pleads guilty to fake bill
A guilty plea was taken Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court from the last of three Toledo men charged with passing counterfeit $20 bills in Blissfield on Oct. 12."I don’t know who was making it,...
View ArticleGrandfather guilty in sex case
An 80-year-old Adrian man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a young girl more than 10 years ago at a hearing Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Octaviano Burciaga admitted touching the girl...
View Article3 plead not guilty to arson charges
Three men charged with a July 11 arson of a home on James Street in Adrian entered not guilty pleas in written waivers of arraignment Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court. A March 16 hearing was...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in Adrian robbery
A 22-year-old Adrian man pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a robbery in which a baseball bat was used to assault a victim. Brian Joseph Berean pleaded guilty to larceny from a person and was...
View ArticleJudge refuses lawn mowing ban in Wamplers Lake court battle
Animosity over a lake access dispute on the South Shore of Wamplers Lake brought neighbors to court Thursday to argue whether a judge should order one property owner to stop mowing grass near a public...
View ArticleHearings continue in downtown Adrian facade fight
Attorneys involved in a collection of lawsuits over a 2009 historic building facade renovation project in downtown Adrian are due back in court Monday after motions to dismiss the cases were...
View ArticleFormer Morenci teacher gets jail for sex acts
A former Morenci High School music teacher who was charged with having sex with a student last year was sentenced to a 15-day jail term in Lenawee County District Court after pleading guilty to reduced...
View ArticleAnzalone: Raisin Twp. violated open meetings, public information laws
A circuit court judge ruled Monday that Raisin Township violated the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act. Attorneys were ordered to submit briefs on the still pending issue of the township...
View ArticleMarch hearing set in Adrian building dispute
Money claims in 2013 lawsuits by a contractor, a window company and a bonding company resulting from a downtown Adrian building facade project are to be back in court in the spring.A hearing Monday...
View ArticleObjection delays Devils Lake property dispute ruling
A ruling that may decide who is entitled to nearly 8.5 acres of bottomland property at Devils Lake where a marina project is planned was put off at least two months at a hearing Monday in Lenawee...
View ArticleHearing set for Hudson man facing marijuana charges
A Hudson man entered a not guilty plea Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court to marijuana delivery and manufacturing charges that resulted from a police investigation last fall.Paul Alan Williams,...
View ArticleSand Creek embezzlement bound over to circuit court
An attorney for the former president of the Sand Creek schools band boosters club said Wednesday he will try to repay money he is accused of embezzling and work out a plea agreement.Jee-Hak Kim...
View ArticleLawsuit by injured motorcyclist challenged in circuit court
A lawsuit by a motorcyclist who crashed into a stopped delivery truck on Springville Highway in Rome Township survived a motion for dismissal in Lenawee County Circuit Court.The Sept. 11, 2013, crash...
View ArticleBurglary suspects waive hearings
Two suspects in a series of home burglaries waived preliminary examinations Wednesday in Lenawee County District Court.Jonathan Warren Lewis, 36, of Addison, and Erika Nicole Webb, 26, of Hudson, were...
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