Suspect in 2009 case waives exam
A state prison inmate accused of participating in a break-in and robbery in 2009 in Palmyra Township waived a preliminary examination Friday in Lenawee County District Court.Michael Matthew Beatty, 31,...
View ArticleHillsdale grandmother sent back to prison for Branch Co. thefts
Branch County Prosecutor Ralph Kimble said “the Black Friday Bandits,” consisting of Karpanai, her two daughters and her grandchildren, stole iPads and other items from Meijer and Walmart the day after...
View ArticleArson trial delayed after new witness identified
ADRIAN — One of three defendants in a 2015 arson case was granted a separate jury Wednesday due to a difference in defense strategy based off a new witness.That change and arguments about whether...
View ArticleOhio man gets no additional prison time for March pursuit
ADRIAN — An Ohio man who led police on a pursuit from Hillsdale County to Adrian was sentenced to time served since being arrested in March.That’s because Jesse James Gannon, 23, of South Solon was...
View ArticleHusband sent to prison; wife sent to drug court
ADRIAN — A husband and wife arrested following a drug raid last year on South Adrian Highway in Madison Township were sentenced this week in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Dontay Devon Dorsey, 31, of...
View ArticleState Supreme Court orders 6-month suspension for Iddings
ADRIAN — Lenawee County Probate Judge Gregg P. Iddings will begin a six-month, unpaid suspension July 5 due to a sexual harassment complaint against him.That is three times longer than what the...
View ArticlePrison ordered for driver who injured Adrian bicyclist
COLDWATER — "The gravity of this case requires the highest sentence allowed by law," Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady told Marti Obedier, 40, Monday as he imposed 39 months to five years in...
View ArticleAdrian man given chance to clear record in drug case
ADRIAN — A 20-year-old Adrian man was given a chance to clear his record of a drug delivery charge Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Lenawee County Circuit Judge Anna Marie Anzalone said she...
View ArticleRiga Twp. teenager charged in stabbing during fight
ADRIAN — An 18-year-old Riga Township man has been charged in a stabbing that police say happened during a fight Saturday in Rollin Township.Michael Anthony Nolan is charged with assault with intent to...
View ArticleHudson woman charged with embezzlement
A Hudson woman is charged with embezzling more than $11,424 from an Adrian nursing home.Brooke Ann Blatchley, 36, has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday, June 22, in Lenawee County District...
View ArticleCourt allows DHHS to play silent part in malpractice lawsuit
ADRIAN — Medicaid payments made for a woman whose medical condition is the center of a malpractice lawsuit allowed a Michigan agency to join the case this week.Dr. Paul Byrnes of Adrian last year sued...
View ArticleJustices rule ban on offensive trademarks is unconstitutional
In a case involving a band — and having implications for the Washington Redskins — the U.S. Supreme Court rules 8-0 that "speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend."
View ArticleShooting case bound over for trial
ADRIAN — An Adrian man accused of shooting another man in the thigh on May 2 was bound over for trial Wednesday.ElShabazz Donnell-Shakwan Russell, 26, is charged with assault with intent to murder and...
View ArticleSuspect charged in Heritage Park murder
ADRIAN — An Adrian man was charged Friday afternoon with shooting and stabbing to death another man Thursday at Heritage Park.Kyle Emerson Horn, 23, was arraigned in Lenawee County District Court on...
View ArticleMichigan Court of Appeals rejects appeal by Woodstock Twp. man
ADRIAN — The conviction and life sentence for the 2014 murder of a Woodstock Township man has been upheld by a Michigan Court of Appeals panel.Michael Thorn Anderson, 59, was convicted in September...
View ArticleMurder suspect granted mental exam
ADRIAN — An Adrian man accused of killing another at Heritage Park last week will receive a psychological examination.Lenawee County District Judge Laura J. Schaedler granted Kyle Emerson Horn’s public...
View ArticleMan avoids prison sentence for injury crash
ADRIAN — A request to keep a man who caused a serious injury crash out of prison so he can keep working and make restitution payments was granted Thursday.Lenawee County Circuit Judge Anna Marie...
View ArticleCourt denies robbery appeal
An Adrian man’s application to appeal his sentence in a string of armed robberies has been reject by the Michigan Court of Appeals.A three-judge panel of Presiding Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly,...
View ArticleTeenager sent to prison for role in crime spree
ADRIAN — Another of a group of defendants charged in a spree of larcenies and vandalism in Lenawee County was sent to prison Friday morning.Kirakorn Nishikawa, 19, of Tecumseh was sentenced to serve at...
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