Lenawee County's courts score well in public survey
Lenawee County courts were again given high ratings in a 2015 statewide survey of people using Michigan’s courts, according to the results of a Michigan Supreme Court program.Lenawee County trial...
View ArticleDetroit man keeps plea, gets jail sentence
A 20-year-old Detroit man who asked to cancel his plea bargain in a cocaine case reversed himself again Friday and received a nine-month jail term in Lenawee County Circuit Court."I would rather be...
View ArticleAdrian man seeks help, not prison
An Adrian man facing a prison sentence for a second-offense cocaine delivery conviction asked for help with a drug addiction rather than incarceration.Darris Lamont Caddell, 34, was sentenced to a...
View ArticleHearing set on Lenawee County Jail suicide claim
A federal judge is to hear arguments April 27 on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over a Lenawee County Jail inmate’s suicide in November 2013.There is no evidence five jail staff members acted...
View ArticleHearing waived on Adrian child abuse charges
A 36-year-old Adrian man accused of biting a baby’s face in October waived a preliminary examination Monday in Lenawee County District Court after he was ruled competent to stand trial.Tony Anthony...
View ArticleLenawee County trial set for creditors' lawsuit against son
A trial date was set Monday for creditors suing the son of a bankrupt Ohio businessman in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Three heating and air conditioning equipment companies filed suit last year...
View ArticleFour face witness testimony in Monday murder case
Witnesses are to begin to testify what they know about efforts to conceal the murder of an Adrian business owner when preliminary examinations for four accessory suspects begin Tuesday in Lenawee...
View ArticleHeroin trade ends in jail sentence
A 36-year-old Adrian woman who admitted trading heroin for a safe ended up with a one-year jail term Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Mari Medina Rathbun-Lewis pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to a...
View ArticleStudent faces poisoning count
A 17-year-old student accused of pouring oil in his instructor’s coffee cup at the Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center in December was arraigned in Lenawee County District Court Thursday...
View ArticleFleeing driver arraigned in Lenawee County
A 46-year-old Adrian man arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase from Adrian into Ohio and back on Jan. 23 was arraigned Thursday by video from the Lenawee County Jail.Shawn Everett...
View ArticlePair from Addison and Hudson charged with burglaries
Charges from two more home burglaries were added Friday against a pair accused in a series of daytime break-ins of homes during November and December. Jonathan Warren Lewis, 36, of Addison, and Erika...
View ArticleParolee faces drug charges in Lenawee County
A Detroit man on parole from convictions in a 2010 drug delivery case in Lenawee County was arraigned Friday on new charges of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to deliver.Keith Cornell...
View ArticleTips sought in construction tool theft in Ohio
The Fulton County Crime Stopper Program seeks help from the public to find those responsible for a theft of tools from a contractor’s trailer Jan. 28 in Lyons, Ohio.Authorities are investigating the...
View ArticleGaslight Village sewer connection fee dispute continues
No progress was made in the last four months toward settling a sewer fee dispute between Adrian Township and Gaslight Village Assisted Living, attorneys told a judge during a Monday hearing.A township...
View ArticleFraud claim added to Lenawee County vehicle injury suit
A judge allowed an insurance company to file a fraud counter-claim in a Hillsdale couple’s lawsuit about a 2011 car crash near Adrian.The inclusion of a fraud claim in the couples’ lawsuit for injury...
View ArticleAddison man's death insurance claim settled
A settlement between two insurance companies over an Addison man’s traffic crash-related death was approved Monday in Lenawee County Probate Court. The agreement is for a total payment of $100,000 to...
View ArticleEmbezzlement debt doubled in Lenawee County court
An Adrian man’s debt after he embezzled lottery tickets from a MadisonTownship store is now more than doubled under an agreement reachedMonday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Alan Lewis Henning, 65, is...
View ArticleNew murder charges delay hearing in Lenawee County District Court
Authorities added open murder charges Tuesday against the girlfriend of victim Edward Monday and an Adrian man who already faced accessory charges in the Nov. 24 killing.Monday, 50, was beaten to death...
View ArticlePrison term for home break-in
A 30-year-old man who said he was using drugs in September when he broke into an Adrian home and stole jewelry was sentenced to prison Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.A 4 1⁄2- to 15-year...
View ArticleHearings set in daytime burglary cases
Hearings were set next month during arraignments Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court for two suspects in a series of daytime home burglaries.Jonathan Warren Lewis, 36, of Addison pleaded not...
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