Fifth man charged in drug conspiracy in Adrian
ADRIAN — Another man has been charged with being involved with a drug-selling operation in Adrian while his co-defendants are proceeding to a hearing this week.Rodney Lamont Hill, 35, of Adrian was...
View ArticleFormer Adrian firefighter pleads guilty to pill thefts
ADRIAN — A former Adrian firefighter pleaded guilty Wednesday to twice stealing painkillers.Russell Daniel Fenner’s plea agreement with the Lenawee County Prosecutor’s Office calls for him to...
View ArticleArrest made in overdose deaths
ADRIAN — A Detroit man turned himself in Friday and was arrested in connection with two overdose deaths in June.Demetrius Fitzgerald Jenkins, 29, is charged with two counts of delivery of a controlled...
View ArticleLenawee County specialty court programs receive state funding
ADRIAN — Lenawee County specialty courts will share in grants recently awarded to courts statewide for fiscal year 2019.Lenawee County’s felony adult drug court in circuit court, the sobriety and...
View ArticleSecond defendant pleads guilty in meth, fentanyl case
ADRIAN — Guilty pleas entered Wednesday resolved cases that involved a reported methamphetamine lab and fentanyl possession in Adrian and attempts to pass forged prescriptions.Ashleey Marie Lipford,...
View ArticleMan sent to prison for causing fatal crash in Adrian
ADRIAN — A judge sent a Palmyra man to prison Thursday for causing a crash that killed one person and seriously injured another a year ago in Adrian.Dustin Vernon Phillips, 23, was sentenced by Lenawee...
View ArticleHearing scheduled in Deerfield gas station robbery
A Taylor man is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 1 on charges that he robbed the Lightning Quick Gas N Go in Deerfield in January.Francisco Michael Leal-Paredes, 31, was arraigned Oct. 10 in...
View ArticleTecumseh woman charged with attempted kidnapping
A Tecumseh woman has been charged with attempted kidnapping in connection with an incident Oct. 4 at Indian Crossing Trails Park.Sarah Fay Brown, 23, was arraigned Monday in Lenawee County District...
View ArticleMan sentenced on probation violation, drug charge
A Tecumseh man who was part of a crime spree in late 2016 and early 2017 was sentenced Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court on a probation violation and a drug charge.Kirakorn Nishikawa, 21, was on...
View ArticleCouple sentenced in credit-card fraud case
ADRIAN — A couple from Manchester charged in a credit-card fraud case have been sentenced on reduced charges.Logan Lynn Johnston, 25, was given credit for time served in jail when she was sentenced...
View Article2nd guilty plea entered in death
ADRIAN — A second man has pleaded guilty to providing what he thought was heroin to a man who died of an overdose in January.Kenneth Ray Roberts, 34, of Adrian admitted Wednesday in Lenawee County...
View ArticleHighland Park man is charged with providing heroin that caused 2 deaths in June
ADRIAN — Lenawee County authorities have charged a Detroit-area man in the overdose deaths of two Adrian men in June.Alvin Pierre Jackson, 29, of Highland Park has been charged with two counts of...
View ArticleTwo autism center abuse cases set out one month
ADRIAN — The first two hearings in the autism center abuse cases were adjourned Tuesday until January.Sarah Jean Phillips, 26, of Raisin Township and Erinn Elizabeth Tiede, 24, of Adrian Township are...
View ArticleWoman in stabbing case put on probation
ADRIAN — A woman involved in a stabbing incident in May was sentenced to probation Friday on the presumption that she is not a criminal, a judge said.Lenawee County Circuit Judge Margaret M.S. Noe told...
View ArticleHearing for man accused of pulling gun delayed
ADRIAN — A Palmyra man accused of pulling a gun on another man Nov. 2 in Adrian is now set for a probable cause conference on Dec. 13 in Lenawee County District Court.Sevrune William Risner, 27, is...
View ArticleThird hearing in autism center abuse delayed
A pretrial hearing for a third defendant in cases of alleged abuse at an autism center was delayed until January.Ashleigh Caitlin Sancrant, 25, of Madison Township was scheduled for a pretrial Thursday...
View ArticleTrial in animal neglect case delayed
ADRIAN — A January trial in a case involving dozens of seized animals has been delayed.The trial of a Rome Township woman accused of mistreating dogs, horses and other animals in her care at her...
View ArticleMan admits to robbery, other thefts
ADRIAN — An Adrian man on Wednesday admitted to robbing a gas station, fighting with a police officer, stealing cigarettes from a store and using a friend’s ATM card without permission.Paul Ellsworth...
View ArticleHeroin turned out to be fentanyl; man died after using it in January
ADRIAN — Two men who admitted providing drugs to an Adrian man who died from an overdose were sentenced to prison Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Christopher Ryan Justice, 33, and Kenneth Ray...
View ArticleOverdose death case continues against one man
ADRIAN — Charges of delivery of a controlled substance causing death were dismissed Wednesday on one man, but another defendant’s case on the same charges was bound over for trial.Demetrius Fitzgerald...
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