Wife pleads guilty in husband's overdose death
ADRIAN — A woman whose husband died in August from a drug overdose pleaded guilty to man-slaughter Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Cori Lynn Jones, 24, of Jackson will have to testify...
View ArticleJail, probation ordered in autism assault case
ADRIAN — Assaulting a 5-year-old boy with autism — whom his mother called a "perfect victim" because he can’t speak — sent a Madison Township woman to jail Monday.The way Ashleigh Caitlin Neill, 25,...
View ArticleJail, probation ordered in autism center assault case
ADRIAN — Assaulting a 5-year-old boy with autism — whom his mother called a "perfect victim" because he can’t speak — sent a Madison Township woman to jail Monday.The way Ashleigh Caitlin Neill, 25,...
View ArticlePrison, jail ordered in drug case
ADRIAN — A man arrested in a December drug raid in Tecumseh was sent to prison Friday, and an attorney’s pleas could not keep the mother of the man’s unborn child from going to jail.Jesse Guy Sullins,...
View ArticleNo liability for state in deaths of 2 bicyclists on Wamplers Lake Road
BROOKLYN — The state Transportation Department won’t be liable in the deaths of two women who were struck while riding bicycles in Jackson County.The Michigan appeals court last week ruled in favor of...
View ArticleDrug conspiracy cases joined
ADRIAN — Four of six men accused of running a criminal enterprise to sell heroin and cocaine in Adrian had their cases consolidated this week. A decision on consolidating them with the other...
View ArticleMichigan Court of Appeals: Protection order granted to Berryman should have...
ADRIAN — A judge reviewing a personal protection order sought by then-Adrian Mayor Jim Berryman against a man who broke into Berryman’s flower shop in the 1980s then challenged his actions as mayor 30...
View ArticleCharges refiled in overdose death
ADRIAN — Charges have been refiled against a Jasper man accused of causing the overdose death of an Adrian man in 2017.Richard Roy Rutledge, 41, of Jasper was arraigned Friday in Lenawee County...
View Article2 enter pleas in autism center abuse case
ADRIAN — Two women charged with felony child abuse from their interactions with children at a center for autism in Adrian entered no-contest pleas Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Erinn...
View ArticleCouple wanted for boy's murder in Ohio waive extradition
ADRIAN — A couple accused in the murder of a 4-year-old boy in Cleveland and arrested last week in Adrian will be returned to Ohio.Romaine Tolbert, 36, and Joanne Vega, 31, each waived extradition in...
View ArticleCharges brought in home invasions
ADRIAN — Two men were charged Thursday with breaking into a Raisin Township home and assaulting a man and woman inside before stealing money in February, and a woman was charged Friday with helping...
View ArticleTwo charged with arson of car in insurance scheme
ADRIAN — Two men have been accused of setting fire to a vehicle in an effort to make an insurance claim.Josiah Arnold Meiring, 24, of Toledo and his cousin, Zane Jerome Stevens, 18, of Erie are charged...
View ArticleTrial in seized animal case now set for August
ADRIAN — The trial of a Rome Township woman accused of neglecting more than 200 animals on her farm will now take place in August.A crowded court calendar and a desire to give a new judge time to get...
View ArticleNew charges filed in Raisin Township home invasion
ADRIAN — More charges have been filed in a violent Feb. 3 home invasion, including accusations that a Clinton couple ordered the attack over photos that were posted online.Corey James Rochowiak, 32,...
View ArticleJail ordered in autism abuse case
Women accused of abusing children at ProMedica autism center given jail terms, put on probation to keep them from working with children
View ArticleArrests made in January homicide case
One man accused of shooting Christopher Dickerson; another charged with helping dispose of pistol
View ArticleState Rep. Kahle votes in support of raising adult court age to 18
LANSING — State Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian, joined a bipartisan majority of her colleagues Thursday to pass a package of bills that would eliminate the requirement for 17-year-olds to be tried as...
View ArticleFlorida man fined $30,000 for tall grass. Now the city is foreclosing on his...
Letting your grass grow too high might cost you — or at least it did for one Florida man.The city of Dunedin’s Code Enforcement Board moved to foreclose the home of Jim Ficken, 69, Tuesday after he...
View ArticleOhio woman charged in July bank robbery
A second defendant, a man from Ohio, has pleaded guilty in federal court
View ArticleAppeals court: Defendant may opt for jail over probation
ADRIAN — A Michigan Court of Appeals panel recently upheld a Lenawee County Circuit Court ruling that said defendants can reject probation and opt to serve a full jail sentence instead.The 2-1 decision...
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