Prison sentence for Adrian grandpa convicted of child sex abuse
An 81-year-old Adrian grandfather who admitted sexually molesting a young girl more than 10 years ago said he felt relieved at being sentenced to prison Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court."I’m...
View ArticleOhio man gets probation in counterfeit case
The last of three Toledo men convicted of passing phony $20 bills in Blissfield was sentenced Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Michael Shawn Williford, 38, was sentenced to five years...
View ArticleAdrian drive-by shooting suspect caught
Adrian police arrested a suspect in a Valentine’s Day drive-by shooting on Treat Street, allegedly motivated by jealousy.Alexander David Deemer, 26, faces charges of attempting to murder a woman and a...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting suspect quiet in court
A 26-year-old Adrian man accused of firing a pistol at a woman’s home on Treat Street last month showed no reaction Friday when a judge read a list of charges that included assault with intent to...
View ArticleAdrian woman charged in toddler scalding case
A 26-year-old Adrian woman was arraigned Monday on a child abuse charge for allegedly burning a 2-year-old boy with scalding water in December.Karrin Monique Edwards, also known as Fonseca, was...
View ArticleStudent waives court hearing in poisoning case
A Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center student waived a preliminary examination Monday on a felony poisoning charge for allegedly putting oil in an instructor’s coffee cup on Dec. 16.Austen...
View ArticleTrash bin injury lawsuit survives challenge in Lenawee County court
A lawsuit over injuries an 8-year-old Hudson boy suffered when he was pinned under a large trash bin will proceed to trial after a judge rejected a motion to dismiss the case Monday in Lenawee County...
View ArticleFarmer waives fencing hearing in Lenawee County court
A Palmyra Township farmer accused of running a criminal enterprise in stolen goods waived a hearing Monday in Lenawee County District Court. Edward Earl Judson, 65, was bound over to circuit court for...
View ArticleSecond plea bargain accepted in burglary case
A Hudson woman charged with taking part in a burglary ring that was broken up with arrests in December pleaded guilty Wednesday to three breaking and entering charges in Lenawee County Circuit...
View ArticleSuspect arraigned in Adrian gas station robbery
A photo taken by a security camera during a reported armed robbery of the Shell gasoline station, 507 W. Beecher St., Adrian, led to a suspect’s arraignment Wednesday in Lenawee County District...
View ArticleAdrian man found not guilty by insanity in arson, 'demon' assault
Back in October, Michael James Conley set fire to his home and broke into a nearby house to attack an imagined demon.On Wednesday, the 56-year-old Adrian man was found not guilty by reason of insanity...
View ArticleEconomic crimes unit begins with successful record
A total of 243 people who passed bad checks, were caught shoplifting or committing other minor crimes in Lenawee County completed a diversion program last year that returned $91,165 to local...
View ArticleIssues narrowed in Raisin Township FOIA lawsuit
Disagreement over a judge’s January ruling that Raisin Township violated Michigan’s Open Meetings Act two years ago was settled Monday without another hearing in Lenawee County Circuit Court.An order...
View ArticleLenawee County court order ends dock rights at lake
A couple still has access to Round Lake, thanks to a court order, but no place to dock.The right for the back lot owners to dock on the lake ended Monday, after 50 years, when a court order formally...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to Adrian shooting
Two men charged in a July 15 shooting outside a house on East Church Street in Adrian pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Breshard Daniel Delaney, 26, of Dearborn pleaded guilty to a...
View ArticleFistfight death result of defending himself, Clayton man contends
A Clayton man has pleaded not guilty and claimed self defense in last fall’s death of an Adrian man.Jacky Charles Bell, 44, is charged with manslaughter for a death resulting from a fistfight in...
View ArticleJudge: Jury will decide Hudson sewage dispute
A jury may have to sort out claims of whether sewage was "blown into" a Hudson home, or backed up due to the homeowner’s defective pipes.At a hearing Monday in Lenawee County Circuit Court, attorneys...
View ArticleLenawee County judge lectures man for 'slacking'
An Ypsilanti man was booted off probation and chastised for failing to meet his obligations at a violation sentencing on Wednesday.Bryan Michael Hamilton, 46, was convicted in 2012 of stealing from his...
View ArticleAdrian man pleads guilty in bat robbery
One of two men charged with using a baseball bat in an October robbery pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court. Then he blamed his co-defendant.James Markus...
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