Ownership of Devils Lake bottomland to be decided in court
An investor group called Devils Lake Highway LLC claims in a lawsuit filed last fall that it purchased bottomland from farm owners Delbert and Stacy Thorben. A company developing a marina, Devils Lake...
View ArticleTeen arraigned in Tuesday assault
The 18-year-old Adrian man arrested Tuesday in Tecumseh after fleeing police on foot was arraigned Thursday in Lenawee County District Court.Mason Kenneth Schafer faces felony charges of assault with...
View ArticleMan accused of embezzling
A 50-year-old Onsted-area man has been charged with embezzling more than $50,000 from a family business he was managing. David Andrew Seel was arraigned Wednesday in Lenawee County District Court. His...
View ArticleAdrian man found guilty in baby beating
A 36-year-old Adrian man accused of biting and beating a 3-month-old baby faces up to a 10-year prison term after pleading guilty Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court to a reduced second-degree...
View ArticleDetroit man charged with being source of heroin in Lenawee County Jail overdoses
One of the two men who overdosed at the Lenawee County Jail is being charged as the source of the drugs.Freddie Darnell Marshall Sr., 37, of Detroit was arraigned Thursday from jail by video on charges...
View ArticleNew drug arrest for Adrian man
He is charged with selling less than 50 grams of cocaine in Adrian on Tuesday, May 10. He also was arraigned on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge.
View ArticleHearings set in Medina Twp. gunshot lying case
Joseph James Hicks, 21, and William Roger-Stanley Gates, 20, both of Wauseon, are accused of lying when they told deputies they did not know who shot at their vehicle or why.
View ArticleCourt accepts plea for thieving for fencing, fourth charged in enterprise
An Adrian man accused of working with a Palmyra Township farmer in a stolen property criminal enterprise pleaded guilty Friday to burglary charges in Lenawee County Circuit Court.Also Friday, a fourth...
View ArticleCharges added for alleged Macon Township burglary to existing Lenawee County...
David Ross Ames, 30, was arraigned Friday in Lenawee County District Court on two counts each of second-degree home invasion, conspiracy and larceny. He is accused of working with Erika Nicole Webb,...
View ArticleAdrian doctor sues over wife's malpractice injury
The lawsuit, filed May 6, alleges retired obstetrician Dr. Paul Byrnes' wife was severely injured during a stay at Lynwood Manor in 2014. Byrnes also is suing over his loss of privileges at ProMedica...
View ArticleCrash injury lawsuits consolidated for single 2014 traffic crash on M-52
The plaintiffs are suing Cheryl Lynne Knierim, the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash, and its owner, Ricky Knierim, both Lenawee County residents. An answer, filed by their civil defense...
View ArticleCourt date set in September heroin deaths
Brenton Craig Fox, 24, of Adrian was charged in March with two counts of delivery of heroin causing death. He is accused of providing heroin that resulted in the deaths of a 20-year-old woman and a...
View ArticleHash oil case part of a growing problem in Lenawee County
Sharah Marie West was living in the house in Riga Township with a child while marijuana allegedly was processed there in April to extract potent hash oil from marijuana, said Detective Lt. Aaron Hunt...
View ArticleFire case from Clayton heads to trial in Lenawee County
Investigators hired by Home Owners Insurance Co. claimed in their report they found evidence of “human intervention” in the Oct. 11, 2013, fire at a home owned by John Earnest and Kellie Sue Lee. The...
View ArticleHearings set for Edmond in Lenawee County
At Wednesday’s arraignment of Jacob Christopher Edmond, the 29-year-old stood mute to assault and firearms charges.
View ArticleCourt grants psychological evaluation in Morenci B&E
Craig Curtis Canfield agreed to his attorney’s request during a hearing before Judge Margaret M.S. Noe. A pretrial hearing in the case was adjourned to Aug. 17.
View ArticleTwo receive prison sentence in theft ring
Rachel Merle Romero, 32, of Cement City and Chad Everett May, 44, of Lansing, both were driven to Adrian from state prisons where they already are serving sentences for theft convictions in other...
View ArticleKey hearing next for man charged with killing 6 in Kalamazoo
A judge on Friday must decide whether there's enough evidence to move the case to trial court.
View ArticlePlea deal ends in prison term
A 40-year-old Adrian man asked to cancel a plea bargain Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court after learning he would not avoid time behind bars. Jason Douglas Dale was sentenced to an 18-month to...
View ArticleJudge, Lenawee County Commission leader at odds
Lenawee County Circuit Judge Noe won’t hear cases involving Stimpson law firm after disagreement
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