In 2012, Brian Lee Snyder was convicted for larceny in a building stemming from an October 2011 incident in which he allegedly stole a gold watch and silver pieces from an antique store in Mattawan, according to a news article at Mlive.com. In April of 2012, Snyder was sentenced to…
Charles Curtis Hobbs, a 35-year-old Ypsilanti resident, was arrested on May 12 by Ypsilanti police after officers received a call involving a domestic dispute in which the suspect allegedly pointed a gun at his girlfriend. When police arrived at the scene, Hobbs told officers that he was moving out of…
On Tuesday May 21, the state Supreme Court reversed a ruling made by the Michigan Court of Appeals that motorists who are users of medical marijuana may not legally drive with any amount of marijuana in their systems. The case began when a medical marijuana user, Rodney Koon, was stopped…
Javon Hurston, a 35-year-old Ypsilanti Township man, was sentenced to up to 10 years in Prison on Monday May 20 for his role in the robbery of a graduation party last year. In April, Hurston pleaded no contest to numerous criminal charges; thirteen of those charges will be dismissed including…
A wild ride through Mecosta and Osceola counties on Sunday, May 19 eventually ended with a suspected drunk driver being arrested. The driver of the vehicle, a 46-year-old Kalkaska County man, was arrested for numerous offenses including driving with a suspended license, drunken driving, violating parole, fleeing and eluding police,…
Last week two men were sentenced to federal prison in connection with a tax scheme after they were found to be filing false tax returns on behalf of clients, then sharing the proceeds. Chad Anthony Chertos, a 37-year-old Ada resident, and Gregory Edward VanDyke, a 39-year-old Newaygo man, were both…
44-year-old Kevin D. Haynes of Saginaw remains jailed on charges of operating a motor vehicle on a suspended or revoked license causing death, or operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs causing death. Saginaw was involved in a crash in March of this year that resulted in the death…
On Thursday May 16, ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s attorney, James Thomas, asked a federal appeals court to release his client pending his sentence for corruption. Kilpatrick, who was found guilty of racketeering and other criminal charges in early March of this year, allegedly fears for his safety because of a…
Harold Ordway of Delton was recently charged with open murder in the September 2011 shooting death of Paul Frederic Atchley, one of Delton’s past roommates. Ordway had long been suspected in the deaths of Atchley and 33-year-old Michael VanBuskirk, although prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to charge Ordway in the deaths.…
Earlier this year we reported about a Pittsfield Township man who was accused of stabbing his wife to death in the couple’s home. Now, 44-year-old Jean-Pierre Trias is scheduled to face trial on a single charge of open murder in July, according to court records. Trias allegedly stabbed 53-year-old Katherine…