Man charged with assaulting woman, child
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A Chippewa Township, Isabella County man, Roman Garbriel Garcia, 46, is facing five charges after he assaulted a woman and a child at the Maple View Trailer Park on Pickard...
View ArticleHarrison man nearly loses his arm in log splitter
A 33-year-old Harrison nearly had his arm cut off Wednesday morning when it was caught in a wood processing machine. Clare County deputies were called to the 6000 block of North Clare Avenue in Frost...
View ArticleMotorcycle rider injured in Farwell crash
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 58-year-old Wales man, Patrick Tolman was injured October 4th when his red Suzuki was hit as he was turning into Jared’s Express Mart northwest of Farwell. Tolman, who was...
View ArticleOvid youngsters identify Siegel, notify police
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A Clare County Sheriff’s Office search for Gregory Todd Siegel, also known as Gregory Todd Iafrate, ended October 4th when he was arrested after an Ovid manhunt. In a post...
View ArticleBancroft arrested for bomb threat ‘joke’
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 63-year-old Harrison man, Richard Bancroft, is in jail after he threatened to have a bomb in his backpack at the Members First Credit Union in Hayes Township Tuesday...
View ArticleEmpty Keg suspect identified
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Mt. Pleasant Police are asking for assistance from other law enforcement agencies in the state to apprehend the man believed responsible for the October 6th robbery at the...
View ArticleCoats sentenced up to 20 years on drug charges
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Joshua Steven Coats of Harrison, arrested on multiple drug charges in a Hamilton Township traffic stop on Rogers Road and M-61 June 1st, has been sentenced to serve up to 20...
View ArticleTroyer sentenced for molesting 3 girls
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 53-year-old Amish Gladwin man, Ora F. Troyer who was arrested August 7th and arraigned August 9th in Gladwin County 80th District Court for 18 counts of criminal sexual...
View ArticleMeth, weapons charge gets Loughin up to 20 years
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Douglas Loughin, of Clare, was sentenced to prison Monday by District Court Judge Roy Mienk to from five to 20 years on meth charges; two to five years for a weapons charge...
View ArticleAlleged chainsaw attacker headed for trial
By Pat Maurer Correspondent At a preliminary exam held last Friday in 80th District Court, Joseph Presley Jr., 46 of Clinton Township was bound over to Circuit Court to stand trial for a June 6th...
View ArticleFour plead guilty, sentenced last week
By Pat Maurer Correspondent According to a Facebook post last week by Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis, Four men from the area were sentenced in separate cases last Tuesday and Wednesday to...
View ArticleProsecutor updates charges after Prop 1 passes
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis posted on Facebook Monday that with last week’s voter approval of Proposal 18-1, the legalization of recreational marijuana, her...
View ArticleSchuh injured in Sunday crash
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A single vehicle crash on North Clare Avenue Sunday seriously injured Anthony Schuh of Harrison. A release from the Clare County Sheriff’s Office said Schuh, 28, was driving...
View ArticleSausage thief gets 3 to 20 years
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Crystal Meranda of Harrison was sentenced Monday for a home invasion earlier this year. A post from Michelle Ambrozaitis said she was arrested on the charges after an...
View ArticleClemons sentenced for domestic violence, assault
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Bryon Eugene Clemons of Harrison was sentenced Monday to 2 to 30 years for domestic violence, resisting and obstructing a police officer and assaulting a prison employee, a...
View ArticleHarrison man charged in Wexford Co. for CSC
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Mark Gainor, of Harrison is facing criminal sexual conduct charges in Wexford County. According to the State Police, Gainor is accused of sexually assaulting a girl younger...
View ArticleCole arrested, charged with MP armed robbery
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Rickery Donnell Cole Jr., the suspect sought in the October 6th Empty Keg Party Store robbery, was arrested December 3rd in Lansing. Cole was identified as the suspect in...
View ArticleHarrison man crashes car, arrested for domestic violence
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Clare County Deputies, assisting bond agents, apprehended a Harrison man wanted for domestic violence and violating his bond, November 29th. Deputies were called to the area...
View ArticleRosebush man sentenced for CSC
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Calvin Sanborn of Rosebush was sentenced Monday to serve two concurrent prison terms, after he pled guilty September 20th to Criminal Sexual Conduct, 3rd degree (involving a...
View ArticleHarrison man charged with armed assault
By Pat Maurer Correspondent William Usher, 29 of Harrison was arrested December 5th after he allegedly pointed a gun at a 29-year-old Harrison man during an argument. Clare County deputies were called...
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