Bird found guilty of 14 rape counts
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Dale Byron Bird, 63 of Rosebush, could be sentenced to prison for up to 232 years for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old girl at her Rosebush home. Bird was found guilty of 14...
View ArticleCruson sentenced up to 30 for burglary ring
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A McBain man, Joseph Cruson II, will serve concurrent prison terms of up to 30 years for his part in a multi-county theft ring that also involved two others. Cruson pled...
View ArticleFour car accident results in one dead
By Pat Maurer Correspondent According to a December 19 release from the Michigan State Police, Jordon Charles-Anthony Wilson, 30 of Twin Lakes, died December 19th as the result of a four-car accident...
View ArticleHome meth lab nets Anthony up to 40 years
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Kenneth Leroy Anthony of Harrison was sentenced Monday by Circuit Judge Thomas Evans to prison for from 10 years, 7 months to 40 years for operating a meth lab in his home....
View ArticleChampine sentenced up to 30 years for meth lab
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Angela Champine of Farwell was sentenced Monday by Circuit Court Judge Roy Mienk to from three to 20 years in prison. Champine pled guilty November 31st to...
View ArticleCMU B&E suspects identified
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Two men, seen breaking into vehicles on the Central Michigan University campus last week have been identified, according to a post by the CMU Police Department. The suspects...
View ArticlePolice seek convenience store thief
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Mt. Pleasant Police are searching for a man who robbed “The Store” at 2128 S. Mission in Mt. Pleasant January 22nd. The robbery happened around 12:36 a.m. when a black man,...
View ArticleMPPD looking for assault suspect
The Mt. Pleasant Police are asking for help in identifying a man suspected of assault at the Wayside Bar last Saturday. A release from Public Information Officer David VanDyke said the assault was...
View ArticleScherbaty sentenced for meth possession
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Ryan Andrew Scherbaty, of Lake, was sentenced January 29th to serve 23 months to 20 years in prison by Judge Roy Mienk January 29th for his second offense of possession of...
View ArticleDowning sentenced 19 to 40 for stabbing death
By Pat Maurer Correspondent An investigation that began July 15th has resulted in a guilty plea and the sentencing of Walter Roosevelt-Taft Downing of Highland Park for the stabbing death of James...
View ArticleThe Store robbery suspect arrested
By Pat Maurer Correspondent The man sought in the January 22 robbery of “The Store” in Mt. Pleasant was identified as Leonardo Bernard Parker III and subsequently arrested on February 5th. The robbery...
View ArticlePolice arrest one, two still sought for armed robbery
By Pat Maurer One man, Douglas Gale, 20 of Mt. Pleasant, has been arrested and two other suspects are being sought by Isabella County detectives in connection with an armed robbery in Union Township...
View ArticleMan who used hatchet to kill his children’s grandfather gets life
By Pat Maurer Correspondent On February 8th, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans sentenced James Bryan Kuhns to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Leonard Hempel. Along with the...
View Article20-year-old man arrested for home invasion in Rosebush
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 20-year-old man from Concord who broke into an elderly woman’s home early Saturday morning was arrested for home invasion, drunkenness and license violations and is now in...
View ArticleDeputy charged with domestic assault
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A Clare County Sheriff’s Office deputy, David J. Aldrich, 31 of Clare, has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after his recent arrest for a domestic assault incident...
View ArticleGuilty verdicts for Harrison duo caught with mobile meth lab
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Co-Defendants Mark Sherman Caplan and Samuel Polen IV, both from Harrison, Michigan, were found guilty February 28, 2019, after a three-day jury trial in the 55th Circuit...
View ArticleEckler sentenced up to 28 years on 8 convictions
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Jerry James Eckler, of Beaverton, arrested and charged in connection with fleeing and eluding a police officer and as a 2nd degree habitual offender, and after an...
View ArticleMellon sentenced up to 15 years for CSC
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Christian Scott Mellon, of Clare, will spend the next three to fifteen years in prison, Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans ruled Monday. Mellon, who pled guilty March 4th to...
View ArticleDuo passed out in car get up to 40 years
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Co-Defendants Mark Sherman Caplan and Samuel Polen IV, both from Harrison, Michigan, were sentenced March 28th; both to up to 40 years in prison for operating/maintaining a...
View ArticleMan stabbed, beaten in apartment fight
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Isabella County deputies are looking for the people who attacked members of a party in Mt. Pleasant early Sunday morning. They are investigating a “melee” in an apartment at...
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