Scott pleads guilty to meth possession
HILLSDALE — A Quincy man is facing up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine Wednesday morning in Hillsdale County District Court."I was walking down the street by...
View ArticleEidenier waives exams in domestic cases
HILLSDALE — A 36-year-old Allen Township man charged with multiple domestic violence-related felonies opted to waive a preliminary examination hearing Wednesday afternoon in Hillsdale County District...
View ArticleColdwater duo charged with delivery of marijuana
HILLSDALE — Two residents of Coldwater will appear in Hillsdale County District Court at 10 a.m. Nov. 2 on charges of delivery of marijuana and conspiracy to deliver marijuana.The Hillsdale County...
View ArticleQuincy man charged with domestic, carrying concealed weapon
HILLSDALE — A 24-year-old Quincy man is facing up to five years in prison for carrying a concealed weapon and domestic violence.The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office arrested Floyd Joshua-Elo Tucker...
View ArticleLaPlante jailed for meth
HILLSDALE — On Monday morning, Hillsdale County Circuit Judge Michael R. Smith sentenced 51-year-old Sherwood resident Timothy Allen LaPlante to six months in the Hillsdale County Jail for possession...
View ArticleHearty soups to warm the family on these chilly days
Dear Lynn, My request is for cookie, pie or bread recipes that use mincemeat.Fran from Morenci Danielle from Hillsdale says it the Dijon mustard that gives her Beef Stew that extra something. Joan from...
View ArticleBreak-ins under investigation
QUINCY TOWNSHIP — Quincy Police are investigating a string of break-ins at three homes on Marble Lake. The incidents were reported on Thursday morning.Police were called to the 100 block of Lakeside...
View ArticleJerry Garnett sentenced for trying to kill girlfriend
COLDWATER — Jerry Garnett stopped taking his medication then tried to kill his girlfriend of five years in February.Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady sentenced him to two years probation...
View ArticleRichardson must register here
COLDWATER — Charles Lee Richardson, 56, will need to remember to change his sex offender registration when he leaves the Branch County Jail next month.Branch County Circuit Court Judge Bill O’Grady...
View ArticlePatel indicted on labor charges
GRAND RAPIDS — Mehul “Mike” Patel, 31, whose corporation, RAJ Patel, Inc, owns the Super 8 Motel in Coldwater and the Rodeway Inn on Beckley Road in Battle Creek, has been indicted by a federal grand...
View ArticleMiller charged with illegal Christmas shopping
COLDWATER — Justin Miller, 26, is facing charges after doing his Christmas shopping — from the cars in the parking lot — at Walmart on Tuesday.Miller was observed breaking into cars, taking items and...
View ArticleHerzog facing additional charges in tri-state crime spree
HILLSDALE — Jade William Herzog, 41, of Bryan, Ohio, is once again in police custody after a crime spree and pursuit that began on Dec. 26, 2016, and involved crimes committed in Hillsdale and Branch...
View ArticleCooper explains thefts, pleads out in cases
HILLSDALE — Brandon Jacob Cooper, 18, pleaded guilty to receiving and concealing a stolen firearm and conspiracy to commit second degree home invasion Monday afternoon in Hillsdale County Circuit...
View ArticleMorgan, Collins take plea deal
COLDWATER — On Monday, John Morgan, 32, entered a no contest plea to bank robbery, a 25-year offense, while girlfriend Nickole Collins, 29, pleaded no contest to unarmed robbery and larceny from a...
View ArticleHearings scheduled in Barron homicide
HILLSDALE — The duo charged in connection with the murder of 37-year-old Jeremy Alan Barron of Camden Township will both appear for probable cause conferences on Wednesday, April 19.Jay Scott Clark,...
View ArticleJury convicts Clark of meth, carrying concealed weapon charges
HILLSDALE — It took a jury of 12 less than 20-minutes to convict 40-year-old Jay Scott Clark of possession of methamphetamine and carrying a concealed weapon Tuesday afternoon in Hillsdale County...
View ArticleStaley sues, Kimble denies sexual harassment
Five days after Evon Staley was arraigned on felony charges for a marijuana grow operation, the former employee of the Branch County Prosecutor's Office has filed suit to get her job back.
View ArticleMeth and record sends Reed to prison
Hope Ann Reed, 42, of Coldwater will serve 14-months to 10-years for possession of meth, found during a shoplifting arrest at Walmart in July.
View ArticleMartin enters guilty plea for thefts, other charges
Joshua Martin, 29, will be sentence on Jan. 8, 2018, for possession of stolen property, breaking into a trailer on Kosmerick Road and fleeing Branch County Sheriff’s Office deputy Steve Foster on March...
View ArticleO'Grady warns of crystal meth in probation case
Gretchen Alldredge called crystal meth “like nothing before.”Alldredge tested positive for the drug on Nov. 15.
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