Jackson sentenced after rollover accident
COLDWATER — Dustin Jackson, 24, will serve seven months jail for fleeing Union City Police August 26.The Department of Corrections does not think he is a good candidate for probation, Branch County...
View ArticlePitt enters plea in girlfriend's death
COLDWATER — Andrew Pitt, 26, will be sentenced Feb. 25 after he pleaded no contest Monday to reckless driving causing the death of his girlfriend Paige Holland Graves, then 22, on July 30, 2016.Defense...
View ArticleWalters charged with multiple crimes after fleeing
COLDWATER — Sunday morning Daniel Walters, 32, did not get away from Coldwater Police this time, after he first ran from them in June.Officers were called to Snyder’s Laundromat on West Pearl Street...
View ArticleDavis sentenced for Criminal Sexual Conduct
COLDWATER — Former Quincy High School student Anthony Davis, 18, escaped prison but not jail after entering a guilty plea to attempted Criminal Sexual Conduct third degree, a five-year felony.Branch...
View ArticleBlowers sentenced for failure to register
COLDWATER — Bobby Joe Blowers, 51, will serve nine months in the Branch County Jail for failing to report to the sex offender registry that he moved.Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady placed him...
View ArticleMan charged with strangulation of girlfriend
COLDWATER — Benjamin Cody, 25, will face the charge of assault less than murder after an argument with his girlfriend Thursday night.Coldwater Police officers came to his Waterman Street address to...
View ArticleBarrone charged with injuring corrections officers
COLDWATER — Levi Barrone, 40, will serve a year in the Branch County Jail, but may face prison time for injuring two Branch County Corrections Officers.Before the Wat erl oo, Indiana, resident was...
View ArticleClerk sentenced for stealing lottery tickets
COLDWATER — A former Quincy women, Esmeralda Gonzalez, 34, was sentenced Monday to two to five years prison for embezzling lottery tickets from the Quincy Lightening Quick Stop, last June, while...
View ArticleVanwormer charged with intimidating neighbor with shotgun
UNION CITY — James Vanwormer II, 30, was charged with four felonies including assault with a dangerous weapon, a sawed off shotgun, after he reportedly threatened a neighbor Monday evening.Union City...
View ArticleFlint sentenced to prison for fleeing police
HILLSDALE — A Quincy man who pled guilty to fourth-degree fleeing and eluding police last year was sentenced to prison Monday morning. Corwin Forrest Flint, 44, admitted to fleeing from Jonesville...
View Article2 from Indiana sentenced for meth
COLDWATER — Two Indiana residents avoided prison time in Michigan after accepting plea bargains in Branch County Circuit Court.Kenneth Nickolson, 57, of Waterloo, Indiana, pled guilty to possession of...
View ArticleTemples faces multiple charges in 2 states
LAGRANGE COUNTY, IND. — The list is long for those who want Michael Temples, 44, at their courthouses and jails.First LaGrange County, Indiana, has him after he was charged with resisting arrest with a...
View ArticleWoellert charged with CSC
Coldwater Police charged Duane Woellert, 58, with first-degree criminal sexual conduct after a 10-year old girl claimed he assaulted her last year.The girl told investigators she and a sister were at a...
View ArticlePitt sentenced in fatal crash
Andrew Pitt, 26, was sentenced to 38 months to 15 years in prison Monday after he pleaded no contest to reckless driving causing death of his girlfriend Paige Holland Graves on July 30, 2016."The pain...
View ArticleStolte gets 93 days in jail for throwing hammer at girlfriend's car
Branch County District Judge Brent Weigle would not consider less than the maximum and sentenced Richard Michael Stolte, 45, to 93 days in jail after he admitted he threw a hammer at his girlfriend’s...
View ArticleTrial delayed in kidnaping case
The trial of two couples charged with in a conspiracy to kidnap a young child at an area county fair will be delayed until at least May. The four defendants were charged for conspiracy to kidnap a...
View ArticleHamlin back to face auto theft charges
By Don Reid dwreid@aol.com Coldwater Police returned 38-year-old Andrew Paul Hamlin to Branch County Saturday to face three charges of vehicle theft after a bizarre series of crimes in February. He had...
View ArticleRodgers to face charges in circuit court
Jason Lee Rodgers, 37, was bound over to Branch County Circuit Court to face charges of for unlawful imprisonment and assault with a dangerous weapon —a piece of wood, a knife and gun — during an...
View ArticleOtis sent for mental evaluation
GRAND RAPIDS — Quincy resident, Dale Otis, Jr., 50, has been sent to a federal psychiatric center for evaluation after an indictment by a federal grand jury in November on child pornography...
View ArticleBartell warns of more crime with marijuana legalization
The soon to retire City of Coldwater Public Safety Director, Mark Bartell, had a prediction and warning to the council Monday night in his final report With legalization of recreational marijuana,...
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