Prosecutor weighs gun charges against Detroit Lions Jameson Williams
New controversy is swirling around Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams and Detroit police after the department submitted a weapons charge warrant request for the football player to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. The issue: Was Willia...
Adrian Murder Trial Has National Interest
The murder trial of a Tecumseh man accused of killing his wife, then making it look like a suicide, is getting national attention and could last up to three weeks. A jury was seated last week and attorneys for both sides have completed their opening state...
Man charged for firing 7 rifle rounds at family members after argument, police say
WASHTENAW COUNTY., MI – Depending on who’s asked, James Schiel either fired seven shots above his family member’s heads, or seven shots into the air after a family dispute reached its boiling point. Schiel, 49, faces four felony counts o...
Who killed Egypt Covington? Family divided on suspicions of guilt
One of two suspects in the 2017 murder of Egypt Covington was arraigned on Sunday, Nov. 8, the Detroit Free Press reports. Timothy Eugene Moore, 34, of Toledo, Ohio was arraigned in 34th District Court in Romulus, Michigan State Police said in a tweet. Mo...
Ex-Ann Arbor police officer faces murder charge in wife's strangulation
A retired Ann Arbor police officer was arraigned Tuesday, Nov. 21 on one count of open murder in the death of his 63-year-old wife . Kent Neigebauer, 66, is accused of fatally strangling his wife, Marcia Neigebauer, at their Pittsfield Township apart...
Ex-University of Michigan student arrested in sex assaults after return to U.S.
ANN ARBOR, MI - A former University of Michigan student in the ROTC program was arrested on sex assault charges Tuesday, Aug. 15 when he returned from Taiwan to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Jimmy H. Nguyen, 36, was arraigned Wednesday in two cases on...
Probation for driver that killed Michigan triathlete angers cyclists
Michigan’s cycling community was outraged Thursday after a 70-year-old Lima Township man was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines and court costs in the Aug. 26 death of Ann Arbor triathlete Karen McKeachie. McKeachie, 63,...
Driver who killed triathlete Karen McKeachie pleads to misdemeanor
CHELSEA, MI - A 70-year-old driver accused of hitting and killing Ann Arbor triathlete Karen McKeachie pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor Monday, March 6. Terry Lee Lacroix said few words during his hearing before Judge Richard Conlin in Chelsea's 14...
Are Michigan roads any safer after 5 years of 'Super Drunk' law?
For five years, Michigan police have been writing tickets under the state's "super drunk" driving law. But has it helped to keep Michigan roads safer? That's hard to say. Alcohol-related crashes have gone down slightly across the state s...
Former Dexter schools employee accused of embezzlement heads to circuit court
Brian Tungl appears in Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court on May 5, 2015 for a probable cause hearing. The former Dexter schools employee faces charges of embezzling $100,000 or more and unauthorized access of computers. (Darcie Moran | The Ann A...
Man accused of strangling and groping woman he followed off Ann Arbor bus charged
The 22-year-old Ann Arbor man accused of attacking a woman he followed off a bus was arraigned on four felonies at the 14A-1 District Court Saturday. Louis Flanders was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, assault by strangulation, se...
Graffiti suspect pleads no contest to sex crimes, vandalism
A 20-year-old Ann Arbor man police believe did significant damage to buildings with graffiti has entered into a sentence agreement for sexual assault and malicious destruction of a building. Clark Fischer, who was previously convicted of distributing or p...
Jury trial date set for accused Rush Street shooter
The man accused of shooting 25-year-old Chicago-area resident Marty LaBelle inside Rush Street in downtown Ann Arbor in the early morning hours of Oct. 27 will likely have a jury trial in March. Zachary Finneren, 25, has been charged with six counts inclu...
Man describes chaotic moments when he was shot in Ann Arbor bar
The man accused of shooting a Chicago-area man at an Ann Arbor bar in late October will stand trial after a district court judge decided to send the case to circuit court Thursday. Zachary Finneren, 25-year-old man of Romulus, is charged with six felonies...
Ann Arbor man admits to giving former hockey coach heroin that caused fatal overdose
Brendan Lathrop will serve between five and 10 years in prison after he admitted giving his friend Nicholas Belanger, a former high school hockey coach, the heroin that caused a fatal overdose. Lathrop, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of...
Ypsilanti Township man gets 2 years probation for stabbing man who came at him 'like Bruce Lee'
A 68-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident was sentenced Tuesday to serve two years of probation and pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the victim in a May stabbing incident. Earl Stegall pleaded no contest to charges of assaul...
Immigration is a federal concern, not an issue for Michigan District Court or Jackson Judge Joseph Filip, lawyer argues
An attorney who filed a Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission complaint against District Judge Joseph Filip for his treatment of undocumented immigrants argues immigration issues are exclusively federal concerns. “(Filip’s) practice c...
Jury acquits Chelsea man of felony charges in motorcycle crash that killed two teenagers
A jury on Wednesday acquitted Chelsea resident Eric Smallwood on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in a motorcycle crash that killed two teenagers in Sharon Township in 2008. Smallwood,...
Drunken driving arrests drop in Ann Arbor over past 5 years, but no clear answer as to why
Drunken driving arrests are down in Ann Arbor, but police officials aren't sure why. In the past five years, drunken driving arrests have fallen about 28 percent, a gradual decline each year that officials say could be tied to better awareness o...