A male inmate was hospitalized Tuesday night after he attempted suicide at the Washtenaw County Jail, Sheriff Jerry Clayton confirmed Wednesday afternoon.
A Willis man was jailed this morning after Michigan State Police troopers say he broke a wooden baseball bat over his friend's head during a drunken argument about NASCAR at their apartment complex. Henry Joe Parker, 47, is charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to commit ...
Rather than being locked in cells, non-violent inmates at the new Intake, Transfer and Release center at the Washtenaw County Jail sit in a large open area where they are free to watch television, mingle and make as many collect calls as they want. The goal, Sheriff Jerry Clayton said, ...
A parolee who investigators say robbed an Ypsilanti Township pizzeria in September while he was wearing a GPS monitoring device hanged himself in a Washtenaw County Jail cell last week, sheriff's department spokesman Derrick Jackson said today. At 9 p.m. Wednesday, another male inmate attempted suicide in a cell in ...
An Alger man is suing Northfield Township and Washtenaw County, alleging authorities ignored his pleas for his heart medication while he was in custody for several days in 2007, contributing to a heart attack after his release. Thurman Baker, 53, is seeking more than $2 million in the suit filed ...
Washtenaw County Jail officials failed to take reasonable actions to prevent a man from hanging himself in a maximum-security cell two years ago, a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges. Robert Robertson is suing the county, former sheriff Daniel Minzey and numerous sheriff’s deputies over the death of his son, Rodney. ...
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved a plan Wednesday to add staffing to the county jail when the 112-bed addition opens. The plan allocates $1.2 million from the jail overcrowding reserve fund, in addition to the $1.2 million already appropriated in the 2010-2011 budget, for increased staffing.
A former Washtenaw County Jail inmate filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was forced to perform a sex act on a correctional officer and didn’t receive timely medical care. Larry Deshawn Lee, 32, also accused jail officials of not properly addressing his complaints. He's suing the county, former sheriff Daniel ...
A man charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct committed suicide Monday at the Washtenaw County Jail, authorities said. Nicholas John Plennert II, 36, was found by a correctional officer about 4:55 p.m., who reported that Plennert had hanged himself, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said.
One issue that emerged at Thursday night's forum on jail issues in Washtenaw County was the admittedly imperfect system for releasing inmates back into society. Often times, inmates are let out of the jail on Hogback Road, near the intersection of Washtenaw Avenue, at midnight with no one there to ...
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton spoke candidly Thursday night of the challenges facing the county's jail. Of the 7,901 people detained at the facility at 2201 Hogback Road last year, he said: 75 percent had substance abuse problems. 63 percent were unemployed. 36 percent had no high school diploma. 27 ...
A woman confronted a burglar at her West Jefferson Street home Monday, then patted him down when he claimed he didn't steal anything, an Ann Arbor police report said. The 19-year-old Ann Arbor man was arrested and taken to Washtenaw County Jail after he ran from police and hid in ...
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