Articles tagged:Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department

Posted: Wed May 23 10:49 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

A homeowner lost diamond jewelry, cash and several safes recently in a break-in at an unoccupied home up for sale in Ypsilanti Township.

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Posted: Wed Mar 28 12:33 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Mother of four killed in car crash west of Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor woman who died in a rollover car crash on Wagner Road Tuesday was texting before the accident occurred, police said.

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Posted: Sat Mar 17 2:47 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Woman faces drunken hit-and-run driving charge after bicyclist injured

As Washtenaw County sheriff's court officer Joe LaFerier was driving home at dusk Tuesday, returning from a meeting at sheriff's department headquarters, he saw bicycle parts scattered in the southbound lane of Dixboro Road in Ann Arbor Township. He immediately called 911, reporting that there was an accident, even though ...

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Posted: Wed Mar 14 10:45 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

This story has been updated with additional information from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office. An Ann Arbor woman police said critically injured a 60-year-old bicyclist then left the scene was arrested after crashing her car again about half an hour later. An off-duty sheriff’s reserve officer found the bicyclist after ...

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Posted: Wed Mar 14 9:58 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man facing federal charges in robbery at 7-Eleven in Ypsilanti Township

A man is facing federal charges after investigators said he fired a shot during a robbery last June at a 7-Eleven in Ypsilanti Township. Mario Hairston, 26, was charged Tuesday in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm, discharge of a firearm during a ...

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Posted: Fri Mar 9 3:05 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man behind anti-police YouTube.com videos pleads guilty to possessing stun gun

Mealing A man who caught the attention of authorities after posting videos in 2010 on YouTube.com praising the shootings of local police officers pleaded guilty Thursday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court to a felony charge of possessing a stun gun. Madison Tristan Mealing, 39, also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges ...

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Posted: Fri Mar 9 8:40 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Security tight at Lincoln High School after threat is reported

Lincoln High School in Augusta Township will remain on a modified lockdown Friday after authorities received an anonymous tip that there might be fighting or shooting at the school.

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Posted: Mon Mar 5 3:43 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Washtenaw County sheriff's deputy Charles Ball is facing criminal charges after police said he was arrested during a domestic dispute Friday morning at his Van Buren Township home. Ball, 45, is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and domestic ...

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Posted: Mon Mar 5 5:57 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Family of Stanley Jackson Jr. sues Washtenaw County over Tasering death

The family of a man who died after Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies Tasered him during a drug bust in 2010 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Pearlie Jackson, who is court-appointed to represent the estate of her son Stanley Jackson Jr., is suing the county and deputies Thomas Mercure, Dean ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 1:16 p.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter

A Superior Township resident called police to report someone kicking the front door and attempting to break into the home Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

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Posted: Mon Feb 20 9:57 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A man is facing a federal gun charge after he was pulled over earlier this month in Ypsilanti Township, and investigators said they found a loaded handgun and some marijuana in the car. William Pickering is charged in a federal criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 8 6:22 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man on probation for groping hospital patient is accused of having sex with underage girl

A man who absconded from probation after being convicted last fall of groping a patient at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, was charged this week with having sex with an underage girl.

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Posted: Thu Feb 2 2:51 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer

A driver struck a car parked in York Township Tuesday, pushed it into a garage door and then fled the scene, Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said.

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Posted: Fri Jan 27 4:47 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Marijuana-laced cookie left man hospitalized for four days

Bonnie Archibald was so eager to share her chocolate chip cookies that she left one on a coworker's desk. She handed another coworker a cookie and smiled. Archibald brought a batch of "special cookies" to Margolis Nursery in Superior Township, where she worked in retail, a police report says. She ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 26 6:21 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Inmate attempts to grab officer's gun at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital

A Washtenaw County Jail inmate who was being treated at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital early Wednesday assaulted a county corrections officer and attempted to grab his gun, but was restrained after a struggle, authorities said. Robert Neibler, 27, of Tecumseh, who was awaiting trial on an armed robbery charge, was ...

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