An Ypsilanti man accused of beating two juvenile relatives as a means of discipline remains jailed on a $50,000 cash or surety bond, jail officials said Thursday afternoon. Charles Earl Chism, 34, was arraigned Wednesday at the Washtenaw County Jail on charges of third-degree child abuse and fourth-degree child abuse.
Editor's note: This story has been corrected to say Karon Wykeem Gaines pleaded guilty to fourth-degree child abuse. A 24-year-old man accused of physically harming his then-3-month-old son is scheduled to be sentenced Monday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. Karon Wykeem Gaines, formerly of Ypsilanti Township, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree ...
A Saline woman who refused to let her teenage daughter’s friend leave during a planned sleepover last summer is now on probation and will have to meet several conditions to stay out of jail. Cheryl Applegate, 39, was ordered to serve one year in jail for fourth-degree child abuse for ...
A Saline woman pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge for holding her teenage daughter's friend against her will during what was supposed to be a sleepover. Cheryl Applegate, 38, admitted to a misdemeanor count of fourth-degree child abuse during her scheduled preliminary hearing in district court, records show.
Washtenaw County prosecutors recently dismissed child abuse charges against an Ypsilanti Township man who was accused of fracturing his infant daughter’s ribs. Court records show charges of first- and second-degree child abuse were dropped against Charles Wasson before a preliminary hearing in district court.
A former Washtenaw Intermediate School District aide accused of slapping a special education student pleaded no contest today to a misdemeanor charge of assault. Michael Beasley, who already has been convicted of another misdemeanor in a related case, will be sentenced on Oct. 4.
A University of Michigan graduate student pleaded guilty to reduced child abuse charges for striking his children with a baseball bat to discipline them. Gibeum Kim, 38, appeared in Washtenaw County District Court for a preliminary hearing and pleaded guilty to added counts of fourth-degree child abuse, court records show.
A University of Michigan graduate student is accused of hitting his two sons repeatedly below the waist with a small baseball bat on Monday to punish them, University of Michigan police said. Gibeum Kim, 38, is free on a personal recognizance bond after being arraigned Wednesday on two counts of ...
An Ypsilanti Township woman already imprisoned for fraud was sentenced to serve up to eight more years in prison for child abuse. Alexis Hudson, 26, was ordered to serve two to eight years behind bars for beating her children repeatedly with electrical cords and belts, records show.
An Ypsilanti Township woman already in prison on fraud charges pleaded guilty to physically abusing her own children repeatedly with electrical cords and belts over the past few years. Alexis Hudson, 26, waived her scheduled preliminary hearing in Washtenaw County District Court on four counts of first-degree child abuse.
An arrest warrant has been issued for an Ypsilanti Township man accused of squeezing his 3-month-old daughter so hard he fractured her ribs, Washtenaw County Court records show. Charles J. Wasson, 30, is charged with first-degree child abuse and second-degree child abuse, according to a felony complaint filed in 14-A ...
A woman is in the Washtenaw County Jail this morning, accused of assaulting a 2-year-old girl who was found injured Saturday in a Superior Township home, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department incident summary said.
Dear Kerry, I read your column in the newspaper and hope you can give me some advice. All too often I see an angry parent spanking, striking and/or berating a small child in the mall, grocery store, etc. This type of thing really sickens me. Is there any reasonable way ...
The annual Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2009 report found poverty, abuse and neglect worsened for children statewide, but childhood deaths were down and educational indicators improved. About one in 10 Washtenaw County children was living in poverty in 2007, an improvement from previous years and a rate lower ...
The jury trial for a former Washtenaw Intermediate School District employee accused of child abuse came to a sudden end this afternoon when Judge David Swartz granted a mistrial. The judge’s decision came minutes after testimony alleging Michael Beasley slapped special education students and bent a special education student's thumb ...
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