Today's scheduled retrial of a Chelsea man accused of sexually assaulting a minor was abruptly canceled as prosecutors announced they could no longer go forward with the case. Michael Kohler was to face jury selection again today in Washtenaw County Circuit Court on four counts of first-degree and second-degree criminal ...
(This story was revised to remove incorrect information about Eric Skulsky's employment history.)A second trial for an Ann Arbor man charged with soliciting an undercover investigator for sex over the Internet ended in a hung jury Thursday. Court records show Washtenaw Circuit Judge Melinda Morris declared a mistrial after jurors ...
An Ypsilanti Township teenager pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man along Golfside Road last summer. Charles Pippins, 16, pleaded guilty to an added count of being an accessory after the fact for the July 25 slaying of Chris King, records show.
The trial for two half-brothers accused in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man along Golfside Road in Ypsilanti Township last summer was postponed to March. Michael Crockett, 20, and Charles Pippins, 16, were scheduled to stand trial on murder and robbery charges Jan. 31 in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. But attorneys for ...
The second trial for a Chelsea man accused of sexually assaulting a minor was postponed this week. Michael Kohler, 46, was to face jury selection Monday in Washtenaw County Circuit Court on four counts of first-degree and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
One of three misdemeanor charges was dismissed by a judge this morning against a man who climbed to the roof of the Washtenaw County administration building on Labor Day to protest unemployment. 15th District Judge Chris Easthope granted a motion for directed verdict by Bill Riney's attorney, Nader Nassif, noting ...
Ann Arbor police officer Sean Lee said he told Bill Riney at least twice on Labor Day that he must get down from the roof of the Washtenaw County Administration Building or be arrested for trespassing. Riney, who claimed to be conducting a peaceful protest to support the unemployed, declined ...
The jury trial for an Ypsilanti Township condominium developer accused of swindling prospective buyers of $700,000 was postponed. Robert George, 63, requested a delay in the trial on more than two dozen fraud charges and also asked for additional funding for an expert witness, court records show.
An Ypsilanti Township man pleaded guilty to charges related to dog fighting to avoid trial this morning in Washtenaw County Circuit Court. Court officials said B.J. Jarrell, 33, pleaded guilty as charged to two counts of possessing animals for dog fighting before jury selection began. Prosecutors dropped one count of ...
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, 21, was convicted of a misdemeanor count of allowing alcohol consumption by minors at his home before ...
The trial began Monday for a Chelsea man who allegedly furnished alcohol to two teenagers who died in a motorcycle crash two years ago. Eric Smallwood, 20, is charged with allowing intoxicated persons to operate a motor vehicle causing death in the crash off Sylvan Road in Sharon Township on ...
A former Milan woman pleaded no contest to one count of arson of insured property in a deal with prosecutors on charges stemming from the arson fire at her home last year. Tifany Mapes, 20, was scheduled to go on trial today on multiple counts of arson and insurance fraud. ...
Larry Hunter Jr.’s bid for a new trial in Washtenaw County Circuit Court failed, and he's now serving a life sentence for murder. Court records show Circuit Judge Archie Brown denied Hunter’s request for a new trial after hearing testimony from a potential alibi witness. Brown then sentenced Hunter to ...
George Feezel will remain behind bars for a few more months. The Ann Arbor man convicted of leaving the scene of a fatal crash in 2005 was sentenced to serve up to five years in prison, court records show.
A Saline man was again convicted of attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing an acquaintance in 2008. Jurors deliberated for roughly two hours Tuesday morning before finding Timothy Becktel, 36, guilty of assault with intent to murder for slashing Stephen Kozmiuk more than 40 times with a large knife in the ...
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