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Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Ann Arbor, Michigan Claims Life of Milan Man
Ann Arbor, MI – A motorcyclist from Milan was killed in a crash involving an SUV Thursday afternoon in Ann Arbor. According to the Ann Arbor Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of W. Stadium Boulevard and Winewood Avenue at 2:45 p.m. Preliminary investigations revealed the motorcyclist was traveling southbound on W. Stadium Boulevard when he collided with an SUV turning left from northbound W. Stadium onto Winewood Avenue.
Kitto given life without parole for beating girlfriend's toddler son to death
A man convicted by a jury last week of fatally beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son will spend the rest of his days in state prison under the sentence a Lucas County judge handed down Wednesday. The life sentence without possibility of parole that Judge Linda Jennings gave Michael Kitto, 33, of Saline, Mich., echoed the request of Kelley McEwen, who addressed the Lucas County Common Pleas courtroom about the October, 2022, death of Declan Hill. “I have a life sentence without parole, and I hope Michael Kitto gets the same,” Ms. McEwen said after tearfully giving herself some of the blame for the boy’s death by having allowed Kitto into her Sylvania Township home. Evidence made it clear, Judge Jennings said, that Declan’s death was from severe, abusive blunt-force trauma.
Suspect shoots through window into home, hits man
On Saturday, July 20, at about 11:30 p.m., Van Buren Township Police were called to a home in the 7200 block of Sheldon Rd. for a shooting. Deputy Police Chief Joshua Monte said upon arrival, officers found a 34-year-old male township resident inside his home with several gunshot wounds. Further...
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