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CRIME & SAFETY
Defendant in Lenawee County gang-related murder case accepts plea to manslaughter
ADRIAN — An Adrian man whose trial in 2023 on murder conspiracy charges ended with a hung jury pleaded guilty this past Tuesday to manslaughter and firearms charges. Andrew Erin Cecil, 33, was one of two men charged with conspiring to kill Christopher Dickerson, 27, of Weston, who was shot to death in January 2019 in a wooded area near Morenci. Cecil's co-defendant, Count Tereso the Almighty Trevino, 41, of Adrian, was found guilty in April 2023 in Lenawee...
Bond reduced for Adrian pastor accused of molesting boys
ADRIAN — A retired Adrian pastor who is accused of molesting two boys had his bond reduced by one-third Thursday, as his attorney and a prosecutor argued whether he poses a threat to anyone in the community. Investigators are learning of possible additional victims of alleged sexual abuse by Michael Ronald Goble dating back to 1984, Lenawee County Assistant Prosecutor Phebie McClure told Lenawee County District Judge Laura J. Schaedler. Whether any of those can be charged...
No one injured in Monday morning Sylvania Twp. house fire
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - No one was injured after a house in Sylvania Township caught on fire Monday morning. The fire occurred at a house on the 3200 block of Marsrow Avenue around 9 a.m. on July 22. According to the Sylvania Township Fire Department, there was one person inside...
Jury finds man guilty of killing toddler in Sylvania Township
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A jury reached a verdict Friday in the trial for a man accused of killing a toddler he was babysitting in Sylvania Township. Court records show a jury found Michael Kitto guilty on several felonies in the death of 3-year-old Declan Hill. The jury convicted Kitto of Aggravated Murder, Murder, Felonious Assault, and Endangering Children.
Driver sentenced to prison for crash in Dundee that claimed passenger's life
MONROE — An Ohio man has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for leading police on a lengthy pursuit that ended with a fiery crash in downtown Dundee that claimed his passenger's life. Kim Lynn Fitch Jr. 32, of Napoleon, Ohio, had fled a traffic stop...
Man convicted of murdering 3-year-old in Sylvania
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County jury on Friday convicted a man of murdering a 3-year-old in October 2022. Michael Kitto was found guilty of one count each of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and endangering children for the death of Declan Hill in Sylvania, according to a press release from the Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
Michigan Man Sentenced In Fulton County For Aggravated Menacing
Brent S. Pinkelman, age 53, of Jasper, MI, was convicted of one count of Attempted Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle and one count of Aggravated Menacing. According to the Fulton County Prosecutor’s Office, Mr. Pinkelman did attempt to knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle in such a manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger without leaving the vehicle and he did knowingly cause the victim to believe that he would cause serious physical harm to the victim or the property of the victim.
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