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CRIME & SAFETY
One dead, one injured in shooting at White Pigeon McDonald’s
WHITE PIGEON — A woman is dead and a man has life-threatening injuries following a shooting incident at the White Pigeon McDonald’s restaurant Friday. According to Michigan State Police, the incident occurred at 4:30 p.m. in the restaurant’s parking lot on the corner of U.S. 12 and U.S. 131 in White Pigeon.
Flint man charged in alleged scam to steal lottery tickets from UC store
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Flint man was arraigned Wednesday in Branch County District Court in connection with an alleged scam to steal lottery tickets from a Union City store back in April. 23-year-old Amir Brown has been charged with first degree retail fraud and using a computer to...
Stage sent to MDOC for up to 10 years on assault and weapon charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was sent to the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered no contest pleas to three charges. 21-year-old Skyler David Stage was ordered to serve concurrent sentences totaling 17 months to ten years. He pled...
Lotridge sent to prison again, gets at least 2 years for police confrontation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A man who has been in and out of the Michigan Department of Corrections for over a decade will be going back to prison. 34-year-old Cody Lotridge, who last known address was in Quincy, was ordered to serve at least two years behind bars in the M.D.O.C. on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered a guilty plea last month to a charge of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a Coldwater Police officer on April 20, 2024.
Stempien endorses Operation Survivor Justice that benefited Branch County
LANSING — Attorney General Dana Nessel formally announced a $1 million grant program Wednesday with the U.S. Marshals Service to locate, apprehend, and return to Michigan fugitive offenders with outstanding sexual assault warrants. Branch County already benefitted with the June apprehension and extradition of Anthony Cuyler, 46, who was located in Mexico and is facing 2019 charges of sexual assault of two Union City minors. ...
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