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Pedestrian, 66, fatally struck by car in Washtenaw County
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A 66-year-old man was killed Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a car in Washtenaw County. Emergency crews responded around 2 p.m. Sept. 25 to a a crash near the intersection of Dexter-Ann Arbor Road and Wagner Road in Scio Township, confirmed Derrick Jackson, spokesperson for the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.
Tecumseh police question former student after a new threat against school district
TECUMSEH — School officials and police in Tecumseh investigated a second threat within a week on Tuesday. Tecumseh schools implemented a shelter-in-place protocol Tuesday after being informed by Tecumseh police of a threat to "shoot up the school" that was made on social media, a letter to district families from Superintendent Matt Hilton...
Former Detroit-area mayor pleads guilty in scheme to cash in on land deal
INKSTER, Mich. (AP) — The former mayor of a Detroit-area community who lost reelection in 2023 after being charged with bribery pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting $50,000 in a corrupt land deal. Patrick Wimberly regularly received payments from someone who wanted to buy a parcel owned by the city...
2 men plead guilty to assault during Ann Arbor crime spree
ANN ARBOR, MI – Two men have pleaded guilty to assault after an Ann Arbor crime spree roughly a year ago. Gabriel Escobar, 19, and Christian Benitez-Reyes, 23, both admitted to an added charge of assault less than murder during a hearing Sept. 19 before Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Arianne Slay, according to court records. The plea comes after a sentence agreement with the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office, records noted.
Car flipped over in Checkers parking lot after accident
MONROE — On Friday, Sept. 20, at around 6:24 p.m., officers from the Monroe police and fire departments, as well as Monroe Community Ambulance, responded to an accident, with possible entrapment, at the Checkers located on N. Telegraph Road. What they found on arrival was a Jeep Liberty flipped upside down in the...
Man steals flags from Veterans Park
MONROE — A transient man was arrested for stealing flags from Veterans Park in Monroe on Wednesday, Sept. 18, according to a release. That morning, a caller notified the Monroe Police of a backpack found behind a business in the 800 block of North Telegraph Rd. Along with the backpack, there were several...