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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...