In December of 2012, 46-year-old Donna Turner was arrested and charged with one count of open murder after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death. Keith Walton died of a stab wound which severed his femoral artery as he was attempting to leave the Ypsilanti apartment the couple shared, according to…
On September 2, 28-year-old Maria Milam of Lawton was arrested after allegedly forcing her way into a Dowagiac home, assaulting the man who lived there, and taking a child. Authorities received a call from the man, who told officers about what had happened. According to a news release, director of…
On Monday August 26, 2-year-old Damian R. Sutton was pronounced dead by doctors the day following surgery to relieve pressure from brain swelling. Doctor’s removed a portion of the toddler’s skull to accomplish this. However, it was determined by medical examiners that the toddler was murdered, his injuries caused by…
On Friday August 23, 20-year-old Jeanette Moore pleaded guilty to the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend in December of 2012. Moore allegedly stabbed the victim in the Comstock Township apartment the two shared, killing him. Moore attended a hearing on Friday in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court in front of Judge…
On Monday August 19, 17-year-old Elliott Coates turned himself in to police according to a news article at The Herald Palladium. Coates had been wanted in connection with the July shooting of two teen boys in Broadway Park. Coates, who is a resident of Benton Harbor, had been hiding out…
At his sentencing hearing on August 15, 21-year-old Willie Lee-Wilson Williams apparently had no reaction when sentenced to between 80 and 160 years in prison for the attempted murder of a female corrections officer in 2012, according to a news article at Mlive.com. Williams allegedly attempted to murder Jaclynn Rodriguez…
On August 7, two young men from Detroit were arrested after it was suspected they were involved in ramming their truck into a gun shop in Southfield, then stealing guns and various ammunition. The two suspects, 17-year-old Tobais A. Nance, and 20-year-old Arthuro L. Tate are now in custody for…
On March 22 of this year, David Gladstone, a 20-year veteran of the Lansing Police Department, was arrested and charged with assaulting a teen inmate at the city’s jail. Gladstone was suspended following the charge, and placed on administrative leave. On Tuesday August 6, a jury found Gladstone not guilty…
On Monday August 5, 21-year-old Curtis Wayne Hankton was sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison for two armed robberies he pleaded guilty to; he will serve these terms concurrently after being sentenced by Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge J. Richardson Johnson. Hankton participated in two armed robberies which took…
In September of last year we wrote about the shooting death of 36-year-old Micah Arnold in Lansing; at that time, police were in pursuit of Kelvin “Monroe” Bates, who they suspected in the shooting which occurred outside Hildebrant Park apartments. Now, Bates is facing life in prison for the 2012…