Misdemeanors

EDWARDSBURG – More than two dozen teenagers from St. Joseph County could face criminal charges for underage drinking in Cass County after police busted an underage drinking party at Eagle Lake Yacht Club over the weekend. Police say the 30 kids...

At least 10 men went to the city of Elkhart this past weekend looking for sex; more specifically, sex they allegedly were willing to pay for. Then, they got their pictures all over the news. The 10 men, each accused of patronizing a prostitute, a...

Thousands lined Pasadena’s Colorado Boulevard Monday for the 123rd Rose Parade that included an Occupy protest, an Iraq war veteran grand marshal and local students who rode atop Glendale’s float. Themed “Just Imagine,” the...

An Aberdeen man admitted Tuesday that he took video of a 15-year-old girl while she got into the shower. Robert J. Schatz, 51, pleaded guilty to a count of sexual exploitation of a minor and taking pictures without consent. He was not sentenced....

One of the three co-defendants charged in connection to alleged embezzlement at the Noggin Room Pub in Petoskey has been sentenced to jail. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, in Emmet County's 90th District Court, Lori Ann Sheets, 43, of Petoskey, who previously...

A Hagerstown grandmother who allegedly entered the United States illegally is in the custody of federal agents awaiting deportation to Mexico, an official from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said Friday. Josefina Rodriguez-Vega, 60, whose last...

EAST BETHEL, Minn., Jan. 13 - After years of complaints about malnourished horses, many of the animals infested with parasites and living in hazardous conditions, an East Bethel ranch owner was charged Thursday with 35 gross misdemeanor counts alleging...

The National Security Agency says it found top-secret information on hard drives that were seized in a failed espionage probe, and the agency is refusing to release the computers — despite the continued protests of their owners. In court filings in...

By Paul Levy  Star Tribune, Minneapolis  Jan. 24--In what had been described as a potential landmark case involving Minnesota’s first-ever felony charges over alleged starvation of horses, a Swift County judge rescinded those charges Monday,...

A North Dakota man who promoted a 2010 country music festival in Aberdeen admitted Wednesday to a misdemeanor bad check charge. An attorney for Michael McClain, 51, also known as Michael Greene, entered a guilty plea on McClain's behalf to a count of...

Jan. 24 - In what had been described as a potential landmark case involving Minnesota's first-ever felony charges over alleged starvation of horses, a Swift County judge rescinded those charges Monday, citing a lack of evidence that cruelty by the...