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UPDATE: Parts of I-94 closed after dozens of crashes, now back open
I-94 was closed for hours Saturday from Coloma to Van Buren, Michigan due to icy road conditions. It has since reopened. The following release -- concerning the photo above and to the sides in "Related Content" -- was issued around 4:30 p.m. Saturday:...
Tags: Traffic, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Crimes
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Michigan man gets 51 years in death of Elkhart man
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - An 18-year-old Michigan man has been sentenced to 51 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering an Elkhart man. A spokesperson with the Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office says Brandon Johnston of Three Rivers, Mich., told...
Tags: Punishment, Sex Crimes
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Judge opens door for Michigan juvenile lifers
DETROIT (AP) — All Michigan inmates serving no-parole sentences for murder committed as juveniles are entitled to a chance at release, a judge said Wednesday, declaring that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision applies retroactively. The...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Laws, Juvenile Delinquency
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Suspect dead, woman safe after campus abduction
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — A parolee abducted and raped a Central Michigan University student, set a house on fire where the woman had fled for help and was fatally shot miles away by a sheriff's deputy, authorities said Thursday. Isabella...
Tags: Central Michigan University, Shootings, Kidnapping
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UPDATE: 2012 Mr. Blossomtime in jail
WSBT-TV ReporterHe went from wearing a crown to wearing handcuffs. The current reigning Mr. Blossomtime is in jail, accused of drunk driving among other charges. Agape Mpamira, 19, of Buchanan awaits an April trial date. Mpamira was crowned Mr. Blossomtime last March...Tags: Immigration, Court Preliminary, Trials
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Charge: Indiana jailer coaxed female inmates to strip
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana jail officer has been charged with coaxing female inmates into stripping for him in return for favors. Morgan County jail officer Nicholas Tankersley, 21, of Martinsville, was formally charged Thursday...
Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Sex Crimes
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NE Ind. man sentenced to 65 years in stabbing death
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man already serving time for killing a building inspector in 2002 has been sentenced to an additional 65 years in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old widower to death nine days earlier. Allen County Judge John...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Murder, Judges
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Elkhart County Jail chaplain retires after 28 years
ELKHART COUNTY – A local public servant is retiring after 28 years. Sunday, Elkhart County Jail Chaplain Mike Kupke was honored with a special open house. He says it’s a job that for nearly three decades presented a unique set of challenges....
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Parolee who raped student had good prison record
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan prisons spokesman says a parole board had no clear reason to reject a freedom request from a convict who later raped a college student and tried to burn down the house where she fled. Authorities say a sheriff's...
Tags: Central Michigan University, Sex Crimes
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5-year sentence for bomb plot hoax against Palisades Nuclear Plant and Ford Building
WSBT-TVGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A Michigan man has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for false reporting plots to bomb the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich. and the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building in Grand Rapids. U.S. Attorney...Tags: Explosions, Police Investigations, Punishment, Nuclear Power, Emergency Incidents
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Swearing charge dropped in strange Berrien County case
South Bend TribuneST. JOSEPH — Different judge, different outcome. That’s what it boiled down to Friday in Berrien County Trial Court in St. Joseph where Judge Charles LaSata, citing a technicality, dismissed a contempt of court charge against a woman who...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Trials
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Official saw no immediate danger for Detroit girl
DETROIT (AP) — A court official who was asked to remove a Detroit child from her home just weeks before she was fatally stabbed turned down the state's request because he believed there was no immediate danger, according to a transcript released...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges
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