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Drunk Driver From Ohio Charged With Attempted Murder

Posted on October 14, 2014 by John English

A rather bizarre series of events has led to one man in serious condition in the Bronson Methodist Hospital in downtown Kalamazoo, while another man, a Greek immigrant from Ohio, is in the Branch County Jail for attempted murder that he claims was actually an accident.

According to police, 31-year-old Jonathan Losinski was spending his evening in the Strike Zone, a bar and bowling alley in Bronson, when employees began noticing a van that repeatedly entered and left the parking lot throughout the evening. They felt the driver’s actions were suspicious and so took note of his comings and goings. Read more ›

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Almost Super Drunk

Posted on October 12, 2014 by John English

Drunk Driver Arrested In Front Of Police Station

It is rare that police officers have the convenience of conducting an arrest practically on their front doorstep, but recently, a Melvindale officer had the luxury of conducting a traffic stop just outside of the police department parking lot.

Apparently, while leaving the department on Oakwood Drive, the officer was in the act of pulling out of the parking lot in his cruiser, when a green Chevy Tahoe flew by at high speed. The officer immediately pulled the vehicle over. Read more ›

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Suspected Drunk Driver Hits Utility Pole

Posted on October 10, 2014 by John English

More than 700 Battle Creek Homes Lose Power

Usually, when people lose power in communities around Michigan, it’s the result of inclement weather. High winds, heavy rain or snow, and falling branches are the usual culprits. It is very rare that the cause is a single person. And even less likely that it was entirely unintentional. But that was exactly what happened in Battle Creek, early on Sunday morning…

A driver, who responding officers suspect was drinking and driving, drove off the road at the East Michigan Ave. and Gilbert Street intersection, and slammed into a utility pole which was supporting power lines that provided electricity to a substantial quantity of people in the area. Read more ›

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Washtenaw Reckless Driving Causing Death

Posted on October 7, 2014 by John English

Dexter Drunk Driver Facing Additional Charge

Garrett Roe, the 36-year-old man from Dexter that police say is guilty of driving drunk and accidentally killing a 21-year-old woman from Saline, is now facing a new charge in the case against him.

Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecutor John Vella announced in District Court at a recent hearing that the prosecution will be adding a charge of reckless driving causing death to the existing charges. While it was not called a “plea agreement” in court, both the prosecutor and Roe’s attorney referred to the addition of this charge as an “agreement”, although it was not stated as to why this charge was added. Read more ›

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Hillsdale OWI Third – Repeat Offender

Posted on October 3, 2014 by John English

Repeat Offender Gets 3-5 Years in Prison

At a recent sentencing, Judge Michael Smith told the defendant, Ronald Allen Graves who appeared via video from the Hillsdale County Jail, that the state’s guidelines for sentencing of 7 to 23 months, fail to do justice in the wake of the charges.

“The guidelines are totally inaccurate to address these issues.” he said, referring to the fact that Graves has such an extensive record with the court, this being his second felony charge following a list of twenty-four prior misdemeanor charges, fourteen of which are alcohol related. Read more ›

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Grand Traverse Drunk Driver Headed for Trial

Posted on September 30, 2014 by John English

Drunk Driver Accused Of Hitting Young Girl

12-year-old Jordan Babcock and her mother were walking along the side of a rural road near their home in Grand Traverse County in August, against the traffic as is recommended for safety, when a vehicle struck the child and slammed her to the ground, rupturing internal organs and fracturing her pelvis.

Her mother immediately rushed to her side in an attempt to help her, only to be struck by a second vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. Police later determined that the driver of the second vehicle was not intoxicated at the time of the accident, and was not at fault for the collision. Read more ›

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Driving Drunk Charlevoix County

Posted on September 26, 2014 by John English

Ninth Conviction Sends Man to Prison

In Michigan, the law recommends that a person’s drunk driving sentences increase with each conviction, usually within a fixed period of time. Two convictions for driving drunk within a seven year period of time, or three convictions within a ten year period of time mean that one is viewed as a repeat offender by the courts.

But Keith Allen Jones, a 45-year-old resident of Charlevoix county, has been convicted nine times of drinking and driving since 1987. For that reason, the judge sentenced him to the maximum sentence allowed by the court for this offense. Read more ›

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Hillsdale OWI Third

Posted on September 23, 2014 by John English

Guilty Plea Entered on OWI Third Charge

Bryan Thomas Elliott, a Hillsdale resident with a history of drinking and driving, recently pleaded guilty to one more charge of the same kind.

On Monday, September 8, Elliot pleaded guilty to a single count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) – third offense, in the Hillsdale County Circuit Court before Judge Michael Smith.

Elliot told the judge that on August 22nd he had consumed three “tall boy” beers, which are 24 oz cans of beer, and one Four Loko malt beverage, which is a 24 oz can of fruit flavored alcoholic beverage also known as “black-out in a can”, before getting behind the wheel of a company vehicle and driving away. Read more ›

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Antrim County: Impaired Driving

Posted on July 31, 2014 by John English

Academy Award-Winning Producer Pleads Guilty

Kathleen Glynn, a Michigan-based Academy and Emmy Award-winning producer, artist and costume designer, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of impaired driving in Antrim County. She was sentenced immediately to six months probation, three days of community service and must pay $1,150 in court fines and costs.

Glynn, 56, who is the ex-wife of filmmaker, Michael Moore, was pulled over in the late evening of July 4th in Forest Home Township. According to police records, another driver had called the Sheriff’s Department to report that they had seen a car weaving in the middle of the road. “Somebody called it in as a complaint of somebody weaving in their lane”, said a sheriff’s deputy.

A deputy was dispatched to the area, and Glynn was pulled over shortly afterwards in the vicinity of Bellaire Highway and Torch Lake Drive. When asked, she told the deputy that she was returning home from a friend’s house where she had had a few drinks.

According to Antrim County Sheriff Dan Bean, Glynn was asked to perform a roadside sobriety test, which she failed. Her breathalyzer test results showed a blood alcohol content of 0.14, which is higher than Michigan’s legal limit of 0.08. As a result, she was arrested and detained at the Antrim County’s jail.

Glynn, a native of Flint, was originally charged with operating while intoxicated (OWI), which is also a misdemeanor and punishable by:

  • $100 to $500 fine and one or more of the following:

Up to 93 days in jail, or

Up to 360 hours of community service.

  • Driver’s license suspension for 30 days, followed by license restrictions for 150 days.
  • Possible vehicle immobilization
  • Possible ignition interlock
  • Six points added to driving record
  • Driver Responsibility Fee of $1,000 for 2 consecutive years
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Pontiac Drunk Driving Fatality

Posted on July 29, 2014 by John English

Young Mother Dies in High-Speed Chase Accident

Anthony Ramirez, a 21-year-old resident of Pontiac, has been charged with multiple felonies as a result of his having driven while intoxicated, which caused the death of a young mother during a high-speed chase. The young woman was a passenger in his car.

On June 10th, Ramirez was noticed by an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy making an illegal turn in his Camaro on Baldwin St in Pontiac. The officer attempted to pull him over, but Ramirez, who had two outstanding warrants for drugs and larceny, drove away at high speed in an attempt to evade the officers.

The deputies pursued him for a short time, before he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a utility pole. Brandee Sharleen Herritt, the 22-year-old mother of a 1-year-old child, had been sitting in the front seat of the Camaro. She died at the scene, becoming a drunk driving fatality. Read more ›

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