Category Archives: Assault Charges

Dad Who Attacked Son Takes Plea Deal Perhaps he didn’t think the jury would see things from his perspective. Perhaps the possibility of spending more than a decade in prison was too much. And perhaps he had a simple change of heart. Either way, whatever his reasoning, just days before his trial the Bay City […]

Most women like chocolate, or flowers, or silly stuffed toys for Valentine’s Day. But not Patrick John Bergeron’s wife. No, to mark that most commercialized of romantic occasions, she wanted her wrists slit. And her husband, ever the sentimental, obliged her. But as it turns out, assisted suicide is illegal here in Michigan, and Bergeron […]

Bay City Stabbing a Strange Case Police were recently dispatched to a home where a woman had apparently broken in and then proceeded to fight with her ex husband who lived inside. She punched him and stabbed him, and now, as a result, is facing criminal charges. But the story is actually a little stranger […]

New Legislation Could Make Assaulting Sports Coach or Referee a Felony The Michigan Senate is currently in the process of considering a set of bills intended to enhance penalties for anyone charged with assaulting a sports coach or referee. And in the wake of 44-year-old John Bieniewicz’s death last year, some feel that this couldn’t […]

It was like a scene from a movie. A gunman behind a barricade, the street crawling with police, roads closed to civilians, a terrified hostage….. But this was no movie. And unlike what would have been the Hollywood finale to this scary scene, the situation has since been resolved without anyone getting shot or blown […]

Flint man gets 10 to 20 years Sometimes things break around the house, and need to get fixed, but not everyone is a skilled plumber, drywall finisher, or tile setter. This, of course, means you’ll need to hire a handyman, which can be costly. However, one man’s solution to this was to pay his handyman […]

The best birthdays tend to include cake and messy parties and sometimes, depending on your idea of excitement, oddly shaped balloon animals. The worst ones, it seems, are often marked by gifts of socks and a definitive lack of cake. But David Seifert has set a whole new standard for “worst birthday ever”, by spending […]

17-year-old Dequan L. Leaman recently appeared in the Bay County Circuit Court and pled guilty to a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon, which is a four year felony. In return the prosecution has agreed not to pursue a charge of malicious destruction of property more than $1,000. Also, Judge Harry P. Gill […]

A rather strange and unfortunate series of events has resulted in two teenaged brothers facing charges for a fight they were involved in a family fight with each other and their mother’s boyfriend. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Department, they were dispatched to a residence at the Shady Rest Trailer Park in Bangor Township […]

Christopher Allen Scott, a 58-year-old Grand Rapids man was arrested recently for threatening people at a bar. But, according to the Grand Rapids Police Department who conducted the arrest, this isn’t the first time Scott has acted out his frustrations in a public setting. In fact, he apparently has quite a history of disruptive behavior […]