Category Archives: Felony Crimes

Habitual Offender Status Means More Prison Time Last week Wednesday, Jason W. Englehart appeared in the Bay County Circuit Court before Judge Harry P. Gill and pleaded guilty to four felony charges stemming from an alleged attack and sexual assault of his girlfriend last year in July. According to court records, Englehart’s girlfriend reported to […]

8-Year-Old Child With Special Needs Faces Felony Charges Police reports allege that an 8-year-old Allegan County boy destroyed the rear camera located inside the back of a police patrol car while being transported to school.  As a result, Edward Hart has now been charged with malicious destruction of police property and resisting and obstructing.  Both […]

Bay City Man Facing Felony Charges For Pointing A Pellet Gun Eric G. Waroff, a 20-year-old man from Bay City, has been charged with a four year felony for allegedly pointing a weapon at a fellow motorist on the road. The weapon in question? A pellet gun. Shortly after 5 pm on Sunday, May 4th, […]

Detroit Man Causes Car Crash, Killing Three  Michael Anthony Miller, a 22-year-old resident of Detroit, MI, was arraigned last week on three counts of reckless driving causing death, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office. On August 18th, 2013, four men – a Grand Rapids man, his father and his nephew, along with another passenger- […]

Sparta Construction Company Owner Facing Charges Joe Novak, president and owner of Black River Builders, LLC, in Sparta, MI, is facing MIOSHA violations felony charges in connection with the July 2012 death of one of his employees. On July 2, 2012, 38-year-old Brian Tarachanowicz, a subcontractor with Black River Builders, fell through a weak spot […]

Suspects in Murder of Anthony Kye Facing Life in Prison if Convicted On Friday of last week two Lansing teenagers, 19-year-old Jamon Hampton and 16-year-old Valentino Stewart were ordered to stand trial on murder charges. Ingham County Judge Patrick Cherry made the decision during the preliminary hearing in 54A District Court, and the case was […]

Defendant says he “blacked out”, and was not in his right mind 28-year-old Robert James Lewis of Ypsilanti Township was arraigned last week Thursday in the 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, MI. In an unfortunate series of events, Lewis went from breaking into a house, to stealing and crashing a police car, all in […]

Meth Raid Finds Several “One-Pot” Meth Labs on Property Ten people were arrested in Kalamazoo, MI this past Wednesday, after police from several departments conducted a raid on a property located in the 3100 block of North Pitcher Street. Authorities say they received a tip that meth was being produced at the property and so […]

Hire Hitman? No…He Was Actually an Undercover Officer Diane Marie Hart, 45, from Ravenna, MI, and her older sister, Vicky Lynn Brill, 50, have both been sentenced to prison for attempting to hire a hitman to kill Hart’s husband. The hitman, as it turned out, was an undercover Michigan state police officer. He recorded the […]

Child Endangerment Charges Dropped Ebony Michelle Howard stood tearfully before the Judge Mark Trusock in the Kent County Circuit Court on Monday, April 22nd. “I’m guilty. I was drinking.” she admitted. She also stated that her plea was freely and voluntarily given. Howard has been charged with one count of operating while intoxicated -OWI causing […]