Ann Arbor News: Courts, Crime & Police

Pittsfield Township burglar sought

2009-07-03T12:18:02Z

Pittsfield Township police are looking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of burglarizing two homes over the weekend and using stolen credit cards on a shopping spree. Pittsfield Township police are looking for help in identifying this...

Jackson man sentenced in death of EMT at I-94 crash scene in January 2008

2009-07-02T23:10:28Z

A Jackson man has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading no contest to striking and killing an emergency medical technician who was helping a stranded motorist during snowy weather....

Updated: Lindsay Graygo's parents address the man convicted in her murder during sentencing Thursday

2009-07-02T21:00:35Z

Betty and Hank Graygo on Thursday had their first chance to address the man who brutally raped and killed their daughter Lindsay in her Ypsilanti Township apartment last year....

Two Chelsea residents among three people charged with arson in fire a former prison camp

2009-07-02T17:05:53Z

Three people are accused of setting fire to a building at a closed prison camp in Jackson County....

Brighton man who fell from vehicle dies from injuries

2009-07-02T16:24:35Z

A 26-year-old Brighton man who was hospitalized after falling from a moving vehicle has died from his injuries, the Livingston County Sheriff's Department said Thursday....

Ypsilanti men charged with Canton Township burglaries

2009-07-02T15:34:10Z

Two Ypsilanti men have been charged with a string of burglaries in neighborhoods on the west side of Canton Township, police said....

Gun found in Ypsilanti garden turns out to be airsoft pistol

2009-07-02T15:30:21Z

An Ypsilanti woman reported finding a gun in her garden Wednesday afternoon, police reports said....

Superior Township man hit with hammer during argument

2009-07-02T15:28:03Z

A Superior Township man was struck in the head with a hammer by a man during an argument Wednesday night, police reports said....

Stolen master keys may have resulted in home invasions in Ann Arbor campus area

2009-07-02T13:09:39Z

One of the largest rental property companies serving the University of Michigan Central Campus area on Wednesday alerted roughly 1,000 residents after multiple home invasions were reported that could be related to a stolen set of master keys....

Ypsilanti Township man shot by deputy had threatened parents, was facing trial on rape charge

2009-06-30T14:23:44Z

When Uvon Bevins petitioned a Washtenaw County court for a personal protection order against her adult son in late 2000, she feared for her life. "Last night he yelled all night that he was going to kill me today," Bevins,...

Parking ticket writers in Ann Arbor Police Department will get to keep their jobs

2009-06-30T13:13:03Z

Drivers who thought they might get some free parking out of Ann Arbor's move to cut the number of city employees who write parking tickets will have to think again. The positions have been restored. Because of a greater-than-expected response...

Ypsilanti Township man killed by police suspected of killing his mother

2009-06-29T21:32:59Z

A 43-year-old Ypsilanti Township man shot his mother to death and then set her home ablaze before being killed himself minutes later by police responding to the scene, authorities said. Ira Bevins was shot and killed early Sunday morning by...

Woman reports indecent exposure at Ypsilanti bus stop; suspect ticketed

2009-06-29T13:50:16Z

A man exposed himself to people waiting at a bus stop in Ypsilanti late Saturday morning, police reports said....

Police release names of three men killed in weekend car crash in Brighton Township

2009-06-29T13:13:35Z

The Livingston County Sheriff's Department has released the names of three people killed in a one-car crash on Hacker Road in Brighton Township early Saturday morning....

Ann Arbor police arrest man with handgun after report of shots being fired

2009-06-29T13:11:21Z

Ann Arbor police said they arrested a man suspected of firing a gun during a fight outside an eatery near downtown Saturday morning....