Payton suffered extreme trauma, pneumonia, blood poisoning said pathologist at pre-trial
By Cathy Taylor Correspondent Preliminary examination proceedings began Wednesday morning in Missaukee County District Court for Brittini Grabon, 19, of McBain. Grabon was arrested May 2, 2013 for circumstances surrounding the suspicious death of her 14-month-old son Payton Disbrow. The honorable Charles Parsons presided over the examination. Payton Disbrow was taken to Cadillac Mercy Hospital’s emergency room in the morning hours of December 18, 2012 by Grabon and her boyfriend. She told hospital personnel that her child needed medical attention. Dr. Robert Kowalski, MD was the ER physician on call and, after examination of the infant, pronounced him dead upon [...]
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Homemade sex video results in charges
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A Weidman man, Brandon Watters, 22, is facing charges of Possession of Child Sexually Abusive Materials and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. An investigation began last month when a parent contacted the Michigan State Police Mt. Pleasant Post saying one of his co-workers had contacted the child’s parent to say he was showing homemade sex videos at his place of business. State Police officials said the videos, taken with Watters phone, allegedly showed Watters engaged in sex with the parent’s minor child. A Facebook post said the victim’s age is 16 and that the [...]
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Man extradited from California, charged for CSC on Harrison boy
Paul Ignacio Johnson was arrested in California and extradited to Michigan to face charges stemming from a sexual assault of a four year old boy in Harrison. The investigation began in July, 2012 when agents from the United States Department of Homeland Security notified detectives at the Michigan State Police Mt. Pleasant Post about the possibility Johnson was molesting a 4 year old boy in Harrison. During the investigation it was learned Johnson had fled the state of Michigan. Detectives located him in California. Through a joint investigation with the Michigan State Police, the United States Department of Homeland Security, [...]
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Man kicks out squad car after arrest
By Pat Maurer Review Correspondent A Harrison man, Dustin Middleton, 23, is facing multiple charges after he allegedly assaulted a 17-year-old Harrison man April 18. Deputies responded to the Cranberry Lake Road complaint in Hayes Township around 8:20 p.m. and arrested Middleton. While he was being transported to Clare County Jail, Deputies said he kicked out the real window of the patrol unit and damaged the vehicle’s door frame. At the jail the suspect reportedly assaulted corrections officers, with one officer taken to MidMichigan Medical Center – Clare for treatment of minor injuries. Middleton was arraigned in 80th District Court [...]
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By Pat Maurer Review Correspondent Three Harrison men, Adam Lewis, 29, Edward Lewis, 54, and Brian Frederick, 35, have been charged with breaking and entering and larceny in connection with the robbery of a pole barn on East Forest Road. Monday Deputies responding to the report of a suspicious vehicle parked near Big C’s Corner Store (formerly Heintz’s Trading Post) stopped and searched the vehicle discovering stolen property in the vehicle that was taken from a pole barn near 4000 East Forrest Road. The three men in the vehicle were arrested at lodged at the Clare County Jail. They were [...]
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