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‘You took my baby from me’ mother tells man sentenced to life for fatal stabbing
JACKSON COUNTY, MI – Jessica Perkins wiped away tears as she approached a courtroom podium Wednesday with her daughter, Jazimen Essex. She placed a decorative blue urn on the prosecution’s table and then addressed Essex’s killer, Robert Wayne Annabel II. If you purchase a product or register...
Springport Township Police reminding residents to be vigilant after receiving complaints of alleged thieves in the area
JACKSON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) - The Springport Township Police Department is reminding residents to lock up their belongings and be vigilant after receiving complaints of alleged thieves in the area. The people pictured are accused of looking into homes on the west side of Springport Township and attempting to steal...
Former FBI agent: ‘We have to want to have less firearms violence, or we won’t have it.’
LANSING, Mich. (WILX)—On Wednesday, Jackson hosted a discussion about gun violence and how to stop it. Katherine Schweit is a Jackson native and former Chicago prosecutor turned FBI agent. She was tasked with leading the FBI’s active shooter initiatives immediately after the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting back in 2012. Now, she travels around the country to tell people how they can help stop violence in schools, businesses, and in their daily lives.
Suspected bank robber arraigned after U.S. Marshals arrest him hiding in Illinois
JACKSON, MI – Federal agents located in Illinois a man suspected of robbing a bank in Jackson and brought him back to the city to face charges. Jarred Lamoyne Mihaila was arraigned Monday, May 13, on one count of bank robbery in connection with a hold-up March 6 at a branch of America One Credit Union at 718 E. Michigan Ave., court records show.
Fugitive arrested in Fremont with gun, explosive
FREMONT — Arvil W. Bryant Jr. was arrested in a downtown Fremont parking lot Tuesday afternoon but nobody knew who did it, or why, or if he ever really intended to blow anything up until Wednesday afternoon. It was then that authorities released that a Michigan man was arrested...
Grenade with ‘suspicious modifications’ found buried in yard of Michigan home
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI -- A training grenade found outside a home in Southwest Michigan had “suspicious modifications” that made it a live improvised explosive device, according to police. Deputies were dispatched about 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10, to the 50000 block of County Road 388 in...
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