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COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Branch County Jail inmate has been charged with backing up a toilet and flooding several jail cells on Christmas Eve.
35-year-old Bradley Earl Burd of Homer has been charged with Malicious Destruction of a Building between $1,000 and $20,000.
According to Branch County court documents, Burd is accused of flushing a jail issued bed sheet which led to the flooding of multiple cells.
Four of the cells had to be evacuated and an emergency call had to be made to Roto Rooter.
Plumbing specialists removed a bed sheet and several towels from the pipes. Maintenance staff had to be called in after hours to clean up the flooding.
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Jan 11, 2021 10:56 AM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Bronson man has been charged in connection with an alleged rolling domestic dispute last August.
20-year-old Gary Wayne Boyd III was booked at the Branch County Jail last Friday following a Michigan State Police investigation and later released on a $15,000 bond.
He has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, unlawful imprisonment and domestic violence second offense.
According to court documents, Boyd allegedly punched and strangled a female acquaintance during an argument while they were in a vehicle on August 23, 2020.