April 20, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A Hartland Township man has been bound over for trial on attempted murder charges after authorities say he brutally beat his father.
26-year-old Clay Garner is charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, aggravated domestic violence, and assaulting, resisting, or obstructing a police officer for the February 18th incident.
In 53rd District Court Monday, Garnerâs father testified how his son, a former U.S. Marine, had attacked him a day after returning home from a mental health stay at a Veterans Administration hospital. Garnerâs father said his son pummeled him with closed fists to the torso on their homeâs deck, resulting in three broken ribs and a collapsed lung with internal bleeding. After about 45 minutes, he said he was able to get back inside his house, followed by his son, where they encountered a Livingston County Sher
April 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A deal could be in the works to clear the record of a Pinckney man charged after a high-speed police chase.
23-year-old Jon Patrick Dethloff was charged last month with fleeing and eluding as well as carrying a concealed weapon for the February 28th incident. The Livingston County Sheriffâs Office says one of its deputies attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Dethloff near Fowlerville because it did not have a license plate.
He reportedly fled onto westbound I-96, although the pursuit was terminated at the Livingston/Ingham County line. However, approximately a half-hour later, that same vehicle was observed near Grand River and Gregory Road in Handy Township. When a deputy attempted to stop it, the vehicle again fled, eventually heading northbound on Fowlerville Road, where it became disabled after striking a deer north of Sharpe Road. After Dethloff was taken into custody, a Glock handgun was loc
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