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Chance Hallam was bound over to trial on two counts of open homicide.

Michigan lawmaker fined $1,000 for violation of court order in drunken driving case View Comments Rep. Jewell Jones was ordered to pay $1,000 for failing to keep up to date on his alcohol tether payments, a failure that prompted the company managing the tether to shut it off last week.  Livingston County Circuit Court Judge Michael Hatty said the violation was "disheartening" and warned the Inkster Democrat Friday that, if there are any more violations, he will "be looking at jail." Livings...

The states forensics center will determine if an 18-year-old Brighton man charged with shooting and killing his father is capable of standing trial, a judge ordered July 13.  Police said Hayden Jagst killed Edward Jagst, a Canton Township police officer, at the familys home June 21.  He is charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearm, carrying with unlawful intent and carrying a concealed weapon.  Hayden Jagst will undergo an evaluation at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry to de...

Correction: Hayden Jagsts next court hearing is Aug. 24. The date was incorrect in an earlier version of this story. The states forensics center will determine if an 18-year-old Brighton man charged with shooting and killing his father is capable of standing trial, a judge ordered Tuesday.  Police said Hayden Jagst killed Edward Jagst, a Canton Township police officer, at the familys home June 21.  He is charged with open murder, two counts of felony firearm, carrying with unlawful intent ...

In court Thursday State Representative Jewell Jones admitted that he violated conditions of bond for a drunk driving arrest in April. The judge told him that he thought he was deceptive to his own attorney, the prosecutor's office and possibly, the court.

Jennifer Trackwell joined Michigan Transition Services Association as its treasurer in 2013, according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. LARA records show the nonprofit that assists students and young adults with disabilities as they transition through school, removed Trackwell from the organization in August 2017. Last month Trackwell, of Kentucky, was arraigned on one count of embezzlement of more than $100,000 and using a computer to commit a crime.  Court rec...

May 7, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A local township clerk was arraigned today after being charged for an election law violation related to last November’s election. Genoa Township Clerk Polly Skolarus was charged in March by the Livingston County Prosecutor’s Office on a single, misdemeanor charge of Election Law - Failure to Perform Duty. It was filed following an investigation by Michigan State Police. In 53rd District Court today, Skolarus appe...

May 3, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com A trial has been ordered for a Brighton man charged with sexually assaulting a woman several times. 31-year-old Joseph Henry Santana was arraigned February 28th on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and single counts each of unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and resisting, obstructing police. That followed testimony from a Michigan State Police trooper that...

Brighton man headed to trial on charges of rape, unlawful imprisonment A Brighton man is headed to trial on charges of sexual assault after a Livingston County judge determined there was enough evidence to bind the case over. Joseph Santana, 31, was arraigned on Feb. 28 on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count each of unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and resisting, obstructing police. On Wednesday, Andrea Del Vecchio,...