The Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office is warning of a possible police impersonator in Ypsilanti.
Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, a 26-year-old Ypsilanti man contacted Washtenaw Metro Dispatch about a “suspicious traffic stop,” according to a news release.
The man told police he was stopped near Prospect Road and Geddes Road by someone impersonating an Ypsilanti police officer.
The caller said the impersonator drove a car with red and blue lights, wore a hat with a star logo, a black vest labeled “Agent” on the front and a badge. When the caller asked why we has pulled over, the person was “evasive” and fled the scene.
February 11, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
A motion has been filed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an environmental activist against the company that installed a controversial natural gas pipeline through Livingston County.
The suit was filed last October in U.S. District Court in Detroit by Michigan resident Matthew Borke against Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the ET Rover pipeline, and its Chairman Kelcy Warren. The companyâs security contractor, Leighton Security, was also named in the suit, along with that company s CEO Kevin Mayberry and Operations Manager Gary Washburn.
Energt Transfer constructed the 42-inch diameter pipeline which carries 3.25 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day up from the Marcellus and Utica Shale through West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, crossing into Michigan in Lenawee County, then proceeding north through Washtenaw and Livingston counties before joining the Vector Pipelin
Ypsilanti Township drive-by shooting suspect pleads no contest to felony charges
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI – A man accused of repeatedly targeting an Ypsilanti Township home in a string of drive-by shootings over the summer has pleaded no contest to various felony charges.
Martez Iddarion-Marnae Ayers pleaded no contest Monday, Feb. 8, to four felony counts associated with a rash of shootings that erupted from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3 on Foley Avenue in Ypsilanti Township, court records show.
He pleaded no contest to one count each of discharging a firearm in or at a building, discharging a firearm from a vehicle, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of ammunition by a felon.
Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office forgives over $500K in outstanding prisoner debt
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WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZO â The Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office is forgiving more than $500,000 in outstanding debt for inmates who accrued that debt due to incarceration between Jan. 2, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2020.
While jailed, inmates held more than 24 hours receive a set of free items, the sheriff s office said. However, additional supplies and services are purchased through commissary. Inmates who can t afford these items or services can still receive them but will incur debt. The Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office says this move to forgive debt helps to relieve the stress associated with a person s day-to-day living.