BRONSON, MI (WTVB) â The case of a man who is accused of threatening his former girlfriend and her current boyfriend with a knife in late December was bound over to Branch County Circuit Court on Tuesday following a preliminary examination in District Court.
31-year-old Aundra Smolek is charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and a count of domestic violence.
He was arrested following the alleged incident in the suspectâs Gilead Township residence on Stoney Point Drive.
The former girlfriend texted her mother at one point and said she was not able to willingly leave the house.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â A Union City man was sentenced in Branch County Circuit Court on Monday after entering guilty pleas to charges of attempted second degree child abuse and third degree fleeing and eluding.
27-year-old Kyle Santiago Arrasmith was ordered to serve 11 months in the Branch County Jail. He was placed on probation for two years.
He was arrested March 11 after he tried to flee from a Union City Police Officer who tried to stop him for an equipment violation. The pursuit ended when Arrasmithâs vehicle crashed in the area of Girard and Arborgast Roads.
The child abuse charge was filed after an investigation by the Branch County Sheriffâs Department into January incidents involving his four month old daughter.