Crime

The Ann Arbor Independent Crime Reports for Washtenaw County includes cities and townships. The weekly Crime Report also includes Trial Court prosecutions of Capital Felonies charged by the County Prosecutor, such as murders, weapons…

by P.D. Lesko According to Washtenaw County Trial Court records, between June 19, 2020 and July 19, 2021, five people in Washtenaw County were arrested and charged with murder, including Open Murder, Felony Murder and 2nd Degree Murder.…

Editor: With this column, The Ann Arbor Independent launches Crime Reports for Washtenaw County cities and townships. The weekly Crime Report will also include Trial Court prosecutions of Capital Felonies charged by the County Prosecutor,…

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by P.D. Lesko In July 2022, Derrick Jackson celebrated the County Commissioners' award of $1.2 million in public money to non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. According to documents, emails and text messages shared with A2Indy, the…

by P.D. Lesko Court records show that in Mar. 2023, 14A District Court Magistrate Elisha V. Fink issued a bench warrant for Tamar L.L. Young. Young had been charged with a felony weapons crime in Aug. 2022. On June 29, 2023, 19-year-old…

Updated 7/1/23: The name of the alleged shooter was added. by P.D. Lesko County Prosecutor Eli Savit has charged 16-year-old Kendall Newbern with open murder in connection with the death of an 18-year-old man on June 21. When…

by P.D. Lesko On June 29, the Washtenaw County Sheriff posted this to their Facebook page: SUSPECT OF QUADRUPLE SHOOTING APPREHENDED! Just before 5:00pm today, the U.S. Marshal's Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team was able to…

by P.D. Lesko Correction: YCS School Board member Dr. Celeste Hawkins was inadvertently identified as the YCS spokesman who contacted The Ann Arbor Independent on March 14 by phone and spoke on the record. The article has been updated,…

by P.D. Lesko On Nov. 3, 2022 Javon Trevail Williams appeared before 15th District Court judge the Honorable Miriam A. Perry. At that hearing, it was decided that Williams, who is currently being held on a $150,000 cash bond, will be…