Could SL man serving life sentence be set free?

Ronald Lee Redick, 81, who is serving a life sentence for the premeditated murder of his business partner in 1991, will have his sentence commutation request heard next month.

Oct 19, 2018 at 10:00 AM

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Robin Root resentenced to up to 50 years for killing former landlord

Root’s original sentence of life in prison in 2015 was overturned.

Oct 18, 2018 at 9:00 AM

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Homeless man charged with stealing 2 vehicles, fleeing police

Cameron Troy Lawson, 39, is lodged in the Ottawa County Jail pending a $25,000 cash bond, Capt. Mark Bennett of the Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

Oct 15, 2018 at 8:00 PM

After being fired from a Walgreens store in Orlando, Florida, for missing work, Darrell Patterson, a Seventh-day Adventist, wants to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Fired for missing work to observe his religion, Florida man asks Supreme Court for help

In 2011, Darrell Patterson was fired from his job at an Orlando Walgreen’s Customer Care Center for missing work on a Saturday.

Oct 14, 2018 at 12:00 PM

Seth Welch, left, and Tatiana Fusari, right, are facing charges of first-degree child abuse and murder for the death of their daughter.

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Chilling 911 call among evidence sending couple to trial in their baby's death

Tatiana Fusari and her husband, Seth Welch (who graduated from Grand Haven High School in 2009), are facing first-degree child abuse and felony murder charges in the early August death of their 10-month-old daughter.

Oct 12, 2018 at 7:00 AM

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Ottawa County in court for 2013 inmate suicide

Scott Meirs, then 50, was arrested Aug. 4, 2013, and was charged with second-degree home invasion after his Spring Lake neighbor called police and said Meirs had entered her home and stolen prescription drugs.

Oct 10, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Attorneys Anna White, left, and Tom Smith, right, act as public defenders for Aaron Young, 26, center, in Ottawa County Circuit Court on Dec. 26, 2017. Young, who was determined financially unable to pay for his own attorneys, was sentenced to prison for murder. Starting next year, a centralized public defender office will be established in Ottawa County.

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Ottawa County to create $2.8M public defender office

The mandated change will completely restructure how people too poor to pay for their own lawyers will be represented in court.

Oct 3, 2018 at 12:00 PM

Michael Santino Beltran Sr., left, waits with his attorney, Kurt Richardson, as Judge Karen Miedema sentences the Holland man to five years in prison for molesting two young girls over the past five years.

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Man sentenced for assaulting young girls in Grand Haven Twp.

Michael Santino Beltran, 26, was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison for assaulting sisters, ages 7 and 10.

Oct 3, 2018 at 11:00 AM

Davian Weston, right, sits with his attorney, John Moritz, in court Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Weston's mother, Stacy Puente (far left), looks on from behind.

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Competency exam ordered for teen who prompted West Ottawa lockdown

At a scheduled preliminary examination hearing in Ottawa County District Court in Holland on Tuesday, 17-year-old Davian Joseph Weston sat in the courtroom with his head down and did not speak.

Oct 2, 2018 at 7:51 PM

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Klages' criminal case to move forward after judge hears evidence

Kathie Klages had been the MSU women's gymnastics coach for 27 years when she retired in February 2017.

Sep 27, 2018 at 7:57 PM

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Allendale day care worker sentenced for assaulting kids

The assault was reported in February at the Rainbow Child Care Center in Allendale, which has since been closed.

Sep 25, 2018 at 9:00 PM

Attorneys Anna White (left) and Tom Smith (right) act as public defenders for Aaron Young (center) during a hearing at Ottawa County Circuit Court in Grand Haven on Dec. 26, 2017. Starting next year, a centralized public defender office will be established in the county.

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Ottawa County to get $2.8M public defender office

The mandated change will completely restructure how people too poor to pay for their own lawyers will be represented in court.

Sep 24, 2018 at 8:09 PM

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Jury convicts Robin Root for 2nd time in death of her former landlord

A Kent County jury on Friday found Robin Root guilty in the 2007 murder of Janna Kelly, a Grand Rapids businesswoman whose nude and charred body was found in an Ottawa County blueberry field three months after she was last seen alive.

Sep 21, 2018 at 7:36 PM

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Couple sues Saugatuck paper claiming defamation

SAUGATUCK TWP. — Couple Stephen and Tanya Sheridan have filed a lawsuit against the Local Observer newspaper and its editor Michael Gallagher for allegedly “hiding behind the veil of a free and open press” to “ridicule, humiliate and slander” the Saugatuck couple.

Sep 21, 2018 at 2:00 PM