LOCAL COURT UPDATES
Last week’s court news included more arrests connected to the August slaying of a Benton Harbor man as well as numerous sentencings. The first person charged in connection with the Aug. 15 murder of Nathaniel […]
Legal News
BUCHANAN MAN RECEIVES HEAVY SENTENCE AS HABITUAL SEX OFFENDER; TAMPERING WITH TETHER LEADS TO DOWAGIAC MAN’S RETURN TO PRISON
NILES – A Buchanan man was sentenced to a long prison term this week for a crime that Berrien County Trial Judge Angela Pasula could only describe as “heinous.” Victor Juan-Daniel Aranda, 28, of Days […]
EAU CLAIRE APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
EAU CLAIRE – The village of Eau Claire in central Berrien County has become the latest municipality has adopted an ordinance allowing for medical marijuana facilities to operate. Meanwhile, Galien Township will host a workshop […]
LEWIS WAVES RIGHT TO PRELIMINARY HEARING; CASE DELAYED
NILES – The court case against John Benton Lewis has been delayed. Lewis allegedly killed his wife at their Niles Township home Aug. 13 and had been scheduled to be in court this week. Lewis […]
LOCAL COURTS ARRAIGN TWO MEN ON MURDER CHARGES; SENTENCE OTHERS FOR MURDER, ROBBERY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
Recent court action in Berrien and Cass Counties include arraignments of murder suspects and prison sentencings. The Niles man who claimed early last week that two men had broken into his Niles Township home and […]