A judge this week postponed a preliminary hearing for Sean M. Ryan, charged with sexually assaulting a child nine times. Full story »

Joshua A. Wrona will spend another three months in jail for stealing a rifle scope. Full story »

A look at some recent sentences in Saginaw County Circuit Court, listed by the community the individuals reside in. Full story »

Gary R. Dixon II will spend at least 15 years in prison for a string of seven armed robberies within two weeks last year. Full story »

A look at some recent sentences in Saginaw County Circuit Court, listed by the community the individuals reside in. Full story »

Ronald E. Owens and Steven D. Owens, charged with hiring a man to kill a person who, police say, they thought was a confidential informant, will go to trial. Full story »

Marcus A. Cuellar, who pleaded guilty to opening fire during a July 29 drive-by shooting, will spend at least seven years in prison. Full story »

Lula M. Belvin "wanted to make money and get out early" from her job at a Buena Vista Township gas station and suggested her friends rob the station to make that happen, one of those friends testified today. The July 26 robbery at the Sunoco at South Outer and East Holland worked so well the first time, DeMario Branch testified, Belvin and her friends decided to do it again. Full story »

Attorneys continue to wait on reports before heading to trial in the case against Jordan J. Granderson, charged with four counts of assault with intent to murder. Full story »

A jury took 17 minutes Wednesday to convict a former Bay City man who was out of prison for three weeks of using a fake bomb threat to rob an East Side Saginaw bank and then carjacking an undercover police officer who was looking for the suspect. Full story »

MOUNT PLEASANT — A 28-year-old parolee will spend 50 months in a federal prison for assaulting his fiancee last summer. Antonio Hernandez Jr. attacked the woman June 20, said U.S. attorney Barbara L. McQuade.  Hernandez then used a broken bottle to stab a neighbor in the neck, arm and back when the neighbor attempted to intervene, McQuade said. The woman... Full story »

Two Saginaw County attorneys and a paralegal are providing free legal advice to residents in late March. Full story »

MOUNT PLEASANT — A Kalkaska man accused of making three people ill by shaking their hands is suing Isabella County and Mount Pleasant authorities. John C. Ridgeway, 45, claims wrongful imprisonment, malicious prosecution, abuse of the legal process and infringement of certain Constitutional rights including free speech, freedom of religion and peaceable assembly. Plymouth attorney Richard G. Convertino filed... Full story »

MOUNT PLEASANT — A retired state police trooper has filed a lawsuit against the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department and others. Plymouth attorney Richard G. Convertino filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bay City, on behalf of 83-year-old Alfred T. Bland of Mount Pleasant. The suit alleges excessive force, assault and battery and gross negligence. Isabella County,... Full story »

Jose A. Olguin, whom police arrested after an Amber Alert was issued for his missing children, was sentenced to 40 to 60 years for killing his wife, Erica L. Olguin, in November 2008. Full story »