Snyder facing five felony charges after trying to attack county officials with knife and dog BIG RAPIDS — A Chase woman was arrested Friday night after wielding a knife and attempting to sick her dog on Mecosta County Sheriff’s deputies. Deputies were called at 9:59 p.m. to the Green Township home of a man who reported [...]
MECOSTA COUNTY — Local law enforcement will partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday to get prescription drugs off the streets. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day provides a way for citizens to dispose of expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs. For residents of Mecosta, Osceola and Lake counties, the opportunity to surrender prescriptions [...]
Jones to spend 40 to 60 years in prison; Lewis gets six to 20 years BALDWIN — Curtis Smith felt no joy as he listened to a jury announce guilty verdicts for Arthur Jones and Jerome Lewis, the men convicted in July of being involved in his son’s murder. Lewis, convicted of being an accessory [...]
BALDWIN — Curtis Smith felt no joy as he listened to a jury announce guilty verdicts for Arthur Jones and Jerome Lewis, the men convicted in July of being involved in his son’s murder. Lewis, convicted of being an accessory after the fact in Andrew Smith’s murder, was sentenced to six to 20 years in [...]
Jury delivers second-degree murder against Jones, accessory charge for Lewis BALDWIN — As jurors entered deliberations in the trial of Jerome Lewis and Arthur Jones on Wednesday, family and friends from both sides of the courtroom met in the park outside the Lake County Courthouse. Hands joined and heads bowed, they stood in a circle [...]
BALDWIN — Jurors will return to court to deliberate today and are expected to announce a verdict in the murder trial of Arthur Jones and Jerome Lewis. After hearing testimony from two final witnesses and closing arguments, jurors began deliberations late Tuesday afternoon. Around 6 p.m., the jury was released for the day. Deliberations will [...]
BALDWIN — Talking about the death of Andrew Smith brought Arthur Jones to tears during a video-taped interview conducted a few days after the murder. After a lengthy debate behind closed doors between defense attorneys and the prosecution, jurors were shown portions of the interview Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. George Pratt and Lake County [...]
BALDWIN — Statements Jerome Lewis made from a Grand Rapids hospital bed will be heard by a jury next week when the trial against Lewis and Arthur Jones continues. Jurors were dismissed on Friday to allow Lake County Undersheriff Rick Perrin to speak to the court about a conversation he had with Lewis while he [...]
BALDWIN — Based on conversations Doman Raines overheard at a party the night Andrew Jerome Smith was killed, he believes there was a score to settle between Smith and the men accused of shooting him. Raines testified on Thursday, the fourth day in the trial of Jerome Anthony Lewis III and Arthur Leon Jones. Each [...]
BALDWIN — Investigators from the Michigan State Police Crime lab in Grand Rapids took the stand on Wednesday to detail what evidence they found at the scene of Andrew Jerome Smith’s murder. Wednesday marked the third day of testimony in the trial of Jerome Anthony Lewis III and Arthur Leon Jones, each of whom are [...]