Articles tagged: Freedom Township
As Enbridge crude oil pipeline project moves forward, family prepares for loss of their yard
Posted: Nov 24, 2012Editor's note: This story was edited to reflect ITCTransmission owns the transmission lines. For the Bradley’s, their quiet, wooded Lyndon Township backyard in the northwest corner of Washtenaw County is many things. To the family’s ... Read more »
New Enbridge crude oil pipeline to be built through Washtenaw County amid statewide protest
Posted: Jul 22, 2012The amount of crude oil flowing through pipelines in Washtenaw County is about to nearly double, as Enbridge Pipelines Toledo Inc. is planning to build a new, $190 million pipeline beginning in September. Read more »
Man airlifted to U-M Hospital after rolling tractor in Freedom Township
Posted: May 30, 2012A man was airlifted by helicopter to University of Michigan Hospital after being in a rollover accident involving a tractor at Bethel Church and Esch roads in Freedom Township around 4 p.m. Wednesday. Read more »
More gravel, dust control and drainage improvements planned for Freedom Township roads
Posted: May 06, 2012About $72,000 will be spent for road projects in Freedom Township this year, and while the township will pick up about $44,900 of the costs, matching funds and the Washtenaw County Road Commission will pay ... Read more »
Man accused in 2009 pipe bombing at Freedom Township bar pleads guilty to three felony counts
Posted: Feb 07, 2011A Warren man accused of setting off a pipe bomb outside a Freedom Township bar in 2009 has pleaded guilty to three of the felony counts against him. Nichlolas Casper Kraus, 21, pleaded guilty Friday ... Read more »
Another suspect in Freedom Township firebombing conspiracy convicted of arson, agrees to testify
Posted: Feb 02, 2011A third suspect in the planned firebombing of a Freedom Township bar has entered into a plea agreement as court dates for the remaining co-defendants approach. Joshua McClellan, 24, pleaded guilty to arson of a dwelling, ... Read more »
FBI investigating group linked to Freedom Township pipe bombing, records show
Posted: Jan 12, 2011The FBI is involved in the investigation into the "Ferris Organization" — an alleged drug trafficking and arson-for-hire ring whose members were charged in a Sept. 11, 2009 pipe bombing outside a Freedom Township bar, ... Read more »
Charges levied against 2 men long suspected of being involved in Freedom Township firebombing
Posted: Jan 12, 2011Washtenaw County prosecutors criminally charged the final two men suspected of being part of a gang of arsonists that firebombed a Freedom Township bar in 2009. William Ferris and James Prevost on Thursday waived their ... Read more »
Brothers convicted of firebombing Freedom Township bar in dispute with owner over money
Posted: Dec 06, 2010Two Washtenaw County brothers were convicted Friday for their roles in a vengeful firebombing at a Freedom Township bar last year. But both Joshua and Joseph Hafner-Canter won’t face charges of conspiracy and attempted murder ... Read more »
Freedom Township couple gets probation for lying to police about burglary report
Posted: Dec 05, 2010A Freedom Township husband and wife who lied to police about a burglary to defraud their insurance company received one year of probation. Douglas and Wendy Beaumont were sentenced together to probation in Washtenaw County ... Read more »
Two more men headed to trial in firebombing of Freedom Township bar
Posted: Oct 16, 2010Two Warren men will now face trial with a pair of Washtenaw County brothers for allegedly setting off a pipe bomb outside a Freedom Township bar last fall. Joshua McClellan, 23, and Nicholas Kraus, 21, ... Read more »
Two brothers ordered to stand trial in Freedom Township firebombing case
Posted: Sep 24, 2010Two brothers from Washtenaw County are headed to trial for allegedly firebombing a bar in Freedom Township last year. Joseph Allen Hafner-Canter, 20, and Joshua Hafner-Canter, 19, both waived their rights to a preliminary hearing ... Read more »
Two other men charged in arson and pipe bombing at Pleasant Lake Inn
Posted: Aug 05, 2010Two additional men have been charged in a pipe bombing and arson at a Freedom Township bar in September, Washtenaw County court records show. Joshua Alan McClellan, 23, and Nicholas Casper Kraus, 21, both of ... Read more »
Brothers accused of throwing pipe bomb at Freedom Township bar on Sept. 11
Posted: Aug 03, 2010Two brothers are accused of detonating a pipe bomb outside a Freedom Township bar on Sept. 11 after another man set fire to a hallway in the basement to distract customers, Michigan State Police said. ... Read more »
Freedom Township couple lied about items stolen during burglary, state troopers say
Posted: Jul 30, 2010A Freedom Township couple whose house was burglarized in April is accused of providing state troopers an exaggerated list of what was stolen to make an inflated insurance claim - then later admitting it because ... Read more »
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