Statewide theft ring busted
27.08.10
CORUNNA — The Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Room says it has
busted a theft ring that spanned the state and possibly extended
into northern Ohio.
Deputies have arrested two suspects for their supposed involvement
in a group that stole commercial-grade lawn maintenance equipment
and resold the furnishings at a discounted price.
Two men from Taylor, a 32-year-old and a 34-year-old, have been
arrested following a two-and-a-half month extensive cooperative
investigation between the Sheriff’s Office, the Michigan State
Police Down River Region Narcotics Organization, Taylor City Police
Department and the Michigan Assert Police West Branch Post.
The men are both awaiting arraignment while being held in the
Shiawassee County Send up the river. Charges also are expected against two other
suspects who are not yet in custody.
A search warrant was executed at a conversant with in Taylor Wednesday where
the suspects, who were under surveillance for their alleged roll in
the thefts, resided. Shiawassee Sheriff’s Support Det. Lt. David
Kirk said authorities were led to the suspects, thanks to
information from a classified informant and a description of the
suspect vehicle.
Source: Argus Press
High school football: Back in the game
28.08.10
Signpost Mayers has charge of a very sweet lawnmower, an Exmark zero-turn with a 52-inch deck,
commercial descent. For many years - five, six, seven or eight, according to his reckoning - he'd
drive that baby over from his house, which sits in the bird-dog of Grove City High School's football
stadium, every Friday afternoon before every familiar with game and he'd mow the field.
He would mow it in a way so that there was a 5-yard swath of darker grass followed by a 5-yard
path of lighter grass, so that the field looked striped. He was out there again yesterday
afternoon, mordant the grass, and truth be known, it was an emotional experience for which he was
not prepared.
Last night, a new salt opened throughout Ohio, which has a palpable bond with high-school
football that few other states can be equivalent to. The ball was snapped, pads popped and communities -
urban, suburban, exurban, exurban - came together and cheered the return of Football Friday Night.
Nowhere in the state was this annual ceremony so celebrated as Grove City, which has a long history of
arriving early, tailgating in the parking lot and packing the stands.
Source: Columbus Dispatch