The Good Gang Preliminary Hearings Mecosta County 77th District Court ~ On Wednesday July 22, 2008, Preliminary Examinations continued for two of the Good Gang bandits, 17 year old Thomas Edward Nofsky Jr. and 36 year old Jonathan Good from Lansing are being charged with 31 felony counts from multiple robberies in Canadian Lakes and a home invasion and shooting at the home of Mike and Teresa Korpal in Morley.
Two of the gang members, 17 year old Alec Matthew Cove and 17 year old Cody...
Alec Matthew Cove Strikes Plea Deal As preliminary hearings begin to bloom for Jonathan J. Good and Thomas Edward Nofsky Jr. in the 77th District Court Of Mecosta County, seventeen year old Alec Matthew Cove of Charlotte takes the stand and tells the court how he was working under the control of Jonathon Good when he and his co~defendants Cody Lee Bodo, Alexa Kay Zimmerman, Thomas Edward Nofsky Jr., and Jonathan J. Good committed multiple crimes in the Mecosta County area.
In...
Update - The Big Rapids Cinema Assault
March 17, 2008 - Andrew Thomas Bennett the 27 year old man who attempted to rob a Big Rapids cinema by assaulting two employees with a wooden shovel handle on 12/11/07 has waived his arraignment and a written pretrial was submitted and signed by the court. He faces the following charges....
Count 1: ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB WHILE ARMED - An assault upon John Doe with intent to rob and steal while being armed with a dangerous weapon, to lead a person assaulted to reasonably...
Updated Big Rapids Home Invader Sentenced Mecosta County Court - Twenty three year old Tyler Douglas Sikorski of Big Rapids stood in court wearing orange jail apparel and pleaded "no contest" to one count of 3rd degree home invasion at a settlement conference on June 9, 2008.
Sikorski's plea of no contest means that he will except the punishment but will not admit guilt. Sikorski was charged with two counts of 3rd degree home invasion back on April 12, 2008. According to a court...
Big Rapids Child Predator Makes Court Appearance Twenty four year old Michael James Carpenter of Big Rapids has been serving a two to four year sentence at an Adrian Michigan prison for possessing "child sexually abusive material". On June 23, 2008 Carpenter was brought from prison to a court in Mecosta County where he was sentenced to six and a half to 20 years in prison for using a computer to try and sexually abuse children. As part of his plea agreement charges of using a computer to commit a...
Retail Fraud At The Big Rapids Meijer Store Big Rapids - Thirty seven year old Edward Louis Welch of Big Rapids pleaded guilty to first degree retail fraud. On June 2, 2008 Welch was sentenced to 4 months and 15 day's in jail, he was placed on probation for two years and given fines in the amount of $1938.14. His jail time will be held in abeyance as long as he preforms 400 hours of community service and pays fines and does not violate his probation. The crime Welch committed took place at...
Big Rapids Huntington Bank Robber Sentenced Big Rapids MI, - On November 6, 2007, Thirty three year old Timothy James Cousins Jr. of Paris Michigan walked into the Huntington Bank in Big Rapids.
He was wearing a ski-mask, waving a gun, and carrying a plastic shopping bag yelling "You have ten seconds to give me all of your money."
After fleeing the bank, Cousins went to Wal-marts where he met some relatives and showed them a large sum of cash.
Following an investigation by police Timothy James Cousins Jr. was arrested a...
Rodney Man Sentenced For Probation Violations Mecosta County - Forty one year old Harold Alan Davy of Rodney was convicted back in 1998 in Isabella County for assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and malicious destruction of fire or police property. In 2007 Davy was convicted in Mecosta County for a felony firearms possession and domestic violence charge, he was found guilty of both counts on 02/20/07 were he received a sentence of 365 day's for the firearms and 93 day's for the charge of...
Stephen Wayne Myers Sentenced To Prison Monday May 12, 2008 - Fifty seven year old Stephen Wayne Myers of Watervliet was sentenced to 20 months to four years in prison by a 49th Circuit Court Judge in Mecosta County for violating his probation.
Back in 2006, Stephen was convicted of 2nd Degree Child Abuse.
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Cody Lee Bodo Reaches For Plea Deal Mecosta County - Seventeen year old Cody Lee Bodo of Charlotte pleads guilty to two charges of witness intimidation. According to a news report posted by WZZM13 News his attempted murder charges were dropped. According to an article in the Pioneer Newspaper Bodo must give his truthful testimony about what he knows about the Good Gang activities. In an exchange, the prosecution will recommend a 6 to 15 year prison sentence for Cody Lee Bodo.Alec...
Remus Couple Face Criminal Sexual Conduct Charges Mecosta County - Twenty two year old Charity Ann Mathews and forty two year old William Anthony Sackett of Remus had an off the record settlement conference on April 28. 2008. The couple face mutable charges of criminal sexual conduct. According to a court document, Sackett and Mathews had a sexually explicit photo of a four or five year old child on their computer. The charges also claim that they gave two young...
Settlement Conference For Thomas Arthur Long Mecosta County Court - Sixty Eight Year old Thomas Arthur Long had a settlement conference, he is being charged with two counts of "Third Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct" with a person between 13 and 15 years of age, both 15 year felonies. The incidents took place between June of 2005 and April of 2006.
Long was also charged with one count of "Contributing to the Delinquency of a Miner" showing pornographic videos to miners; a 90 day misdemeanor, and one count of "Child Accosting...
