Jordyn Pair

Detroit, Michigan

Public Safety Reporter at Ann Arbor News

Public safety for @annarbornews. Former @Tennessean. Hillsdale College. Oxford comma stan. Victim of the theater kid to journalism kid pipeline.

Articles

Woman accused of driving drunk, killing man crossing Ann Arbor street in wheelchair

6 days ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

PITTSFIELD TWP., MI — A 22-year-old woman has been charged with three felonies for allegedly striking a man with a car while he crossed an Ann Arbor street. Areli Beraza Vilchis was arraigned Thursday, May 7 on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, operating with a suspended license causing death and failing to stop at a scene causing death before 14A District Court Magistrate Odetalla Mohammed Odetalla. Beraza Vilchis is facing up to 15 years in prison.
Man fatally shot by father near Ypsilanti, police say

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — A man who died late Wednesday evening was fatally shot by his father, police said. Police were called around 11:47 p.m. May 7 to the 100 block of North Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti Township for a report of a shooting, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. The 74-year-old man allegedly shot his son, 34, during a “domestic dispute,” police said.
25-year-old pleads guilty to hit-and-run that killed Ypsilanti woman

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

ANN ARBOR, MI -- A 25-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to failing to stop her car after she fatally struck a woman walking alongside the road in Superior Township. Courtney Waldick pleaded guilty to failing to report an accident and failing to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death before Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Arianne Slay. She took the plea Thursday, May 1, according to court records. She will be sentenced July 18.
1 dead, another in custody after late-night dispute near Ypsilanti

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — One man is dead and another is in police custody after a family dispute Wednesday evening. Deputies from the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office were called around midnight May 8 to the 100 block of North Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti Township for a report of a dispute, according to police. Cmdr. Eugene Rush with the sheriff’s office confirmed one man died and another is in custody. Public records indicate the dispute was between family and a gun was used.
FBI raids part of complex dance between police, pro-Palestinian protesters near Ann Arbor

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair |Sophia Kalakailo

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Police used a battering ram to smash in the door of a home with pro-Palestine activists as part of the probe into a series of vandalism attacks on people with ties to the University of Michigan. Two weeks later, a group of activists for the same cause walked free after the state dropped criminal charges against them tied to protests at the school. One cause. Two different approaches by law enforcement.
Man in wheelchair killed while crossing street in Ann Arbor hit-and-run

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

ANN ARBOR, MI -- A man in a wheelchair was fatally struck by a car in Ann Arbor on Monday. A 79-year-old Ann Arbor man was crossing East Huron Street at North Fourth Avenue around 11:58 p.m. on May 5 when the traffic signal changed while he was crossing, the Ann Arbor Police Department said in a release. A woman driving east on East Huron Street struck the man, who was in a wheelchair, while he was in the crosswalk, police said. She fled before officers arrived, police said.
Man found guilty of 1st-degree murder in fatal stabbing, shooting of wife

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

ANN ARBOR, MI — Gerald Jones is satisfied a jury found the man who killed his mother guilty of first-degree murder, but says justice is not complete“Because I don’t have her,” Jones said after the verdict. “…You can’t replace one so sweet.” Jurors convicted Luke Edwards, 74, after just 2.5 hours of deliberation on Monday, May 5.
Even the man charged with killing his wife agrees evidence points to him, prosecutor says

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

ANN ARBOR, MI — Even Luke Edwards agreed the evidence incriminates him in the death of his wife, the prosecutor argued during closing arguments Monday morning. “It all comes down to ID,” Kati Rezmierski, Washtenaw County assistant prosecuting attorney, said May 5. “Is it two blackmailers or is it him?
Charges dropped against 7 pro-Palestine protesters at University of Michigan

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

PITTSFIELD TWP., MI - Charges against seven pro-Palestine protesters have been dropped. A prosecutor with the Michigan Attorney General’s office moved Monday, May 5, for the cases to be dismissed during a hearing before 14A-1 District Court Judge J. Cedric Simpson. A crowd of people, many wearing keffiyehs, greeted the news with cheers and applause.
ICE says it notified Washtenaw County sheriff before arrest outside court

1 week ago | mlive.com | Jordyn Pair

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it did notified the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office before making arrest outside an Ypsilanti court, contrary to claims from that office. An ICE deportation officer notified Washtenaw County dispatch as well as courthouse deputies that he was in the area and looking for a suspect, according to an ICE spokesperson.