The officers beat inmate John Paul Callaghan while trying to restrain and handcuff him after he assaulted one of the officers, according to a defense attorney. All four officers were fired after a ...

ADRIAN, Mich. (WOOD) — One of the four Ionia prisons will be closing in November because of a low prisoner rate. The prison set to close is the Michigan Reformatory, located on W. Main Street in Ionia ...

IONIA, MI – The former funeral director who stole an estimated $500,000 meant to pay for funerals will spend between 16 months and four years in prison. Marti Schrauben was the co-owner of the former ...

About two hours west of Detroit, just north of the 96 highway near a Menards store, sits 106 acres of farmland in Ionia Township. On this spot, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a ...

Michael David Elliot, #236879, escaped from the Ionia Correctional Facility (ICF) on Sunday, February 2, 2014, at approximately 1853 hours. Elliot is serving life sentences for four counts of Murder ...

IONIA, MI – The fact that a convicted murderer is guaranteed to spend the rest of his life behind bars isn't deterring the Ionia County Prosecutor from charging him with escaping prison and kidnapping ...

Misdemeanor charges of aggravated assault remain pending against the four defendants, who worked at Bellamy Creek ...