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Assault less than murder
A 35-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident was arrested Thursday for her involvement in a stabbing in Ypsilanti Township.
Police said the victim, a 35-year-old Ann Arbor resident, was stabbed in the chest. Police she was transported to an area hospital and released a short time later.
The incident occurred at 3:10 p.m. in the 30 block of Ohio Street. Police said the two females had an altercation that resulted in the stabbing.
Police said the suspect was transported to the Washtenaw County Jail, and will be arraigned later today.
On 8/27/2009 at 3:10 PM, WCSO Deputies were dispatched to the 30 block of Ohio Street in Ypsilanti Township
Burglary
Three suspects arrested Wednesday for burglarizing an Ypsilanti Township home have all been issued a $7,500 cash bond in their arraignment Thursday.
The Ann Arbor resident, 19-year-old Darrion Deante Stevenson, and the two Ypsilanti Township residents, 17-year-old Rahim Renard Smith and 18-year-old Ezra Joseph-Alan Flury, will stand in their pretrial next month.
Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies found the three suspects hiding behind East Middle School in a vehicle that a witness at the scene had identified to police.
Police said the witness reported three or four males running down the street carrying electronic equipment and fleeing the area in the vehicle mentioned above. Deputies responded to Timber Ridge and Grove Road at 1:25 a.m.
It was later discovered a burglary had occurred in the 1900 block of Timber Ridge.
The three were arrested and transported to the Washtenaw County Jail after a short foot pursuit.