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Chesterfield Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder in Wife's Death
A jury convicted Leonart Nazarko of a lesser charge of second-degree murder in Macomb County Circuit Court.

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A jury convicted Leonart Nazarko of a lesser charge of second-degree murder in Macomb County Circuit Court.

The restaurant owner presented a check to go toward a tech center in the children's library at MacDonald Public Library in New Baltimore.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations released hate crime statistics this week.
A 13-year-old boy gave emotional testimony Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens, according to The Macomb Daily.
The city's parking ordinance has changed this winter.
The following information was provided by Chesterfield Township police. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate convictions.
The lawyer for defendant Leonart Nazarko says prosecutors are expected to call his children to testify because they witnessed their mother's late 2009 murder in Chesterfield.
Little Camille's Pizza opened in the former Slippery Rock restaurant space on Washington Street.
Several candidates sought open seats Tuesday for New Baltimore City Council.
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David John Williams was arrested Monday night in Detroit by Troy police's Special Investigation Unit and the Criminal Intelligence Unit, Chesterfield Township police said Tuesday.
Chesterfield Township Board of Trustees are scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday in municipal offices on Sugarbush Road.
Gerald Terlep has given testimony about mental health in Macomb County Probate.
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Protesters flocked to downtown Mount Clemens Thursday as Chesterfield Township and the Michigan Attorney General aim to close Big Daddy's Hydroponics on Gratiot.
As Big Daddy's Hydroponics headed to Macomb County Circuit Court Thursday, dozens of medical marijuana supporters and patients protested Chesterfield Township and the state's attempt to shut down the business.
An arrest warrant has been secured for the 44-year-old man accused of robbing an elderly Richmond woman in Chesterfield.
Supporters of medical marijuana are scheduled to protest from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday in front of Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens while a hearing for the Chesterfield Township case to shut down Big Daddy's Hydroponics takes place that day.
Chesterfield Township and New Baltimore have designated trick-or-treat hours.
On heels of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette joining Chesterfield Township's lawsuit against the medical marijuana dispensary on Gratiot, Big Daddy's says it's fighting back.