3/9/14 - A Hazel Park man has been sentenced after trying to steal a utility trailer in Brighton Township. 55-year-old Jimmie Randall Coleman was ordered to serve 45 days in the Livingston County Jail and once released, heâll spend one year on an electronic tether. He must also complete 18 months of probation and was sentenced as a 4th time habitual offender. Coleman earlier pleaded guilty to possessing burglar tools, breaking and entering a vehicle in exchange for prosecutors dismissing a count of reckless driving. The incident occurred October 28th at a home on Moraine Drive after a resident had woken up, looked out his window, and noticed his motion-activated lights were on. The resident then saw a man coming out of his utility trailer. Coleman fled after realizing he had been spotted. However, troopers from the Michigan State Police Brighton Post on the way to the residence passed a dark-colored SUV traveling at a high rate of speed in the opposite direction and pulled it over. Troopers say Coleman was driving and appeared nervous but also had vegetation stuck to him from hiding in bushes, as had been described by the complainant. Coleman consented to a vehicle search, which turned up two bolt cutters, a pry-bar, a window wedge, channel locks, and seven flashlights. (JM)
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