Mt. Pleasant man charged with child abuse, rape

Mt. Pleasant man charged with child abuse, rape

A Mt. Pleasant man is accused of multiple sex and domestic violence crimes including raping a child under age 13. Manny Marcel Smith, 36, is scheduled to be arraigned in Isabella County Trial Court by Magistrate Aaron Miller at 1:30 p.m. today after being named in a criminal complaint for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony that carries a minimum penalty of 25 years; second-degree criminal sexual conduct, a 15-year felony; fourth-degr…

Zebulon woman charged with misdemeanor child abuse

Shirley Richardson, 62, has been charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse following an incident earlier this month at Lakeland Elementary School.