WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A Plymouth Township couple facing charges after their three dogs allegedly attacked a jogger in March are now accused of child abuse and torture.
Kelita Yolanda Jackson-Holland and Edward Alan Turner are facing numerous charges, including distributing drugs, felony firearm and first-degree child abuse.
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They are already facing charges after their three dogs got loose in March and attacked a jogger.
Local 4 obtained the police reports on Jackson-Holland and Edward Alan Turner’s arrests through the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the police report, Jackson-Holland allegedly zip-tied one of her grandsons, cut his hair off with a knife and waved a machete in his bedroom.
Police respond to fight
According to the police report, Plymouth Township police responded to a 911 call on May 7 at around 6:45 a.m. in which Jackson-Holland reported her two grandsons were fighting in the front yard.
The grandsons, confirmed to be brothers, were separated by police.
One of the grandsons was holding a phone and pieces of hair, and appeared emotional and crying. While police were trying to gather information, Jackson-Holland yelled to the officers that one of her grandsons had stolen her 9mm handgun, and he needed to go to jail.
Jackson-Holland told police that one of her grandsons had a photo of her stolen handgun on his phone, leading to her grabbing the phone from him. Then the grandson took his brother’s phone and began arguing, leading to the fight outside.
Grandson zip-tied, threatened
According to a police report, one of the grandsons told a detective in an interview that Jackson-Holland woke him up at knife-point with a machete. She allegedly hit the wooden bed frame with the machete, in which he said left marks on the bed. She asked her grandson where her gun was while wielding the machete.
In the police report, Jackson-Holland allegedly yelled, “I’m gonna cut off the hand you took it with!” at her grandson.
At one point, she allegedly tried to tie him up with a rope, but ended up zip-tying his wrists and cutting his hair with a gold and green knife after the machete was unsuccessful in cutting his hair.
The mother of Jackson-Holland‘s grandsons told police that she and Jackson-Holland have a history of abuse between them, but did not elaborate. She said she wished to press charges on behalf of her son.
Teen’s injuries
According to the police report, Jackson-Holland’s grandson, who was allegedly zip-tied, had multiple apparent injuries to his face, cuts on his hands, ligature marks on his wrists and his hair was cut off. The teen declined medical attention and was turned over into the care of his sister.
Police search home
Police executed a search warrant at the Plymouth Township home.
During the search, police found slash marks on a bunk bed, along with broken zip ties and a gold and green knife.
In the police report, officers said Jackson-Holland and Turner are in a dating relationship and had been living in Jackson-Holland’s home, based on finding numerous medication bottles labeled under their names.
Police continued the search in Jackson-Holland and Turner’s bedroom and found hallucinogenic mushrooms, suspected cocaine and 100 small dime bags.
Police said they also found a loaded S&W M&P 15 rifle loaded with 50 rounds of live .223 ammunition and an unloaded Maverick Arms 12-gauge underneath a dresser in the bedroom with the serial number scraped off.
Officers also found a small metal jewel container filled with a large amount of loose suspected cocaine in the basement.
What Jackson-Holland said happened
When police interviewed Jackson-Holland, she allegedly admitted to threatening her grandson because she said he had stolen her gun. She said, “I threatened him a little bit. Look, I shook him up.”
“I put a zip-tie on him because I didn’t want him running,” she allegedly stated. “I told his brother to put one on his legs.”
Jackson-Holland said her son found the handgun stashed in a closet. She said she put the gun back in her nightstand, where she initially kept it. Police said it wasn’t in the nightstand when they searched the home, and she did not offer more information on where the gun could be.
She then asked for a lawyer and stopped talking to police.
Child abuse, drug charges
Jackson-Holland and Turner were charged with first-degree child abuse, torture, unlawful imprisonment, felonious assault, and domestic violence. Both were given a $25,000 cash bond -- no contact with any minors or possession of any weapons.
They were also charged with distributing and manufacturing controlled substances, two counts of felony firearm and firearm safe storage violation.
Both are scheduled to appear in court on May 29 for preliminary examinations.