The person who destroyed a statue this weekend in Adrian had no specific motive for the crime, but alcohol “appears to have been a factor” in their decision to break it, police said.

An innocent bystander was injured over the weekend when shots were fired from one vehicle to another in Adrian, police said.

One person was taken into custody after a man called 911 to report he’d been shot in the head, according to Adrian police.

An Adrian man and former Christian school teacher has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on child porn charges.

ADRIAN, Mich. – A man has been charged with open murder after two men were killed in Adrian, according to police. Christopher Lee-Ryan Carden, 34, is accused in the killings of Robert Braman, 67, and Samuel Compton, 82, both of Adrian, authorities said. Adrian police officers were called at 10:30 p.m. Friday (Jan. 15) to a home in the 900 block of Frank Street, officials said. Carden crashed the stolen vehicle and was taken into custody without incident after a fleeing the crash scene on foot, according to officials. He is charged with two counts of open murder, one count of unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle and one count of third-degree fleeing a police officer.

ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian police are investigating a stabbing at a Meijer store that left an 85-year-old Lenawee County resident dead. Police were dispatched to the store at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday of a stabbing in progress. They were advised that a CPL holder intervened and was holding the suspect at gunpoint. Police took the suspect, a 29-year-old Adrian resident, into custody. LaMar Rufner at 517-264-4808.

ADRIAN, Mich. – Police are searching for a man with a black bicycle who robbed a gas station in Adrian, officials said. The strong-arm robbery happened around 11:50 p.m. Saturday at the Shell Spee-D-Mart at 507 West Beecher Street, according to authorities. Police said the man was last seen riding a black bicycle north on North Main Street. He is in his 20s, about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and has a thin build, witnesses said. Anyone with information is asked to call Adrian police at 517-264-4853 or 517-264-4834.