COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was ordered to serve 18 months to 10 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered guilty pleas to two charges in connection with a September police pursuit between Coldwater and Bronson.
31-year-old Robert Manley Wilson Junior admitted his guilt to second degree fleeing and eluding and operating under the influence.
In exchange for his guilty pleas, prosecutors dismissed two counts of third degree fleeing and eluding and a charge of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer.
Prosecutors also agreed not to authorize any new drug charges arising from this incident or any other drug incident during the month of September in Branch County.
In another case, Wilson entered a guilty plea to a larceny charge and was given a six month jail term with credit for 120 days already served. A charge of unlawful driving away of an automobile was dismissed by prosecutors.
The pursuit started in the 400 block of West Chicago Street in Coldwater following a report of a van driving recklessly. It ended about a half hour later near the Dollar General Storeon on Bronson’s east side. Speeds got up to 80 miles an hour during the pursuit as it headed west on U.S. 12 and there were reports of at least a couple of near accidents.
Coldwater and Bronson Police along with the Branch County Sheriff’s Department were involved in the pursuit.
Online records from the Michigan Department of Corrections show that Wilson was discharged from prison last February after being sentenced in Branch County back in 2014 for attempted unarmed robbery.
