COLDWATER, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A Sturgis man who is facing 11 charges in connection with a fatal hit and run crash in Branch County’s Sherwood Township waived his District Court preliminary exam on Thursday.
The case against 42-year-old Daniel Gerard Silich was bound over to Branch County Circuit Court where an arraignment was scheduled for July 19.
Among the charges Silich is facing is second degree murder in connection with a hit and run crash on April 5 which led to the death of 13-year-old Landen Risner.
Risner was among three children who were struck while they were riding their bikes in the area of Ralston and Arney Roads near their Sherwood Township home.
Silich is being held in the Branch County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
Besides the second degree murder count, Silich is facing charges of manslaughter with a motor vehicle, failure to stop at the scene of an accident when at fault resulting in death, reckless driving causing death, tampering with evidence, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death, reckless driving causing serious impairment of a body function, failure to stop at the scene of a personal injury accident, using methamphetamine and operating without a license.
He was arrested on May 5 following a Michigan State Police investigation.
