COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County District Court Judge Brent Weigle says overall the county is still a safe community and a great place to raise a family, but suggests such safety right now is at risk.
Judge Weigle’s stance on community safety was addressed as part of his comments during an appearance this week at Tuesday’s meeting of the Coldwater Noon Rotary Club.
According to Weigle, we are at a tipping point and he believes we could lose something that we take for granted. He repeated that Branch County has been safe but in his opinion, we are truly close to losing that.
Weigle said the sale and distribution of child pornography and even people taking pictures of themselves with child victims is what he termed a trend in our community. He said this is included in crimes we hadn’t normally seen in Branch County and in his words, “this kiddie porn is unbelievable, it’s scary”.
