(COLDWATER) – The Branch County Sheriff’s Department has announced the arrest of a Jonesville man in connection with the August 29th, 2016 incident at the Cary Lake Public Access site.
33-year-old Ricky Ledale Johnson was taken into custody at his home on Thursday night after the Branch County Sheriff’s Department obtained a warrant from the Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday.
Following his arrest by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, he was taken to the Branch County Jail. Johnson is facing charges of Failure to Stop at the Scene of Accident-When at Fault-Resulting in Death and being an Habitual Offender-third offense in connection with the death of 43-year-old Jonathan Arnold McGuire of Bronson.
Bond is set at $100,000 with an arraignment scheduled for Friday in Branch County District Court.
McGuire’s body was recovered from an upside down convertible which was submerged in three feet of water.
