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Branch County Man Arraigned Following Weekend Incident
By: Mike Stiles - Wednesday, December 30, 2020


(COLDWATER) – A Branch County man was arraigned Monday afternoon following a weekend incident involving his ex-girlfriend and her current boyfriend.

Branch County District Court officials say that 31 year old Aundra Smolek is charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of domestic violence and two counts of unlawful imprisonment.

Michigan State Police and the Bronson Police were sent to a house on Stoney Point Drive in Gilead Township just after 9 PM Sunday. A woman called and said her daughter sent her a text message that she and her boyfriend were not willingly able to leave her ex-boyfriend's house.

Troopers made contact with the woman and her boyfriend. They came to Smolek's house to retrieve some of her belongings, but Smolek allegedly showed a knife and said they could not leave until the woman performed sexual acts on both men. Smolek was eventually taken into custody.

Smolek is being held on a $50,000 bond in the Branch County Jail. He is scheduled to have a probable cause hearing on January 7 with a preliminary hearing set to happen on January 12.



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