Police & Fire: Albion man enters plea in shooting of his mother

MAN ENTERS PLEA: David Siefert pleaded no contest Thursday to assault with intent to murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the Aug. 24 shooting of his mother, Patricia Siefert at their home in Sheridan Township near Albion. In exchange for his plea, charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a second count of felony firearm and being a habitual offender, will be dismissed. The woman said she awoke when her son began shooting at her with a .22 caliber rifle, apparently angry because she asked him to mow the lawn the day before. She was treated for a bullet wound to her shoulder. David Siefert will be sentenced on his 40th birthday, Dec. 1, by Calhoun County Circuit Judge Conrad Sindt.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:

• Warrants are being sought for two people after a woman, 38, said she was assaulted in the first block of Blair Street about 2:43 p.m. Saturday.

• Officers are investigating a report by a woman, 23, that her former boyfriend rammed her car in a gas station lot in the 400 block of West Michigan Avenue about 9:53 a.m. Monday. Police said the woman had minor injuries from broken glass but two small children in the back seat were not hurt.

• Two people were arrested after a woman, 38, called police to the 100 block of Freedom Lane about 7 p.m. Tuesday.

• A woman, 18, said she was injured when several other women, including the girlfriend of her former boyfriend, assaulted her while she was sitting in a car outside the man’s apartment. The incident was reported in the 600 block of Capital Avenue Northeast at 7:41 p.m. Wednesday.

BREAK-INS: (Values in parentheses) • Main Street, 200 block: home (undetermined), warrant for one.

THEFTS: • Meijer Inc., 2191 W. Columbia Ave.: alcohol (undetermined), one arrested. • The Buckle, 5775 Beckley Road: anti-theft sensor remover (undetermined). • South Washington Avenue, 400 block: air compressor (undetermined).

Call Silent Observer at 964-3888 or text CRIMES (274637) SOTIP or see www.crimereports.com with information about crimes.