A Scio Township woman fought off an armed intruder in the doorway of her home Monday evening, police said.

The 31-year-old woman was alone in the 200 block of Willow Tree Lane in Scio Farm Estates when she answered a knock at her door around 7:20 p.m., Washtenaw County Sheriff's Cmdr. Deiter Heren said.

Ypsilanti Police said this morning that a man who was slain Monday was shot to death when he tried to stop an acquaintance from robbing a drug dealer.

Ypsilanti Township fire investigators will be talking today to the owner of a rental house that was damaged in a fire early today because the tenant was using an oven to heat the house.

Capt. David Webb said the house at 1400 Andrea Street had not had a working furnace since July, and had no smoke detectors.

• Local music community mourns Asheton

• The 2007 interview with Stooges' guitarist Ron Asheton of Ann Arbor

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Famed rock-and-roll guitarist and longtime Ann Arbor resident Ronald "Ron" Asheton was found dead in his home on the city's west side this morning, police said.

Asheton, 60, was an original member of The Stooges, a garage-rock band headlined by Iggy Pop and formed in Ann Arbor in 1967.

The trial for an Ypsilanti man charged with robbing a Pittsfield Township restaurant at gunpoint is under way.

Jury selection began this morning for Robert Anthony Stone, 22, who faces three counts of armed robbery and two counts of assault in the April 5 heist at the Red Robin, 3797 Carpenter Rd.

Ypsilanti police are investigating the homicide early today of a 23-year-old man.

A man armed with a small, black handgun robbed an Ypsilanti Township convenience store Friday evening, police said.

The suspect, in his 20s, entered the Dairy Mart on Grove Road in Ypsilanti Township wearing a dark ski mask, baggy jeans and a multi-stitched leather jacket.

The suspect fled on foot. A canine search was unsuccessful, according to reports from the Washtenaw County Sheriff Department.

No further details were available.

OAK PARK -- A 16-year-old boy accused of killing an Oak Park police officer appeared in court by video camera to hear the first-degree murder charge.

Jonathan Belton is being charged as an adult in Oakland County. His attorney entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf Friday in 45-B District Court in Oak Park.

A Jackson attorney has been jailed after admitting he looted a $1 million estate.

Court documents indicate Richard McQuillan wrote checks of up to $200,000 each to himself from the estate of Robert T. Howard.

Jackson County Probate Judge Diane Rappleye had ordered McQuillan to account for the missing money. McQuillan told the court Wednesday he stole more than $900,000 and juggled money among a number of clients in 2007.

Rappleye found McQuillan in contempt of court and sentenced him to an immediate 90-day jail term.

Howard's probate file indicates he died in 2006 at the age of 84.

McQuillan could face embezzlement charges with penalties of up to 20 years in prison.

AP Belton in court this past Monday.

A resident of Howell, Samborski was fatally shot early Sunday in Oak Park, a Detroit suburb, following a traffic stop.

The 28-year-old was buried Wednesday. He leaves behind a wife and young child as well as other family members.

Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper said in a statement Thursday that she has authorized a warrant charging Jonathan Belton with first-degree murder.

A Friday arraignment was scheduled. A message seeking comment was left Thursday with defense lawyer Wright Blake.

Belton was charged Monday as a juvenile with open murder and possessing a firearm in the commission of a felony and is being held without bond.

• Coverage of Samborski's funeral Wednesday

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The University of Michigan professor and law student at the center of an alleged money-for-sex case received deferred sentences and were ordered to pay more than $1,000 in court fines and costs.

Yaron Eliav, 44, an associate professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, and the 22-year-old female U-M law student each had pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of using a computer to commit a crime.

Eliyahu Gurfinkel | The Ann Arbor NewsThe family of slain Oak Park Police Officer Mason Samborski weeps at his graveside Wednesday. Seated next to the casket is his widow, Sarah. Hundreds of people, including police officers from throughout Michigan, attended the funeral. Samborski, who grew up in Brighton and lived in Howell, was killed Sunday while on duty.

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A 21-year-old Ypsilanti Township woman answered a knock at her door at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday and a man pushed his way into her residence in the first block of Ohio Street, the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department said.

Chris Easthope was sworn in Tuesday as a judge in the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor.

From News staff and wire reports

Services are set for today in Brighton for a Howell resident and Oak Park police officer was shot and killed over the weekend.

Hundreds of police officers are expected to arrive in the city today to honor Officer Mason Samborski, 28, who was killed in the line of duty Sunday. He was married and the father of a 1-year-old.

A Chinese-food delivery driver was robbed at knifepoint Tuesday night after he was called to make a delivery at what turned out to be a vacant house on the 1300 block of Wright Street, Ann Arbor police said.

A Washtenaw County social worker reported being threatened with a knife Monday at the University of Michigan Hospitals.

Funeral services are set for Wednesday for an Oak Park police officer from Livingston County who was fatally shot during a struggle with a suspect.

A case against an Ypsilanti Township man accused of shooting and killing a neighbor's cat will go to a pre-trial hearing in January on misdemeanor charges of property destruction and unlawful discharge of a firearm.

At a hearing Monday afternoon, Washtenaw County 14-B District Judge John B. Collins ruled the prosecution did not prove the charge of felony animal torture that was filed against Daniel Boa earlier this month. Instead, the judge ordered the case to remain in district court on the two misdemeanor charges.

About 50 University of Michigan students may be forced to find new housing when they return from the holiday break after their fraternity was severely damaged by broken water pipes over the weekend.

Ann Arbor Police say the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house had also been buglarized but it was unclear if the incidents were linked.