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SPRINGFIELD -- The complex, multi- defendant case involving  the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Kenneth Lopez was back in court Wednesday , with four defense lawyers arguing police should not have been granted a warrant to search an apartment where the accused shooter was arrested. While the murder warrant that led to the arrest of Lee Rios isn't in dispute, the attorneys have taken issue with the broader search warrant , which led to the arrest of three other people on gun charges. But a prosecutor in the case told Hampden Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney Wednesday the search warrant was justified because the 196 Nursery St. apartment was the first place Lee Rios went after the slaying -- making it he most likely location for investigators to find forensic evidence .  Lee Rios, 24, is charged with murder in the killing of Lopez, whose body was found around noon on March 25, 2015, in the yard of a house at Dwight and Calhoun streets in the city's North End. Wednesda...

Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office" title="Source: Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office" width="180" style="border: 0px;" /> Source: Shiawassee County Sheriff 's Office Anthony Holloway (left) and Otis Smith CORUNNA, MI (WNEM/AP) - A woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in the shooting deaths of two men outside a Mid-Michigan Wal-Mart store and agreed to testify against two co-defendants. Erin Marie Mongar , 35 of Grand Rapids pleaded guilty to two counts of second- degree murder Tuesday , the Shiawassee County Prosecutor ’s Office said. Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss two counts of first-degree murder and other charges. Police said Mongar drove the getaway car in the murders of 31-year-old Joseph Carson and 39-year-old Anthony Hammond, both of Flint. Their bodies were found in January outside a Caledonia Township Wal -Mart. Police said the slayings stemmed from a deal to sell marijuana that was arranged online via Craigsl...