The Sparta woman watched in a Grand Rapids courtroom Thursday as her son, Troy Brake, 31 -- accused in a Sept. 29 quadruple slaying in Wright Township -- rejected a plea offer in two unrelated ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- While Ottawa County sheriff's detectives continue to investigate Troy Brake in connection with the recent quadruple slaying in Wright Township, Grand Rapids police are trying to ...

A jury on Thursday found Troy Brake guilty on four counts of first ... burned home in Ottawa County’s Wright Township, near Grand Rapids. Defense attorney Paul McDonagh had told jurors Brake ...

Troy Brake, 31, of Grant, was arraigned on four open counts of murder and three firearms counts. He would get a mandatory sentence of life without parole if convicted of first-degree murder.