Police Blotter
Jackson County addresses confuse ambulance crew
Wed, May 7, 2008
JACKSON COUNTY (AP) — An ambulance crew rushing to assist a man injured by a chainsaw was delayed when it went to an address on Lakeview Drive on Wamplers Lake, more than six miles from the actual accident scene — on Lakeview Drive on Sweezey Lake.
TV video shows officers kicking, hitting suspects
Wed, May 7, 2008
PHILADELPHIA — A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation.
Arrest made in Livingston couple's deaths
Wed, May 7, 2008
OCEOLA TOWNSHIP (AP) — Michigan State Police say an arrest has been made in the deaths of a couple whose bodies were found in their Livingston County home.
Man fined for driving drunk with daughter
Wed, May 7, 2008
MONROE (AP) — A Hamtramck man whose teenage daughter called 911 from a cell phone to say her drunken father was driving them down Interstate 75 near the Ohio boundary has been fined.
Genesee County reports surge in syphilis
Wed, May 7, 2008
FLINT (AP) — Flint-area health officials say they're monitoring a surge in cases of syphilis and are urging prostitutes, their customers and people with many partners to practice safer sex and get tested.
Burning odor forces jail inmate transfers
Wed, May 7, 2008
MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — A burning odor coming from an air handling unit forced the temporary relocation of inmates at the Macomb County Jail on Tuesday.
Man to pay nearly $40,000 for 2007 dune fire
Tue, May 6, 2008
Nearly a year after he set a North Shore Road field on fire, a 23-year-old Ferrysburg man was ordered to pay $39,670 in restitution Monday.
Bear sightings shake Fruitport Twp. residents
Tue, May 6, 2008
FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP — Some residents are uneasy about a new neighbor that's moved into their community — a black bear.
3 charged in pickup-bus crash, killing 3 teens
Tue, May 6, 2008
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP (AP) — Macomb County authorities have charged a 17-year-old they say drove a speeding pickup truck that hit a school bus, killing his three passengers.
Five children hurt in car-bus collision in GR
Tue, May 6, 2008
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — Five children have suffered minor injuries in a school bus crash in Grand Rapids this morning.
Texas trooper fatally shoots Mich. armed passenger
Tue, May 6, 2008
GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper shot and killed a Michigan man who authorities say confronted the lawman with a knife during a traffic stop.
Victims' photo help cops nab robbery suspect
Thu, May 8, 2008
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Police say they had no trouble tracking down a robbery suspect, because the victims had taken his picture while chatting with him at a bar a short time before the theft.
Philly officers taken off street after beating
Thu, May 8, 2008
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A police sergeant and five officers were pulled from street duty Wednesday as city officials investigated television footage showing a group of officers kicking and punching three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.
Toddler survives 2-story fall from window
Mon, May 5, 2008
HOLLAND — A 21-month-old Holland girl remains hospitalized with head injuries after falling from her home's second-story window Saturday evening.
Man convicted in Ludington drug-related killing
Mon, May 5, 2008
LUDINGTON (AP) — One of four defendants in a drug-related slaying in Ludington has been convicted.
Driver hits 2 pedestrians, killing 1 boy
Mon, May 5, 2008
NILES TOWNSHIP (AP) — A driver struck a 51-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy who were trying to cross a Berrien County street in a dark area of the roadway, killing the boy, police said.
Michigan couple found shot to death at home
Fri, May 2, 2008
OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP (AP) — State police are investigating the shooting deaths of a couple whose bodies were found in their Howell-area home.
Bride, groom plead guilty in reception spat
Fri, May 2, 2008
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York bride and groom arrested at their wedding reception after the bride trashed a set of conga drums in a spat with the band have pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
Air search, divers hunt for missing Wis. woman
Fri, May 2, 2008
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — Private businesses provided boats and a helicopter Thursday to help search for a Neenah woman who has been missing since last Saturday afternoon.
White Cloud man pleads in dog beating case
Thu, May 1, 2008
WHITE CLOUD (AP) — A 46-year-old White Cloud man accused of beating his dogs with a shovel and chain has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty.
