Police Blotter
Fire stopped under mobile home
Sat, Nov 7, 2009
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP — Firefighters stopped a small blaze under a home when called to the Crockery Mobile Home Park on State Road late Friday afternoon.
Driver hurt by pumpkins thrown from overpass
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP (AP) — Police say a driver in a Detroit suburb has been injured after three pumpkins thrown from an overpass hit his truck.
Prisoner fatally shot at Mount Clemens hospital
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — A 32-year-old prisoner has been shot to death inside a suburban Detroit hospital's emergency room.
Man hurt in crash after falling asleep at wheel
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP — A Fremont man was injured Monday night when he fell asleep while driving his car and crashed into a tree.
Trees damaged in fort building effort in park
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
Several trees in Duncan Woods were damaged when they were broken off and used to build a fort in the city park late last week.
Mich. man gets life sentence in office killing
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
MUSKEGON (AP) — A 74-year-old Muskegon-area man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the office killing of a real estate agent.
Police investigating rash of church break-ins
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is investigating a series of break-ins at churches and businesses in western Ottawa County.
Allegan couple facing embezzlement charges
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
ZEELAND — An Allegan county couple is behind bars facing embezzlement charges after a Zeeland business owner discovered discrepancies in financial records.
Holland man charged with raping eighth-grader
Thu, Nov 5, 2009
ALLEGAN COUNTY — A Holland man will face trial on multiple charges of raping and assaulting a teenage girl in an Allegan home. One of the attacks allegedly occurred as he prepared a bottle for a newborn baby.
SL Township man injured in morning crash
Mon, Nov 2, 2009
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP — A 76-year-old Spring Lake Township man suffered minor inuries after he swerved his car to avoid a deer in the road and hit a tree.
Man convicted in crime spree sentenced for escape
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
BIG RAPIDS (AP) — A man sentenced to more than 100 years behind bars for his role in a 2008 crime spree that included conspiring to kill a Morley couple has been sentenced in an escape case.
Volunteers fan Detroit to prevent fires
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of volunteers have been working to prevent hundreds of vacant, abandoned and foreclosed homes in Detroit from being burned over the three-night period around Halloween known as Devils' Night.
Vorce sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
GRAND RAPIDS — A 32-year-old Grand Rapids man convicted of bilking millions of dollars from local banks will spend the next 12 years in a federal prison.
Marina employees rescue woman from SL
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
FERRYSBURG — Employees at Keenan Marina rescued a woman from Spring Lake just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, said Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police Chief Roger DeYoung.
Police investigating 1-car Leonard Road crash
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP — Police believe alcohol played a factor in an early morning accident along Leonard Road that sent one man to the hospital.
Police: Celeb-obsessed teens robbed famous victims
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES — For a group of Hollywood-obsessed teens, entertainment news on the Internet offered more than a glimpse into the lives of stars. It helped them break into celebrities' homes.
State trooper charged with 10 sex crimes
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
LANSING (AP) — A Michigan State Police trooper accused of sexually assaulting two women he met at a Lansing-area bar has been charged with 10 felonies.
Radical Islam group leader killed in raid
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
DEARBORN — A leader of a radical U.S. Sunni Islam group killed in a shootout with federal agents near Detroit repeatedly told followers that the government was the enemy and they must be willing to take on the FBI — even if it meant death, authorities said.
