A 59-year-old West Michigan parolee has pleaded no contest to bestiality after the sexual assault of his pet dog. Jose Sanchez entered the plea Friday in Muskegon County Circuit Court. He faces up to 22-and-a-half years in prison when sentenced on July 12. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but is treated as such for sentencing. Sanchez was convicted in 1998 of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a minor.

The disappearance of a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Matt Harshberger, director of the Pittsfield Township Department of Public Safety, told AnnArbor.com that his department was contacted Tuesday night by police in Merrillville, Ind., who had concerns about Dawn Fital, 45, after they detained the 44-year-old man.

Norton Shores Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect who robbed two stores in that Muskegon County city. The first robbery was around 5 p.m. Sunday at Game Hits West, a video game store on Harvey Street. Police said the robber told the clerk he had a gun and ran off with the money. The second robbery was around 3 p.m. Tuesday at an Admiral tobacco store on Sternberg Road. The suspect talked with employees and paid for a drink, then snatched money out of an open register.

A boy playing alone on a rope swing in his yard in Allegan County has died after the rope apparently became tangled around his neck. Police said Anthony Reyes was found Tuesday afternoon by family members outside his home in Ganges Township. State police said the rope was tied to a tree branch and used by the family's children. Authorities said the boy was 8 or 9 years old. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the boy's death appears accidental, but it remains under investigation.

Three Zeeland men were hospitalized after their sport utility vehicle went under a semitrailer at a Holland Township intersection on Monday, police said. Police said the accident happened shortly after 6:15 p.m. when Amrit Mundy, 23, of Brampton, Ontario, Canada, drove his semitrailer truck through a red light on southbound U.S. 31 at Quincy Street. Sgt. Brian Buter of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department said the empty semitrailer was struck by a 2006 Mitsubishi Endeavor being driven east through the intersection by 67-year-old Ron Sisouphone of Zeeland.

Ottawa County deputies said three men survived being run over by a semitrailer truck in a crash that closed U.S. 31 for nearly two hours on Monday evening. The accident happened around 6:15 p.m. on southbound U.S. 31 in Holland Township.

A 39-year-old Greenville man died Sunday after the boat he was fishing from overturned in a small Montcalm County lake. Don Sargeant died after falling into the water Sunday afternoon near Sheridan, about 35 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. A 72-year-old Fenwick man who was with him swam to shore safely. Two sheriff's deputies with life jackets swam to Sargeant and brought him to shore with the help of a rescue boat.Sargeant was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

Authorities said a 2-year-old girl died after being struck by a pickup truck driven by her grandfather as he was pulling out of his driveway in southwestern Michigan. The Kalamazoo Gazette reported the girl was struck about 8:30 p.m. Thursday in front of the home in Kalamazoo County's Texas Township. Names weren't immediately released. Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Pali Matyas said the initial investigation indicated that the death was accidental and the grandfather didn't see the girl.