2:00 PM Sep 26, 2011
Police/Fire

Man surrenders in gun death at K’zoo apartment

Police said a 22-year-old man surrendered soon after shooting a 29-year-old man to death in the hallway of a Kalamazoo apartment building on Saturday night. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said the killing happened about 10:40 p.m. at the Fox Ridge Apartment Complex. They said officers found the victim lying in a second-floor hallway. He lived in the apartments. So far, police haven't released the names of the victim or the suspect, who's also a Kalamazoo resident. He's in the Kalamazoo County Jail on an open murder charge.
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12:29 AM Sep 24, 2011
Police/Fire

Authorities: Inmate targeted Michigan lawmaker

Authorities said Friday that they've thwarted a potential kidnapping or murder-for-hire plot by an inmate who was targeting a Michigan state lawmaker. Few details have been released about the threat. Authorities said the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. They say the plot was being developed by a prisoner in a correctional facility who has since been isolated. Democratic state Rep. Barb Byrum of Ingham County's Onondaga issued a statement thanking the Michigan State Police for uncovering the plot.
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12:21 AM Sep 24, 2011
Police/Fire

Pilot killed in plane crash along highway in Allegan County

Authorities said a small plane clipped a FedEx semitrailer and crashed along U.S. 131 near a small airport in Allegan County this morning, killing the pilot. The crash happened near the Plainwell Municipal Airport, about 35 miles south of Grand Rapids. State police said 73-year-old William Frank Beswick of Holland died in the crash. Paul Brindley, who runs the airfield, told the Kalamazoo Gazette a wing of the plane clipped the trailer of a northbound semi as the plane was landing. Brindley said the pilot, the only one on board, was flying from the Holland area.
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11:00 AM Sep 23, 2011
Police/Fire

Man dies after SUV runs off road, catches on fire

One man is dead after a one-vehicle crash early this morning off Holton-Whitehall Road in Muskegon County's Blue Lake Township. The accident happened shortly after midnight between Hyde Park and Automobile Roads. State police said the driver of a white Chevy Blazer went off the road, near an area residents call "Dead Man's Curve,' went down a 20-foot embankment and hit several trees. First-responders said the sport utility vehicle was smoking when they arrived, then caught fire with the man still inside.
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12:00 PM Sep 23, 2011
Police/Fire

Michigan fugitive arrested at western N.Y. motel

Authorities said a man charged in a rape investigation in Michigan has been captured in western New York. The Ontario County Sheriff's Department said deputies were tipped off that 42-year-old Timothy Seeman of Manton, Mich., was working at construction project and staying at a motel in Hopewell, 30 miles southeast of Rochester. Officials said Seeman attempted to flee on foot when he was located around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, but was quickly apprehended by deputies. He was charged with being a fugitive from justice and sent to Ontario County Jail without bail.
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2:30 PM Sep 23, 2011
Police/Fire

Man threatens to shoot 2 Ottawa County deputies

A 60-year-old man faces felonious assault charges after threatening to shoot two Ottawa County deputies on Thursday. Police were called to the 4300 block of Heritage Drive in Georgetown Township shortly before 7:30 p.m. on a complaint that a resident was assaulted over a parked vehicle. When the two deputies approached the suspect's residence, the man pulled a gun on the deputies and threatened to shoot them.
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1:04 PM Sep 22, 2011
Police/Fire

Muskegon man to be sentenced in SLT home invasion

A Muskegon man is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 7 in connection with the break-in of a Spring Lake Township home, where he also allegedly assaulted the female occupant. William Henry Nelson, 22, pleaded no contest to three of the four charges when arraigned Monday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. He will be sentenced on charges of first-degree home invasion, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration and larceny in a building. Nelson entered a not-guilty plea on an aggravated stalking charge.
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10:27 AM Sep 22, 2011
Police/Fire

Three injured in Jamestown Township 2-car crash

A Jenison man was seriously injured when his pickup truck was broadsided Wednesday evening in Jamestown Township, said Sgt. Bob Ruster of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. Lester Ball, 68, was driving his 1998 Chevrolet pickup truck south on Eighth Avenue when his truck was hit by a 2008 Honda Odyssey van, Ruster said. The van, driven by Jennifer Zuverink, 30, of Hudsonville, was westbound on Perry Street at about 7:20 p.m. and traveled through the stop sign at Eighth Avenue, Ruster said.
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10:25 AM Sep 22, 2011
Police/Fire

Firefighters battle warehouse blaze in Byron Center

Dozens of firefighters from four townships spent the night battling a warehouse fire in Byron Center. The fire broke out at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at Air Technologies, located in the 100 block of 84th Street S.W. The business makes air and gas compressors. Dispatchers said crews at the scene reported flames coming through the roof of the building. Early this morning, Kent County deputies closed off 84th Street near South Division Avenue to give firefighters space to deploy around the fire. The street was re-opened around 6 a.m.
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7:52 AM Sep 22, 2011
Police/Fire

Accidental drowning ruled in Coopersville man's death

The death of a Coopersville man found in the Grand River behind his boat in August has been ruled accidental, Detective Corey Allard of the Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police Department said today. Michael Kirby, 51, was reported missing the afternoon of Aug. 20 by a friend, James Cunningham. Cunningham was supposed to meet Kirby that morning to work on his boat in the Village Cove Marina, 900 W. Savidge St. in Spring Lake, Allard said.
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