7:21 AM Aug 10, 2011
Police/Fire

Coast Guard seeks information on Holland rescues

The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking help from the public to identify those involved in the rescue of several swimmers from violent rip currents near the Holland State Park beach pier head on Aug. 3 by a Coast Guardsman, representatives from other agencies and local citizens. The Coast Guard is compiling information about the case and is seeking the identities of a male teenager and a female teenager who were rescued at about 2:45 p.m., as well as information from anyone who witnessed any of the rescues.
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11:31 AM Aug 9, 2011
Police/Fire

Former Gage employee sentenced for embezzling

A former Gage Motor Mall employee will serve 210 days in jail for embezzling more than $70,000 from the business where she once served as office manager. Amy Ruth Barnes-Trusty, 38, of Muskegon was also placed on probation for 60 months when he was sentenced Monday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. She will be allowed to participate in the work release program. Barnes-Trusty was ordered to pay restitution of $72,565, and pay fines and costs of $266. She was also sentenced to 210 days in jail for forgery. The sentences will be served at the same time.
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11:32 AM Aug 9, 2011
Police/Fire

Armed robbery suspect also charged in Muskegon County

A Holton man charged with the July 30 armed robbery of The Reef convenience store in Ferrysburg has also been charged with holding up the Kountry Korners store in Fruitport Township on the same day. Lt. Jim Christiansen of the Muskegon County Sheriff's Department said that John Lee DeJong, 50, was being transported to Muskegon for a line-up on Wednesday, when he asked to see the detective, then "confessed to doing it.' The man was arraigned the same day on charges of armed robbery and being an habitual offender, fourth offense, Christiansen said.
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10:59 AM Aug 7, 2011
Police/Fire

2 killed in separate motorcycle crashes in same area of GR

A Fruitport man and a Grand Rapids woman died after separate motorcycle crashes in the same area of a Grand Rapids freeway on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Donald Lavern Matthews, 56, of Fruitport was riding north on U.S. 131 at around 11 a.m. Friday when his motorcycle hit the back of a car that was stopped in traffic near Leonard Street, police said. Matthews was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Police said speed and alcohol were not considered to be factors in the crash.
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6:56 AM Aug 9, 2011
Police/Fire

Emergency crews douse wildfire on Dewey Hill

Firefighters had to put out an unexpected light show next to the Grand Haven Musical Fountain on Dewey Hill on Friday night. According to Sgt. Mike Ercole of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, crews from Ferrysburg, Grand Haven and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Marine Patrol were dispatched at about 10 p.m. on a report of a 50-by-50-foot wildfire on the hill. Ercole said the likely cause of the fire was because of fireworks that were set off in the area, but they aren't sure who launched the fireworks.
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11:40 AM Aug 5, 2011
Police/Fire

Burglary suspect caught; others remain at large

Police caught one of the suspects in a burglary in Norton Shores about four hours after the crime was reported. Norton Shores Police Chief Daniel Shaw said officers were called to a burglary in progress in the 6700 block of Grand Haven Road at around noon Thursday. The officers attempted to secure a 1-square-mile section of wooded property into which the suspects had fled on foot. Michigan State Police K-9 teams attempted to track the suspects; however, they were able to escape, Shaw said.
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11:39 AM Aug 5, 2011
Police/Fire

Police: Mich. man kidnapped, raped Montana woman

Police said a 45-year-old southern Michigan man kidnapped and raped a Montana woman after promising to give her a bus ticket home. Kelvin Hawkins was arraigned Thursday on charges including kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The Battle Creek man was ordered held on $500,000 bond and faces life in prison if convicted. Hawkins has requested a court-appointed attorney. Police said he met the 48-year-old woman Tuesday in the Detroit area and promised to drive her to Battle Creek, where he would give her a bus ticket to Billings, Mont.
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11:41 AM Aug 4, 2011
Police/Fire

Rip conditions plague Holland State Park, spare GH

Rip currents that took hold of more than 20 people at Holland State Park on Wednesday weren't as severe in Grand Haven, officials said. Melissa VanderVelde, the acting supervisor for Grand Haven State Park, said the issues that plagued Holland State Park on Wednesday did not effect Grand Haven's beach. "The wind was coming out of the north, so the pier was protecting us,' she said.
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11:28 AM Aug 4, 2011
Police/Fire

Man accused of breaking into GHT apartment office

A 35-year-old Grand Haven Township resident has been arrested after allegedly breaking into an office and stealing from its safe. Police said the incident occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Monday at the Grand Haven Club Apartments, 14868 Lakeshore Drive. When employees reported to work at 9 a.m., they noticed the office and safe had been compromised, police said. Investigators from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department said they located the male suspect on Tuesday after investigating and locating the suspect's vehicle.
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10:31 AM Aug 4, 2011
Police/Fire

Holland beach closed because of rip currents

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources closed the beach at Holland State Park two hours early Wednesday night because of dangerous rip current conditions in Lake Michigan. DNR officers instructed people to get out of the water and leave the beach area about 7:30 p.m., according to WZZM-TV. The beach normally closes around 9:30 p.m. A Coast Guard spokesman said emergency crews had rescued at least 20 people out of the lake by 7:30 p.m. Wednesday because of rip currents. At least 15 people had to be transported to area hospitals for treatment.
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