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  1. Poker player grabs cash, leads police on chase

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    Authorities say a poker player who grabbed cash and fled from a Michigan casino was arrested after a freeway chase that reached speeds of nearly 100 mph. The man was arrested Thursday night in Berrien County in southwestern Michigan following the theft earlier in the night at FireKeepers Casino near Battle Creek. Tribal police from the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi pursued him onto eas…Read More

  3. Elementary students switch school buses after fiery crash

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    Some Whitehall elementary school students got home safely Thursday afternoon despite their school bus being involved in a crash. Children were seen evacuating the school bus at around 4:20 p.m. The children were transferred from the damaged school bus to two other Whitehall school buses to complete their ride home. Whitehall Public Schools Superintendent Jerry McDowell said the bus was coming fr…Read More

  4. Homicide and gun charges for Muskegon teens move toward trials

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    Two Muskegon teens are headed toward trials in Circuit Court for their roles in an accidental May 2 shooting death. Davion Hewlett died from a shooting in a car in the parking lot of the Northway Bowling Center, 1751 Evanston Ave, in Muskegon Township. The two co-defendants charged in the case are the victim's brother, Dareese Hewlett, and Antwan Lashawn Crawford, both 18. Both men recently waived…Read More

  5. Newly installed fencing on parking garages in Grand Rapids deters suicides

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    The city of Grand Rapids installed special fencing on the top of its parking garages three years ago to help prevent suicides or falls. The move came after three people had died. Since the fencing was installed in 2014, the city has had one death associated with someone jumping from one of the city's seven parking structures. That death occurred in April. In Grand Rapids, fencing installation star…Read More

  6. 3 officers sent on leave while fatal police shooting under investigation

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    Three Grand Rapids Police officers are on a paid administrative leave for their involvement in the officer-involved shooting that killed an 18-year-old Grand Rapids man. Police said the three officers were placed on leave pending a Michigan State Police investigation, as is protocol following an officer-involved shooting. The department declined to comment on specific details in the case until aft…Read More

  7. Passenger dies while driver flees on foot after Grand Rapids crash

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    Police are investigating a fatal crash in which a male passenger was killed and the driver fled Wednesday evening at the border of Grand Rapids and Wyoming. The incident occurred around 11:05 p.m. at the intersection of Division Avenue and Alger Street, near the Log Cabin bar. Police determined an SUV was traveling north on Division approaching the Alger intersection when it struck the median. The…Read More

  8. License plate scanners get approval from Grand Rapids commission

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    The Grand Rapids City Commission is planning to move forward with the use of license plate scanning equipment to enforce parking in the city. The commission voted unanimously, 7-0, in its Committee of the Whole meeting on May 9, to seek bids for the scanners. A final vote to approve the measure is expected later. Though both the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan's western region unit and…Read More

  9. Alleged teen sex assault is false report says Kalamazoo Police

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    After investigating an alleged sexual assault of a teen, Kalamazoo County authorities are calling it a false report. The 17-year-old alleged victim told authorities Thursday she was walking along the street when a driver in a silver Toyota car approached her, forced her into the vehicle and sexually assaulted her in the 6300 block of Quail Run in Oshtemo Township. Tuesday, the family of the teen a…Read More

  10. 18 year old man shot by Grand Rapids police during gunfire exchange dies

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    Malik Carey, the 18-year-old shot by police after he fired at officers, has died at St. Mary's Hospital, a relative said.   Police also confirmed about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, that he had died.   Carey was shot after police say he fired upon them in the 1300 block of Dickinson Street SE in early afternoon.   Police initially responded to the area about 12:30 p.m. and made contact with Carey…Read More