Kentwood

  1. Man impersonating an officer attempted to detain two people

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    Authorities are seeking public help identifying a man who is suspected of impersonating a police officer in Sparta Township. The man claimed to be an off-duty officer Sunday, April 30 while attempting to detain two people, police said. There was no report of him carrying a weapon, according to police. Sparta police aren't releasing any other information regarding the incident or its open investiga…Read More

  2. Repeat sex offender gets prison for molesting teen

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    63 year old Ylario Morales Calanchi is headed to prison after pleading guilty to assaulting a teenager last year. Judge Marietti of Muskegon County's 14th Circuit Court on Monday sentenced Calanchi to a term in the Michigan Department of Corrections between 15 months and 7.5 years for assault with intent to commit criminal sexual contact. The crime was alleged to have occurred Nov. 19, 2016, in No…Read More

  3. Video shows women damaging party store before employee gets ran over in parking lot

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    Surveillance camera video shows three women damaging a party store moments before a store employee was run over in the parking lot. Workers at T & J Party store say they want to identify the women and have released the surveillance video and still images of them. The employee, had a broken pelvis, broken ribs, broken teeth and bleeding on the brain after the incident, according to a family fri…Read More

  4. 5 questions on Grand Rapids police racial bias and how Grand Rapids responded

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    Grand Rapids residents have spent the last two evenings publicly admonishing the city's police department following newly-released data proving implicit racial bias is a factor in traffic stops. The study shows black motorists are twice as likely to be stopped by police within the city limits as non-black drivers. "The findings are very disappointing," reiterated City Manager Greg Sundstrom. "This…Read More

  5. Verify: False information circulating in Steve Stephens manhunt

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    Your Facebook news feed has been flooded with posts on the manhunt for Steve Stephens. He's the wanted man accused of killing a random stranger on Easter and uploading video of the murder on Facebook. Some posts you may have encountered declare Stephens was on his way to Akron. Others say he was spotted in Painesville or Lorain, among other places throughout the region. We’ve talked to police, …Read More

  6. Jason Dalton in court Thursday for hearing on statements to police

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    Jason Dalton is in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court this morning for a hearing on a motion to suppress his statements in the hours following the 2016 mass shooting. Dalton, an Uber driver, is accused of going on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and two seriously injured Feb. 20, 2016, at three locations in Kalamazoo County. In a brief filed in Circuit Court March 22, Dalton's defense att…Read More

  7. Community debates Grand Rapids police after unarmed teens stopped at gunpoint

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    Mothers of five unarmed African American boys stopped at gunpoint by police were almost too emotional for words as they stood before the Grand Rapids City Commission Tuesday night. More than 300 people packed themselves into the city commission Tuesday night, many sitting on the floor, blocking aisle ways, and standing along the edges of the room for more than an hour as they waited for the publi…Read More

  8. Everything we know about fatal Ionia prison fight. But video still not released to public.

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    Dustin Allen Szot died from prison fight that no one will be criminally charged for, and video evidence of which may never be made public. Szot died Sept. 27, 2016, in the Michigan Department of Corrections' Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility after a fight with another prisoner that guards tried to break up with Tasers. Ionia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler on March 31 said that Szot died as the r…Read More

  9. Man pleads guilty in murder of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend

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    A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend in May 2016 pleaded guilty in the case Monday, April 10, in Kent County Circuit Court. The murder trial was scheduled to start Monday, but the defense and prosecution reached an agreement in front of the Circuit Judge Angel Villegas-Guzman pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and felony firearm charges, according to the prosecutor assigne…Read More

  10. Man dies from head injury suffered during assault on Friday

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    A man who showed up to the hospital with a serious head injury over the weekend has died. The victim, identified by Grand Rapids Police as Julius Melvin Vinson, 25, died on Monday, April 3. Police were called to Spectrum Health Butterworth just after 4 p.m. on Friday, March 31 because a man, later identified as Vinson, was being treated for a life-threatening head injury. After investigating the …Read More