Violent crime is down in Michigan since 2017 - breakdowns by city, campus, etc.

Good news! Violent crime is down in Michigan from last year.

Article here.

Man spent $100,000 with stolen credit cards

Sheriff's deputies say a Detroit man used stolen credit card information to buy $100,000 in merchandise, including $40,000 at Kent County businesses.


Article here (via mlive).

The arrest of Deandre Calhoun, 27, is one of several in recent days by Kent County sheriff's deputies investigating numerous identity-theft and credit card fraud cases, detective Sgt. Ben Cammenga said Tuesday, March 8.

Police say the suspects, from the Detroit area, used stolen credit card information to buy gift cards, iPads, electronic games and other products.

Former lunch lady pleads not guilty to bribing students to beat up classmate

The former Campus Elementary lunchroom aide who allegedly paid $1 to have a fourth-grader beaten up by classmates has entered a not guilty plea, according to Grand Rapids District Court records.
Brooke Wilson-Johnson, 19, was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, Dec. 11, but opted to walk into court on Monday, Dec. 9, and make a plea and pay $200 bail for the Oct. 7 incident that got her fired.

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630 Pounds of cocaine found on band's tour bus

The Texas Department of Public Safety says all eight suspects face charges of possession of a controlled substance related to the drugs worth $7.3 million.

Article here. 

Apparently it was a busy weekend in Grand Rapids

Multiple shootings kept the Grand Rapids police busy this past weekend.

 Police search for man with a gun near Boston Square, article here.

And, about five blocks away, multiple homes shot-up in SE Grand Rapids, article here.