CRIME & SAFETY
Police: Sunridge Apartments arson suspect lit boyfriend's clothes
FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - The woman accused of starting a fire at Sunridge Apartments last week that damaged two buildings was getting back at her boyfriend, police say. Court records show 39-year-old Yavonda March was arraigned Monday on three counts of first-degree arson. Investigators say she set fire to...
Dog Starved to Death in Michigan, Woman Faces Charges
On April 28, the Genesee County Sheriff released a statement announcing that a woman faces two felonies in Flint, Michigan. She was arrested for animal abuse after starving a dog, which eventually led to the canine being euthanized. Woman faces two felonies after starving dog to death in Flint On April 23, authorities rescued two […] The post Dog Starved to Death in Michigan, Woman Faces Charges appeared first on DogTime.
Charges being considered in death of MSP Trooper killed in line-of-duty
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - The Saginaw County Prosecutor’s Office is considering charges in the death of a Michigan State Police Trooper. Trooper Joel Popp died on Jan. 24 when he was hit during a traffic stop on I-75 in Birch Run. Popp leaves behind a wife and young daughter....
MSP: Flint man throws bottle at car during road rage incident
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WNEM) - Michigan State Police are investigating an alleged road rage incident that happened on southbound I-275. On Wednesday, May 1 at 6:40 a.m., the Detroit Regional Communication Center received a call from Plymouth Township Police about a possible freeway shooting involving two people. MSP said the...
Man arrested for deadly hit-and-run in Flint Twp.
FLINT TWP., Mich. (WNEM) - A man has been arrested in connection to a deadly hit-and-run in Flint Township. Officers from the Flint Township Police Department responded to S. Ballenger Highway south of Miller Road about 5:40 p.m. on Monday, April 22 for a crash involving a pedestrian. Upon arriving...
Suspect in Vassar homicide not guilty by reason of insanity
CARO, MI — Last spring, a man was found shot to death inside a family cottage in Vassar Township. Nearby lay the carcass of his cat, also dead from gunfire. Police quickly arrested a suspect in the killing, who recently was found not to be criminally responsible for the homicide due to his psychological state.
Woman hospitalized after rollover crash in Grand Blanc
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A woman was taken to an area hospital after her car went off the road and flipped in the Grand Blanc area Monday morning. The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. on Saginaw Road near McCandlish Road. A police officer at the scene said...
Former Flint funeral home catches fire, cause under investigation
FLINT, MI – A Sunday evening fire at what was once a Swanson Funeral Home on the corner of East Hamilton and Martin Luther King avenues in Flint left the long-vacant building damaged but not destroyed, officials told MLive/The Flint Journal Monday. The fire was reported around 11 p.m....
Swartz Creek students recovering a week after serious crash
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (WJRT) - Five students injured in a serious crash in Mundy Township last week continue recovering. The crash happened Tuesday on Maple Avenue west of Linden Road in front of Morrish Elementary School. Police say the the driver lost control, then crossed the center line before driving...
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