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CRIME & SAFETY
Sheriff's office wants to hear from people who saw truck involved in fatal crash
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office wants to hear from drivers who "were passed by, followed by, or observed a red pick-up truck" that was involved in a crash that killed a Traverse City man earlier this month. On May 3, a 26-year-old Imlay...
Motorcyclist sustains 'life threatening injuries' after crash in Grand Traverse County
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Traverse City man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a crash in East Bay Township on Wednesday, according to Michigan State Police. State police said troopers were dispatched for a report of a crash on Garfield Road near 3 Mile Road. Based on...
19-year-old Ohio man arrested after burglary in Traverse City
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Traverse City Police are investigating a burglary at a business on Union Street. The incident happened early Wednesday morning. Police said they were alerted by the store's corporate company that there was someone in the store after hours who was seen on a security camera.
Family, Traverse City Police remember Sgt. Dennis Finch during National Police Week
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- It's National Police Week; a week that honors officers who lost their lives while on duty. Every year, the Traverse City Police Department and the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office honor a fallen colleague with a memorial ceremony. Sergeant Dennis Finch, who worked for Traverse...
Downstate man sentenced in Menominee County on cocaine charge
MENOMINEE, MI— A Traverse City man has been sentenced in Menominee County on a cocaine charge. Raymond MacLeod, 39, was given 18 months to 4 years in prison. Last October, Michigan State Police conducted a traffic stop on US-41 near Snow Road in Nadeau Township. During the investigation, a K-9 was deployed. The dog alerted troopers to 8 grams of cocaine in the passenger compartment.
Fallen Michigan Conservation officers remembered in Roscommon
ROSCOMMON COUNTY — Conservation officers from Michigan were remembered during a ceremony in Roscommon County on Wednesday. A Memorial Day ceremony for peace officers also was held at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center earlier Wednesday. Seventeen fallen conservation officers were remembered, including an officer from Traverse City. Lt. Jeremy Payne, the district law supervisor of the Law Enforcement Division of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, said being a conservation officer is dangerous work.
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