CRIME & SAFETY
16-year-old killed in crash during police pursuit in Michigan
BARRY COUNTY, MI -- A 16-year-old was killed in a crash during a police pursuit, the Barry County Sheriff’s Office reports. It happened at 10:21 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, on Coats Grove Road near M-66. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on...
Student, 16, found with loaded gun at Kalamazoo school
KALAMAZOO, MI -- A Kalamazoo Central High School student was found with a loaded gun on Monday, April 22, according to Township of Kalamazoo Police. A staff member discovered a 16-year-old student in possession with a stolen firearm. Township of Kalamazoo Police officers detained the student after arriving at the school, 2432 N. Drake Road, at roughly 2 p.m.
After refusing to wear pants, defendant waives right to attend murder trial
KALAMAZOO, MI — After five years of distractions, delays and disruptions, a trial began in a 2019 Kalamazoo murder case this week — without the defendant present in court. Anthony Osioni Ozomaro, 37, was sequestered elsewhere at the Pratt Justice Center as a jury began hearing testimony Wednesday, April 24. He is charged with the murder of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Nikkole Riojas on March 8, 2019.
Crime-fighting initiative 'Silent Observer' marks 50th anniversary in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Crime fighting organization Silent Observer celebrated its 50th year in 2024. Ruth Hoag, a security guard working at First National Bank in Kalamazoo, helped start the organization sometime in 1974. At the time, there were numerous bank robberies happening, and Hoag said she wanted to help...
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