John Agar

6 days ago | mlive.com | John Agar

KENT COUNTY, MI – A drug team seized cocaine and fentanyl with an estimated street value of over $1 million in a raid in Grand Rapids. Kent Area Narcotics Team, or KANET, seized 11 pounds of cocaine and 1.7 pounds of fentanyl recently using a search warrant at a house on the city’s Southwest Side. Police arrested a Grand Rapids man with a history of drug offenses. “This was a result of our detectives working relentlessly to keep deadly drugs off the street,” sheriff’s detective Lt. Rob Porter said.

6 days ago | mlive.com | John Agar

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – A driver was killed early Friday, April 18, in a fiery crash in Comstock Township. The vehicle was engulfed in flames when Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputies reached the scene. The single-vehicle crash was reported at 12:47 a.m. on East Main Street near Magnolia Street. The vehicle left the road, struck a tree, and then caught fire. The driver, alone in the vehicle, died at the scene. His name has not been released. Police said speed appears to be a factor in the crash.

6 days ago | mlive.com | John Agar

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Two people were killed Thursday, April 17, in a single-vehicle crash in Richland Township. The driver was arrested on an undisclosed charge, Kalamazoo County sheriff’s deputies said. The crash happened around 7:50 p.m. near the 10000 block of North 32nd Street and Baseline Road. Two of the occupants were pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver was taken to the Kalamazoo County Jail. The crash remains under investigation, police said.

1 week ago | mlive.com | John Agar

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Firefighters who were training on the Grand River on Wednesday, April 16, rescued a fisherman who became trapped in the water. Rescuers in a boat found the fisherman near the Blue Bridge in water up to his neck. He was rescued, taken to shore and reported to be OK.

1 week ago | mlive.com | John Agar

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After three years of legal fights, an attorney for former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr expects that many potential jurors have seen video of Patrick Lyoya’s killing. Or the protests. Or billboards. “We don’t want people who have already made up their minds to hear the evidence,” attorney Matthew Borgula said Wednesday, April 16, after a pretrial hearing.