John Tunison
Crime and Courts Reporter at MLive
Grand Rapids Press reporter, crime and courts.
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4 days ago |
mlive.com | John Tunison
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- A 35-year-old Muskegon driver had minor injuries after her vehicle struck a fire truck on westbound I-96. The truck and firefighters were on the freeway about 8 p.m. Sunday, June 22 to direct traffic because extreme heat caused pavement buckling. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies said the vehicle struck the fire truck near the 16 mile marker in Polkton Township. Police and firefighters shut down the westbound lanes for less than an hour to investigate the crash.
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4 days ago |
mlive.com | John Tunison
CENTREVILLE, MI -- A 13-year-old girl died when a vehicle rolled after the driver tried to pass another vehicle late Sunday, June 22. State police said a 19-year-old woman was driving a Dodge Charger west on M-86 near Shimmel Road about 9:30 p.m. when she tried to pass another vehicle. The Charger went off the road and airborne before rolling over. The 13-year-old, one of seven people in the car, was ejected and died at the scene. Police said the driver was from Three Rivers.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | John Tunison
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- Ottawa County has narrowed a list of candidates for the long-vacant county administrator job to three. The finalists were announced Friday, June 6.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | John Tunison
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Police in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo say they do not use license plate readers to check on immigration violations. Both agencies released statements Friday, June 6 after a Kalamazoo area man, Zach Lassiter, posted spreadsheet audits on social media of alleged police searches to the Flock database. Flock provides license-reader camera systems to police agencies nationwide.
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3 weeks ago |
mlive.com | John Tunison
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- Court records show a man used a rifle when he fired through the floor of an Ottawa County home’s upstairs, unintentionally killing a teen below. The details of the shooting are contained in a transcript of a brief probable cause hearing held before Ottawa County District Judge Judy Mulder. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies said they believe alcohol was a factor when Westen Meulenberg, 20, allegedly fired shots during a May 9 party at a Tallmadge Township house.
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