Cops & Courts
WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP — Michigan State Police troopers report that an autopsy of the male found deceased in the fire at 19013 Fawn River Rd. Lot #29 on Monday, Jan. 30 is still in progress; no official cause or identification has been made at this time. The fire investigation was undetermined; no...
BURR OAK — On Jan. 30 around 9 p.m., St. Joseph County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a residence on Fifth Street in Burr Oak for a welfare check.
Deputies later learned the subject they were looking for was at the Sturgis ER seeking treatment for her infant child because it was suspected...
THREE RIVERS — On Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 a.m., Three Rivers Police Officers responded to a report of an auto theft at the Shell gas station on North Main St.
The stolen truck is a white 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 standard cab, short box. The truck has a visor over the windshield and custom paint on the...
CENTREVILLE — On Sunday, Jan. 29 around 10:08 p.m. St. Joseph County sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a damaged fire hydrant on E. Market St. near Clinton St.
It was determined that the fire hydrant was damaged by a vehicle that had been traveling westbound on E. Market St. The...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police officers stopped a compact truck for a lighting violation early Friday, Jan. 27 at Broadway Street and US-131.
During this stop, officers determined that multiple violations were possibly afoot.
The driver and passenger were detained while officers continued...
STURGIS — A Sturgis Police Officer attempted to stop a vehicle for an equipment violation in the area of N. Lakeview and E. Lafayette streets on Wednesday, Jan. 11 around 2:23 a.m.
The vehicle refused to stop for the officer and accelerated away from the squad car. Officers pursued the vehicle a...
THREE RIVERS — The Three Rivers Police Department recently conducted two traffic stops for equipment violations that led to arrests.
On Friday, Jan. 6, it was learned that the driver, a 30-year-old Jones resident, stopped at W. Michigan Avenue and Andrews Street was in violation of state vehicle...
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers police officers were contacted on Saturday, Jan. 7 by employees of the Twin County Community Probation Center who reported that an inmate was out of place and considered to have “escaped” from their program.
Officers were familiar with the 35-year-old man, began working...
NEWBERG TOWNSHIP — A 16-year-old Lansing boy was killed when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was hit by a tree, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.
On Wednesday, Jan. 4 around 6:35 a.m., a pick-up being driven by Michael Rinehart, 52, of Lansing, was northbound on M-40 south of...
PORTER TOWNSHIP — Cass County sheriff’s deputies were called Wednesday, Jan. 4, around 2:20 a.m. to assist Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department with a pursuit that had begun in Elkhart, Ind. and continued into Cass County.
Responding deputies located the suspect vehicle that was being pursued by...