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Suspect arrested, stolen guns retrieved in Jackson County home invasion
Updated May 18, 2021;
Posted May 18, 2021
Blackman-Leoni Public Safety Officials and the Jackson Fire Department respond to a hazardous materials call at Chemetall on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (Brian J. Smith | MLive.com) MLive Media GroupMLive Media Group
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JACKSON COUNTY, MI After a two-day search, a suspect in a Leoni Township home invasion was arrested Tuesday afternoon, police said.
At 12:39 p.m. Sunday, May 16, Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety officers were sent to the 4300 block of Page Avenue for a reported home invasion in progress.
The suspect was gone by the time officers arrived, Director Mike Jester said, adding that several firearms had been stolen from the residence.
Young father needs a kidney, prom offers sense of normalcy: Jackson headlines May 1-6
Posted May 07, 2021
Nick Tompkins holds his son, Levi for a picture. Tompkins is seeking a kidney donor as his kidneys are functioning at 10%. Photo courtesy of his wife, Kelsey Tompkins.
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After getting COVID-19 last fall, Nick Tompkins’ kidney function plummeted to 10%.
Tompkins, 24, of Blackman Township has IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease that causes a lack of filtration and a weaker immune system. He’s battled it since he was about 10 years old, but when he got COVID-19 in November, his kidneys went from functioning at 25% to about 16% in January, and then to 10% shortly thereafter.