Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Betten Baker Automotive
“While it is sad to see the Witt Buick new car operation come to end, we are grateful the Buick tradition will continue right here in Muskegon,” said Jan Witt, owner of Witt Buick. “We are so proud of our business’s heritage and are confident in the Betten Baker team’s ability to care for new Buick customers long into the future.”
Witt will continue to operate the pre-owned sales portion from its downtown Muskegon location.
“We are excited to continue the over 100-year tradition of Witt Automotive. We will continue to sell pre-owned vehicles and provide service and collision repair with the same great staff our customers know well,” Witt said.
it s the price you pay sometimes knowing that when you re selling dogs or when you re advertising something that is pricey there is that possibility that somebody s going to come in and do harm to them or to the dogs or try to steal them. both suspects are convicted of robbery, but one of them, troy kabral, the gunman, is also convicted of assault and sentenced to eight years in prison. the other man, ryan betten, gets two years. lucky for them it s not dog years. speaking of dogs, the biggest question surrounding the case, what happened to the puppies? we got all the dogs back. the first suspect that we captured, he made some phone calls and managed to get all the dogs back to us. and we gave them back to the victims. so they probably sold them. so you install a security system, position surveillance cameras all around your home, and you think that would be
clothes, then rifles through the belongings of their teenage daughter and the woman who lives in the home. he then leaves the neighbor s home, enters the off-campus apartment building, takes a computer, and leaves, without a stitch of clothing. neighbors can t believe the man they ve known for years now has a bum rap. i m shocked, really. i m kind of happy that we know who it is and that, you know, he s going to be put away, you hope anyway. and it s a little disturbing that he lives right next door toll me. we hear it all the time. quiet guy, see him every day. we had no idea. do you have anything to say? michael victor pleads guilty to burglary, attempted burglary, indecent exposure, and criminal mischief. in april 2010 he s sentenced to 11 to 23 months in prison. he said he has some severe issues to deal with and he s in the process of dealing with those now, and he s going to upon release enter facility so that he can deal with the issue. he s very sorry, and he s going
and because the incident happens at an off-campus housing site where a few students from a nearby university live, the police are eager to unravel the mystery. we tried to keep the serious tone because he broke into an apartment where single young women live. they didn t know, were they dealing with someone who has a sexual predator background or were they dealing with just some kook they didn t know. so not only do the police release the surveillance tape to the media but they post it on the internet. and with a quick click of the mouth this invader s bare essentials debut around the world. he was able to walk right into the front door. at the time he s not dressed like you would expect an adult man to be dressed at 4:00 on a friday afternoon. the suspect tries to open different apartment doors to see if he can get in. found one that was unlocked, went inside, took his clothes off, trashed the place, left with a laptop computer, and he left behind his clothes. at this poin
burglars crawl through a doggie door located in the kitchen. they think no one sees them. but miles away, someone is watching. i was at the office. i wasn t there. i was watching a live video feed of my house. and there was a man in my house, and he was robbing me. yes, jean thomas is at her desk watching her own home being robbed. jean s a university travel counselor, works full time, and had installed a low-cost internet-based home surveillance system a few months earlier because she d been robbed once before. she s determined not to be a victim again. funny enough, her husband thinks it s a stupid idea. he thought it was absolutely crazy to buy it. i was like you know what? just humor me. i m going to purchase this. and i just have a feeling i will be able to save something. i had no idea that i would actually catch somebody red-handed in the act by a pure feeling there s a problem.