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Benton Harbor continues to be aided by Michigan’s Secure Cities Partnership By: Matt Nagy
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. The Benton Harbor District Crime Prevention Squad has continued to grow their enforcement and community engagement by getting more guns off the street and hosting police-involved activities for the area’s youth.
The squad is a specialized police team made up by Michigan State troopers from the other four districts within the Secure Cities Partnership.
Between June 9 and July 4, the Benton Harbor squad made six arrests for carrying a concealed weapon, satisfied four felony warrants, a cocaine possession arrest, and satisfied one misdemeanor warrant.
July 6, 2021
Michigan State Police say they made several arrests and confiscated nine guns over the past four weeks in the city of Benton Harbor as part of the Secure Cities Partnership with the community. In their latest report, state police say three of the guns were confiscated during a single traffic stop on June 26 in which one suspect was arrested and charges will be sought for two others who ran off. On June 17 state police assisted Benton Township police with an armed robbery investigation at the AT&T and T-Mobile stores and on June 24, they assisted Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety with a shooting investigation. Troopers have also made a variety of warrant arrests, six for carrying a concealed weapon and one for assault. Community engagement efforts during the period included meeting with the owner of Rabbits carwash and talking with citizens at the Charles L. Yarborough Park and the Blossom Acres Apartments.
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Suspect surrenders following police chase, standoff on Lansing s west side
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LANSING – A man who reportedly sped away from police after they tried to to stop him on a weapons matter surrendered peacefully following a standoff in a west Lansing neighborhood on Monday afternoon.
The incident began about 2:18 p.m. when Lansing officers and Michigan State Police troopers tried to stop a driver at Washington and Oakland avenues, Lansing police said.
The driver ran his car into a trooper s vehicle and sped off, touching off a pursuit that ended when the suspect s vehicle crashed on West Ottawa Street, near Westmoreland Street, on the city s west side, police said.