Since the shootings this week at Oxford High School in Oakland County, the Berrien County Sheriff's Department says several false threats have been made to area
A Niles man is facing charges after police say he shot a Michigan State Police trooper this month. Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli says 24-year-old
A Niles man is facing charges after police say he shot a Michigan State Police trooper this month. Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli says 24-year-old
A Niles man is facing charges after police say he shot a Michigan State Police trooper this month. Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli says 24-year-old
It isn’t just police who have noticed an increase in gun crimes in Berrien County over the last couple of years. Police say most are in the Benton Harbor and Benton Township areas. Berrien County Prosecutor Steve Pierangeli tells WSJM News he’s seen it just anecdotally through the cases he’s handled. However, he’s also run some numbers.
“When I ran numbers on a basket of different types of gun crimes, from 2019 to 2020 it was up 95%, so it’s definitely increasing,” Pierangeli said. “Those are crimes including carrying a concealed weapon, felon in possession, discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle or discharge at a building.”