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Jan 2011
Dec 2010
Incident Number:
#9350-10
Incident Type:
Flee and Eluding, Possession of Methamphetamine
Date and Time:
December 13, 2010 at 19:47
Incident Location:
City of Hartford,
Van Buren County
Suspect 1:
Name being withheld pending further information
Suspect 2:
Name being withheld pending further information
Vehicle:
Early 90’s White
Mercury
Grand Marquis
Information:
Sheriff Dale
Gribler reports that deputy’s attempted to stop a white Mercury Grand Marquis at
the intersection of Prospect Street and Maple Street in the City of Hartford on
Monday December 13, 2010 at approximately 7:47 pm.
Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle for erratic
driving when the vehicle rapidly accelerated onto Hilliard St, fleeing from
deputies after deputies attempted a traffic stop. The vehicle traveled to
Spaulding and then north to E. Main Street. The vehicle accelerated through a
stop sign, without
stopping at the
intersection of Spaulding and E. Main, before striking a stop sign and snow bank
at Spaulding and Oak. Both suspects in the vehicle exited and took off running.
Deputies attempted to chase on foot, but lost the suspects behind a row of
houses on Oak St.
Van Buren County Sheriff K-9 Xago was called to the
scene and tracked a suspect to an Apartment complex in Hartford. Suspect was
unable to be located within the apartment buildings. A search of the vehicle
revealed items for Methamphetamine use and Marijuana.
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to
call 269-657-3101 or Silent Observer at 1-866-774-2345 (or
click here to
Submit Silent
Observer tips on-line).
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Casey Davis (269) 657-3101 ext. 3835
Assisting Agencies:
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Narcotics
Office, Hartford Police Department, and the
Michigan State Police assisted in this incident.
Contact Information:
Sergeant Scott Schmitt or Operations Lieutenant Bob Kirk (269) 657-3101 at
email
Nov 2010
Oct 2010
Incident
Number:
800413-10
Incident Type:
Search Warrant, Operating-Maintaining Clandestine Methamphetamine Lab
Date and Time:
October 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Location: 120
S. Wendell Ave., City of Hartford MI
Suspect Information:
No Arrests made – pending
prosecutor review.
1. 43 years old Male -120 S. Wendell Ave.,
Hartford, MI
2. 35 years old Female - 120 S. Wendell Ave.,
Hartford, MI
Pending Charges: Operate-Maintain Meth
Lab involving Hazardous Waste.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler
reports the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit received
information from Hartford Police Department regarding a suspicious situation at
a store in Hartford. An off duty Hartford Police officer had been contacted by
store personnel regarding a suspicious purchase of items believed to be used in
the manufacture of methamphetamine. As the off duty officer observed the
subject, store personnel called out “Officer”, prompting the suspect to hastily
exit the store with his purchase of camp fuel and batteries. Store personnel
noticed that the subject fled the parking lot, leaving his female companion in
the store unaware of his flight.
Hartford Police Department was able to obtain a license
plate on the suspicious vehicle and identify the subject driving it by referring
to Jail photo’s on file.
Detectives also received an anonymous citizen tip
regarding meth production at the home. A brief investigation was conducted.
This information, along with the Hartford Police Departments observations was
presented to the prosecutor and Magistrate and a search warrant was obtained.
Narcotics detectives, with the assistance of Hartford
Police Department, executed the search warrant. A search of the home revealed
components-chemicals and vessels, used for the manufacturing of
methamphetamine.
The DEA Grand Rapids was contacted for clean up. Drug
& Laboratory Disposal was dispatched for Hazardous waste clean up.
Anyone with information can
contact the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office at (269) 657-3101, Crime
Stoppers 1-800-342-7867 or
Submit CrimeStoppers tips here.
Silent Observer (269) 343-2100, or
Submit
Silent Observer tips here
or your local Police Department.
Assisting
Agencies:
Hartford Police Department, DEA
of Grand Rapids, Drug & Lab Disposal of Plainwell.
Investigating Officers:
Van Buren County
Narcotics Unit
Supervisor Contact:
Bryan R. Stump D/Lt.,
Van Buren
County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, Ph# (269) 657-3101 Ext 208, Fax (269)
657-5161, email.
Mar 2010
Incident
No:
10-800117
Incident
Type:
Narcotic’s Warrant Arrests & Search Warrant.
Date:
March 24, 2010.
Location:
Covert Township & City of Hartford, Van Buren County.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that the Van Buren County
Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, Covert Township Police Department, along with
the DEA out of Grand Rapids Michigan have conducted a long term investigation
into the sales and distribution of controlled substances in the Covert and
Hartford communities.
The investigations have resulted in the issuance of arrest warrants for the
listed suspects. The investigations were for the sale and distribution of
cocaine (“Rock”) and what was represented to be Heroin. Another suspect was
indicted by the DEA a few weeks prior and is in Federal custody awaiting trial.
A search warrant was also executed at 520 S Center Street Apt-B13, Hartford
Michigan. This warrant was issued after the sale of cocaine from this location.
Cocaine residue, small amount of marijuana, scales, and currency was seized from
this apartment along with the arrest of BECKHAM.
All of the arrested suspects were lodged in the Van Buren County Jail
pending arraignment in the 7th District Court of Michigan. All of the suspects
have multiple delivery cases pending court action.
Pending Drug Charges:
The 23
year old female from the search warrant in Hartford was taken into custody for
delivery of cocaine and possession of marijuana. Name withheld pending
arraignment.
Arrested:
1)
Teywon Terrell Beckham, age 27
(Hartford Search Warrant)
520 S. Center Street, Hartford Michigan.
One Count Delivery-Manufacture Cocaine
$10,000 cash
2)
 2)
Shondel Solomon Newell, age 32
One
Count Imitation Manufacture or Distribution
$10,000 cash
3) Charles
Curtis Brown, age 58
One Count
Imitation Manufacture or Distribution
$3,000 cash
4)
4) David Carlton Hyler,
age 54
One Count Delivery/Manufacture Cocaine
$15,000 cash
5) Simona Robin Smith, age 28
One Count Imitation Manufacture or Distribution
$10,000 cash
6)
Raymond Joseph Freeman, age 51,
One Count
Delivery/Manufacture Cocaine
$25,000 cash
7)
Shaun Pierre GILL, age 39,
One Count
Delivery/Manufacture Cocaine
$3,000 cash
Assisting Agencies::
Covert Township Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Grand Rapids
MI, Van Buren County Uniform Response, Van Buren County Narcotic’s.
Anyone with information can contact the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office at
(269) 657-3101, Crime Stoppers 1-800-342-7867, Silent Observer (269) 343-2100
or your local Police Department.
Contact: On duty
supervisor, Bryan R. Stump,
D/Lieutenant, Office (269) 657-3101 x 208, Fax (269) 657-5160, Tri-Net Office
(269) 657-8296, or via
email.
Feb 2010
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Sep 2009
Incident Type/Arrests:
Counterfeit check arrests.
Date and Time: September
19, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.
Location: National
City Bank, located at 2 South Center Street in the City of Hartford.
Suspects Arrested: 9 male
subjects providing Mexico identification cards were lodged for uttering and
publishing. Names withheld pending arraignment in South Haven district court.
Information:
On 9/19/09 at 11:15am officers of the Hartford City Police Department received
from the National City Bank, located at 2 South Center street in the city, this
in reference to subjects in the banks drive thru window area attempting to pass
what they believed to be counterfeit checks. Officers responded and made
contact with individuals in a van which had no registration plate affixed to
it. Subsequently officers learned that this vehicle, and several other vehicles
had cashed counterfeit checked in excess of $8,000.
During the investigation officers seized approximately $3,000
from the detained suspects involved in this incident. Also a check of their
persons, and vehicle, yet more counterfeit checks were discovered that had
apparently not yet been cashed.
It is believed that the suspects passed/or attempted to
counterfeit checks in both that of Van Buren and Berrien counties.
9 suspects are currently lodged in the Van Buren county
jail, all of which identified themselves with Mexico ID.
Assisting Agencies:
Hartford City Police, along with deputies and detective from Van Buren County
Sheriff’s Office, are working in conjunction in relation to this crime.
Investigating Officer: Officer
Phil Lucas, Hartford City Police.
Supervisor Contact: Chief
Ramon Beltran, Hartford City Police Department 269-621-3225 or by
email.
Incident Type: VCSA
Drug
Crime Violations and Felonious Driving.
Incident #:
7159-09
Date and Time:
September 15th
2009 at 1:35 pm.
Incident Location: 300 block
of Bernard street located in the City of Hartford.
Suspects arrested: (names withheld pending
arraignment in South Haven district court.)
#1: 32
year old South Haven township man, subject lodged in the Van Buren County
Jail for felonious driving, possession of crack cocaine with the intent to
deliver and possession of marijuana.
#2: 20
year old South Haven township man, subject lodged in the Van Buren County Jail
for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to deliver along with
possession of marijuana.
#3: 49
year old Hartford city woman, subject lodged in the Van Buren County Jail for
possession of crack cocaine.
Evidence seized: 13.9 grams
of Crack cocaine which was individually packaged for sales along with 1.8
grams of marijuana.
Vehicle information: 2004
Pontiac Grand Prix passenger car.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that two Van Buren County Sheriff Deputies in
plain clothes, while in the process of looking for a wanted individual, had
their attention brought to what appeared to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction
in the 300 block of Bernard street. As the plain clothes deputies pulled
in behind the vehicle occupied by the two male subjects, the female outside
this car immediately put something into her waistband. The occupants,
seeing the two deputies had exited and with visible identifiers presented as
them being Law enforcement officers, the suspects floored their vehicle and
began traveling throughout varies side streets in the City of Hartford
disobeying stop signs, and traveling at speeds well in excess of 25 mph in
this highly populated residential area. It was during this time, the
suspects in the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix threw from their car two baggies of
what was later discovered to be individually packaged crack cocaine and
marijuana which was collected by officers.
Due to the reckless driving of the suspect vehicle, the
plain clothes deputies lost sight of the suspects. Shortly after
deputies lost sight of this vehicle, Hartford City police and Troopers from
the Michigan State Police discovered it southbound on Center street near I-94,
where they were stopped and taken into custody without further incident.
The female suspect was also found to have 1.7 grams of crack cocaine on her
person, to which she had purchased from the two South Haven township men.
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit also came to the scene
and are assisting deputies with following up on this narcotics violation.
Assisting agencies:
Hartford City Police Department, Michigan State Police Paw Paw Post, Van
Buren County Narcotics Unit.
Investigating Officer:
Sergeant David Walker, Deputy John Stolsonburg Van Buren County Sheriff’s
Office, Dt James Deitz Narcotics Unit.
Contact persons: On duty
Sergeant or Lt. William Lux (269) 657-2006 Ext. 203,
email
Aug 2009
Incident Type:
Possession of Marijuana and Open Intoxicants in a Motor Vehicle.
Date and Time:
August
30, 2009
at 1:30 AM.
Location:
Main Street and Austin in the City of Hartford.
Incident #:
6635-09
Suspects:
2 Hispanic Males 34 and 38 years old from Hartford.
Driver: Francisca Manzano Castro Female 27
out of Hartford cited and release for Driving on an Expired License.
Vehicle:
1995 Ford Crown Victoria.
Information:
Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that Deputies made a traffic stop on a vehicle on Main
Street near Austin Street in the City of Hartford on August 30th, 2009 at
approximately 1:30 a.m.
Upon making contact with the driver, it was discovered that she did not
have a valid license. Further investigation ensued and Deputies observed open
containers of beer in the rear seat that were in the possession of two Hispanic
males. Deputies arrested the two male subjects for possession of open
intoxicants in a motor vehicle. Subsequent to the arrest, deputies searched the
subjects and located a plastic baggie in the pocket of one of the subjects that
was field tested and discovered to be marijuana.
Both subjects were lodged at the Van Buren County Jail for the above
offenses.
Investigating Deputies:
Deputy Stolsonburg and Deputy Coles (269-657-3101 Ext. 823).
Supervisor Contact:
On duty Sergeant (269-657-3101).
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