|
2011 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
2010
Jan Feb Mar
Apr May
Jun Jul
Aug Sep
Oct Nov
Dec
2009
Jan Feb
Mar Apr May Jun
Jul
Aug Sep
Oct Nov
Dec
Click on blue
underlined links for more information.
Jan 2011
Incident#:
118-11
Incident Type:
Shooting.
Date And Time:
January 5, 2011 at approximately 3:10 p.m.
Location:
49000 Blk of CR 384 in Columbia Township.
Victim:
Jose Ricardo Celaya, 25 years old, South Haven.
Suspect(s):
Unknown – Description Below:
#1 – Hispanic male, 6’3”, bald, mustache, early 30’s
#2 – Hispanic male, 5’11”, bald, goatee, 25-26 years old
Suspect Vehicle:
Black mid-2000 year Suburban, tinted windows, Illinois license plates
Weapon(s):
Handgun and rifle, unknown make or brands.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that deputies were called to the 49000 block of
CR 384 shortly after 3 p.m. with a subject stating he had just been shot in the
leg.
Upon arrival, Deputies reported that the above victim had been shot one
time in his leg. Victim advised that he was by a mailbox (victim was staying
with some family) when the above described vehicle pulled up, the two suspects
above got out of the vehicle and one of them shot him in the leg. The suspects
then jumped back in their vehicle and drove off. An area broadcast was put out
for the vehicle and suspects and a search of the area was unable to locate the
vehicle.
The victim was transported to South Haven Hospital and treated. Suspect is
listed in stable condition. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office Detective
Bureau is continuing with the ongoing investigation.
Anyone
with information is urged to contact the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office at
(269) 657-3101, Crime Stoppers 1-800-342-7867
Submit CrimeStoppers tips here,
or Silent Observer (269) 343-2100
Submit
Silent Observer tips here.
Investigating Officers:
Deputy Todd Oliver
Assisting Agencies:
Michigan State Police, Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Bureau, Van
Buren County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Division.
Contact Persons:
On duty, Sergeant, Lt Robert Kirk at 269-657-3101
email, or D/Lt. William Lux at 269-657-7711
email.
Dec 2010
Nov 2010
Oct 2010
Sep 2010
Incident Number:
7475-10
Incident Type:
Assault with Intent to do great bodily harm.
Incident Time:
September 3, 2010 at 22:53.
Location:
18000
block of
47th St. Columbia Twp.
Suspect:
43 year male from Bloomingdale.
Victim:
36 year old male from
Bloomingdale.
Weapon:
The suspect used a machete.
Injuries:
None
Information:
Sheriff Dale
Gribler reports that deputies responded to 18000
block of 47th
St.
in Columbia Township for a Felonious Assault.
Deputies arrived on scene and where advised by the
victim that his brother in-law was chasing him around the yard with a machete
trying to hit him with it. Deputies where advised that the suspect was
accusing the victim of cheating on his wife,
which is the suspects sister.
The suspect swung the machete at the victim when the two where in the front
yard, but missed. The suspect was highly intoxicated and had to be ordered out
of the mobile home where he was taken into custody.
The suspect was lodged at the Van Buren County Jail.
Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency requested the suspect be held in
jail until further notice.
Assisting Agencies:
Michigan State Police, Bangor
Police Department.
Investigating Officers: Deputy Casey
Davis, Deputy Miriam Sipes, Sgt. Scott Schmitt.
Contact Information:
Sgt. Wayne
Polomcak
email.
Incident #:
7256-10 & 7259-10.
Incident Type:
Assault and Maintaining a Meth Lab.
Date & Time of Incident:
September 24, 2010 at 1940 hours.
Location of Incident: 20000
Block 50th St., Columbia Township.
Criminal Charges:
Assault & Battery, Maintaining a Meth Lab.
Suspect: 46 year
old male from Grand Junction. Name withheld pending arraignment.
Weapons: None.
Narrative:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that VBC
Deputies were dispatched to a fight in the 49000 block of CR 380 in Columbia
Township on Friday evening the 24th of September.
Upon arrival, the investigating deputies made contact
with the 16 year old victim of an assault. With the help of witnesses, a list
of suspects was developed. One of the suspects drove by the assault location
and upon seeing Deputies on scene retreated back to his residence on 50th St.
Deputies attempted to make contact with the suspect at his residence, but he had
fled the vehicle and was later found hiding under a storage trailer.
During the ensuing search for the suspect, two active
meth labs were discovered in a vehicle parked in the yard of the suspect. These
were 2 liter reaction vessels, one-pot meth labs.
Deputies contacted the VBC Detective Bureau to assist
at the scene with securing evidence and clean-up of the meth labs.
The 46 year old suspect was lodged at the VBC Jail on
the original assault charge and maintaining a meth lab. Five children were
present in the home at the time of the discovery of the meth labs. All were
found to be in good health and were seemingly unharmed by the possible harmful
effects of the meth labs.
Further investigation to continue at the scene.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Todd Oliver, Deputy Kyle Romeo.
Assisting Officers:
Deputy Mark Stickels, Detective Dan Perkins, Sgt Harvey.
Contact Person: On-duty
Sgt or Lt Robert Kirk
email
Aug 2010
Jul 2010
Jun 2010
Incident #:
4463-10
Incident Type:
Marijuana Grow Operation
Date & Time of Incident:
June 24, 2010 at 1035 AM
Location of
Incident:
53000 block of Baseline Rd in Columbia Twp
Suspects:
69 year
old man, 62 year old man and a 57 year old man - all from the Grand
Junction, South Haven area.
Criminal charges
pending:
Possession of Marijuana, Manufacture of Marijuana
Narrative:
Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that Van Buren County Sheriff’s Deputies went to the
53000 block of Baseline Road in Columbia Twp and removed an outside marijuana
grow operation.
The suspects were actually caught in the act of
planting them while Deputies watched. One of the suspects had a machete and was
clearing the area around the plants while another suspect was actually planting
the plants in the soil. A third suspect was keeping watch. Deputies made
contact with all the suspects involved and eventually removed 14 marijuana
plants with an estimated street value nearly $14,000 dollars, if they had fully
grown. The plants, tools used to plant them and the containers the plants were
grown in were all seized at the scene and are currently being held as evidence.
The suspects initially stated to Deputies that they were digging for worms. The
suspects finally did cooperate with the investigation after being presented with
obvious evidence of the grow operation.
The complaint is currently being sent to the Van Buren
County Prosecutor’s Office for review for all applicable charges.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Todd Oliver – Columbia Twp
Assisting Officers:
Deputy Kyle Romeo, Geneva Twp. Deputy Ben Downy, Sgt David Walker.
Contact Person:
On duty Sergeant or Lieutenant Robert Kirk 269-657-3101,
email
May 2010
Updated information
5-29-2010
Incident No:
3636-10 Update
Continued investigation into this incident, in which an Amtrak train had caught
fire by hitting some type of debris on the railroad tracks in Columbia township,
has shown that a pry bar around 18-20 inches was positioned between the metal
track lines. The Sheriff’s office was contacted this date by investigators from
CSX railroad police advising they had collected this pry bar from the damaged
passenger rail car. The conductor reported to deputies and CSX police that he
had seen just prior to impact what he believed were three objects placed into a
position that the train would strike when traveling down the tracks in this
area.
CSX police, FBI and local law enforcement are working
in conjunction on this incident and ask anyone with information to please call
the railroad police at
800-331-0008, Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office 269-657-3101, Silent observer 866-774-2345 or crime stoppers 800-342-7867.
Person must also be aware that it is unlawful to place
any object onto a rail line, or trespass in any manner such as a walking or
traveling in any type of vehicle along any rail line as well. Penalties applied
to such violations are listed below.
Model
State Railroad Trespass Prevention Bill accomplishes the following:
-
Makes
entering or remaining upon a railroad right-of-way or other railroad property
a misdemeanor subject to not more than a $100 fine, imprisonment for not more
than 30 days, or both. The trespass bill prohibits trespassing, whether by
walking, jogging, snowmobiling, or other activities. Aside from the
right-of-way, railroad property also includes structures, appurtenances, and
equipment used in the operation of any railroad.
-
Makes
stowing away on trains a misdemeanor subject to not more than a $1,000 fine,
imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Such illegal activity
includes riding on the outside of a train, popularly called “train surfing,”
and riding in freight cars and containers.
-
Enumerates certain persons authorized by law to be on railroad property and
excludes certain railroad property from coverage. The trespass bill does not
apply to railroad passengers, railroad employees, police officers,
firefighters, rescuers, owners of adjacent land crossing at railroad
carrier-approved private crossings, State and Federal transportation
department or National Transportation Safety Board personnel in the
performance of their official duties, and persons with written permission from
the railroad carrier. The bill does not apply to trespass on railroad
administrative offices or urban rapid transit property.
Model
State Railroad Vandalism Prevention Bill
Much of the
language in the model State railroad vandalism law was borrowed from Texas,
Idaho, and Washington statutes. Combined, these laws seem to touch upon most of
the issues related to vandalism of railroad property.
The Model
State Railroad Vandalism Prevention Bill accomplishes the following:
-
Makes
reckless acts of vandalism that do not cause bodily injury or railroad
property damage that exceeds $500 a misdemeanor, subject to restitution, and
if available, subject to not more than 120 hours of community service. If
community service is not available, the person shall be subject to not more
than a $500 fine, imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. The bill
proscribes acts of vandalism including putting coins on a rail, marking areas
with graffiti, or throwing eggs at trains.
-
Makes
reckless acts of vandalism that cause bodily injury or railroad property
damage that exceeds $500 a felony, subject to restitution, and not more than a
fine of $10,000, imprisonment for 10 years, or both. If serious bodily harm,
or death results from the vandalism, the person shall be subject to not more
than a $20,000 fine, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. The
bill proscribes acts of vandalism including dropping a brick from a bridge, or
throwing rocks at locomotives.
-
Makes
willful acts of vandalism or attempts to damage railroad property or to
endanger the safety of another a felony, subject to enhanced penalties. The
bill proscribes acts of vandalism such as throwing rocks, dropping bricks,
shooting a firearm, destroying signal systems, tampering with switches, or
tampering with freight cars. If no bodily injury occurs or railroad property
damage does not exceed $500, such acts are punishable by a fine of not more
than $10,000, imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both. If the
vandalism results in bodily injury or railroad property damage exceeds
$500, the person shall be subject to not more than a $20,000 fine,
imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both. Where serious bodily injury
results from the vandalism, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more
than $25,000, any term of years or for life, or both. If death results from
the vandalism, the person shall be subject to not more than a $100,000 fine,
any term of years or for life, or both.
-
Makes
stealing railroad freight and receiving such stolen freight a felony.
These acts are
punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than
five years, or both.
Incident No:
3636-10 (see
update above)
Incident Type:
Train
Accident
Date & Time:
May 27,
2010 at 9:15 pm.
Location:
Train
tracks 1/2 mile south of 16th Ave., Columbia Twp., Van Buren County, MI.
Passengers-Injuries:
None of the
passengers or crew were injured.
Train Information:
Train was
owned by Amtrak.
Railway Information:
Railway was owned by CSX.
Narrative:
Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that deputies responded to a reported train car on fire,
this on the railroad tracks approximately 1/2 mile south of 16th Ave.
Emergency responders on scene discovered that the
train, nor any of its cars were on fire. As a precautionary measure, the train
crew had the passengers onboard exit as the situation was investigated.
Deputies made contact with the Conductor, who informed that the train had hit
some type of debris on the track causing an electrical shortage and damage to
one of the passenger train cars. Sheriff deputies did walk nearly one mile back
from the direction the train had come from, but could not locate any type of
material that could have caused this incident.
The Sheriff’s office will continue to work with the
Amtrak Railroad Police to investigate this incident.
Assisting:
Bangor township Fire Department
Investigating Officers:
Deputy Matt Konkle and Adam Bielang.
Contact persons:
On duty Sergeant or Lt William Lux at 269-657-3101
email, or Amtrak
Railroad Police at 800-331-0008.
Apr 2010
Mar 2010
Incident No:
1861-10.
Incident Type:
Methamphetamine Lab and Components Arrest of 4 Suspects.
Date and Time:
March 20, 2010 at 1835 hours.
Location:
48000 Block of County Road 388, Columbia Township, Van Buren Co. MI.
Suspects:
1.
Norma Redmon, 23 year old female from Grand Junction, Michigan
Charges:
Possession of Methamphetamine Components and Parole Absconding Warrant from
MI Department of Corrections
2.
22 year old male from Grand Junction Michigan, Name withheld pending
arraignment in the 7th West District Court.
Charges:
Operating/Maintaining a Methamphetamine Lab and Possession of
Methamphetamine Components.
3. 26 year old male from Bangor Michigan, Name withheld pending arraignment in
the 7th West District Court.
Charges:
Possession of Methamphetamine Components.
4.
26 year old male from Grand Junction Michigan, Name withheld pending
arraignment in the 7th West District Court.
Charges:
Possession of Methamphetamine Components.
5, 6. Two
other Grand Junction residents are facing pending charges for drug related
activity.
Seized:
Various Components and a methamphetamine laboratory from both a residence
and vehicle.
Lodged:
4 suspects were lodged at the Van Buren County Jail.
Narrative: Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that Officers from the South Haven Police
Department, while investigating a retail fraud at the Wal-Mart of South
Haven, were alerted to various subjects making purchases of components
routinely used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine.
Officers from the South Haven Police Department
contacted the South Haven Township contract Deputy to assist in the matter.
During the situation, a traffic stop was conducted of one of the vehicles
leaving the Wal-Mart store. During the traffic stop, various components to
make methamphetamine were located from purchases at different businesses
around the South Haven area. The 26 year old Grand Junction man was
placed into custody and lodged initially at the South Haven Police
Department.
After
clearing the initial traffic stop, two Van Buren County Deputies, along with
the South Haven City Police Department K9 Officer, went to the residence in
the Grand Junction to conduct a continued investigation in the matter. Upon
arrival, Officers located two more suspects who had purchased methamphetamine
components along with additional methamphetamine making materials and a
methamphetamine lab in the early stages of development. As the Officers
continued their investigation, 3 more subjects arrived at the residence and
were found to be involved in the matter. All were detained and one was
later arrested for manufacturing the methamphetamine lab.
Van
Buren County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Detectives were contacted and
assisted in the processing of the scene and clean up of the methamphetamine
components. The Columbia Township Fire Department was also summoned to
assist in the situation, due to the active methamphetamine lab.
Subsequent
to the investigation, 4 suspects were arrested and lodged at the Van Buren
County Jail and are facing methamphetamine related charges. Two other
suspects are facing other drug related charges. The situation is closed at
this time.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy
Brian Matthews of Van Buren County Sheriff's Office.
Assisting Officers:
Deputy
Kyle Romeo, Deputy Mark Stickles, Sergeant
Dennis Harvey all of the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office; K9
Officer Chris Mersman and Sergeant
Natalie Thompson of the South Haven City Police Department; and Van Buren
County Sheriff's Office Narcotic's Unit Detective.
Assisting Agency:
Columbia
Township Fire Department
Contact: On-duty
Supervisor or Lt William Lux,
email.
Incident #:
6975-09, 9529-09,
4945-09
Incident Type: Home
Invasion 1st-Felony Firearms-Receiving & Concealing Stolen Firearms-Receiving &
Concealing Stolen Property, Larceny less than $1000.00.
Date & Time of Incident:
Arrest March 13, 2010.
Location of Incident:
Multiple addresses in Columbia Township.
Victim or Driver #1:
Multiple victims of home invasions-B&E’s.
Criminal Charges or Traffic Citations issued:
See above with additional charges of Home Invasion-B&E sought.
Weapons used:
Multiple weapons stolen from residences with in Columbia Township, including
both long guns and handguns.
Narrative:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that Van Buren County Deputies received
complaints of several home invasions and B&E’s in Columbia Township over the
summer and winter months of 2009.
The victims of these crimes reported many items stolen
including firearms, jewelry, coins and tools. Deputies established a suspect
that was uncooperative at the time, however through continued investigation,
Deputies were able to locate information that the suspect, Garret David Munro
(29 year old male from Grand Junction), turned in stolen property at a pawn shop
in the Holland City area. Once Deputies were able to establish the property as
stolen from a Home Invasion next door to the suspect’s current residence,
charges were sought.
Prior to arrest warrants being issued, another subject
came forward and stated that he had purchased a firearm from Munro. This
firearm was confirmed as stolen from the same home invasion.
While Deputies interviewed Munro at his home, a Meyer
snowplow was confiscated as stolen and eventually returned to the original owner
from yet another larceny. On March 13, 2010, Munro was arrested on the Van
Buren County Sheriff’s Office charges listed above by the Michigan State Police
while investigating another crime.
Later that same date, VBC Deputies obtained a search
warrant for the Munro residence. Upon execution of that warrant, Deputies were
able to recover multiple items that were stolen in different B&E’s, home
invasions and larcenies.
Additional charges are currently being sought on Munro
for more home invasions-B&E’s-larcenies from the evidence found during that
search.
Munro is currently out of jail and on bond awaiting his
preliminary hearing.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Todd Oliver – Columbia Twp.
Assisting Officers:
Deputy Kyle Romeo, Deputy Brian Matthews, Deputy Matthew Konkle, Deputy Adam
Bielang, Trooper David Meder-MSP
Contact Person: On-duty
Supervisor or Lt William Lux,
email.
Feb 2010
Jan 2010
Incident #:
418-10
Incident Type: Attempted
Murder-Felony Firearm
Date & Time of Incident:
January 17, 2010 at 0032 hrs.
Location of Incident: Grand
Junction, Columbia Twp, MI
Victim: 27 year old
female.
Injuries: None.
Alcohol: Alcohol
is believed to be a factor.
Criminal Charges: Attempted
Murder-Felony Firearms, Accessory After the Fact – Attempted Murder.
Weapons used: .38 Cal Smith &
Wesson w/ serial number removed.
Narrative: Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that Van Buren County Deputies were dispatched to an
assault complaint in which the suspect fired several rounds at victims.
The investigating deputy arrived at the scene to find
that all three rounds fired at the scene missed their intended targets and no
one was injured. The 23 year old suspect fled the scene with the
assistance of his girlfriend. Witnesses at the scene believed, at the
time, that he forced his girlfriend and her children into the vehicle. It was,
however, later determined that she was assisting him by her own freewill.
Van Buren County Deputies tracked the suspect and his
girlfriend to a residence on Allegan Dam Road in Allegan County via cell phone
triangulation with the assistance of Van Buren County Dispatchers and several
family members of the suspect’s girlfriend. Once on scene there, a perimeter
was established with the assistance of Allegan County Sheriff’s Department and
Allegan City Police Department. The girlfriend came out of the residence
willingly but a search warrant had to be obtained for the residence. Once the
search warrant was obtained, with the assistance of the Allegan County
Sheriff’s Department Tactical Response Team, entry was made into the
residence. The suspect was found hiding in the attic under insulation.
The weapon, believed to have been used in the attempted murder, was located
within reach of the suspect and was still loaded. The weapon was seized
and sent to the MSP Crime Lab for ballistic analysis.
The suspect was arrested without further incident and
lodged at the Van Buren County Jail on the charge of Attempted Murder and
Felony Firearm Violations.
The girlfriend was also arrested and lodged at the Van
Buren County Jail on charges of Accessory after the fact to Attempted Murder
for her role in assisting the suspect.
Names of the Suspects cannot be released
until they have been arraigned.
Assisting Agencies: Allegan Co. Sheriff’s Office, Allegan City Police and
Allegan Co. Prosecutor’s Office.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Todd Oliver.
Contact Person: On-Duty
Sergeant - VBC Sheriff’s Office or Lt William Lux
email
Incident #:
9864-09
Incident Type:
Flee and Elude/Resisting and Obstructing, Poss of Meth, Poss of Meth
Components,
Drove While License Suspended.
Date and Time:
December 27, 2009 at 12:40 A.M.
Location:
57th St at CR388 in Columbia Township.
Vehicle:
99 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Suspects:
1.
James Ernestlee Boylan, DOB 12-18-82 from Grand Junction, MI
2. Jewel Lynn Dailey, DOB 10-07-70 from
Decatur, MI
Information:
Sheriff Dale R.
Gribler reports that Deputies, along with officers from the Covert Township
Police Department, while working the Michigan Drunk Driving Grant: Over The
Limit, Under Arrest, attempted to stop a vehicle for driving erratically.
The vehicle failed to pull over and led officers on
a pursuit into Columbia Township. The pursuit went on for several miles until
the vehicle came to an abrupt stop at 57th street and CR 388. The driver, who
was identified as James Boylan, led officers on a brief foot chase for about
200 yards. Boylan stated that he ran because he was on parole.
Deputies also discover, at the same time, that Boylan
had a warrant for absconding from parole. K9 Vento was called to the scene and
did an article search in the area of the foot chase for drugs. Meth was
located along with products and components to make meth.
The female passenger in the vehicle denied any
involvement with the meth.. The deputies did discover that the female,
Jewel Dailey, had a warrant out of Cass County for possession of Meth.
The vehicle was impounded and the driver, James Boylan,
was lodged at Van Buren County Jail on his warrant and the above charges. The
Female, Jewel Dailey, was also taken to the Van Buren County jail on her
warrant.
A report will be submitted to the Van Buren County
Prosecutor's Office on all new charges.
Investigating
Officer: Deputy Casey Davis,
Van Buren County Sheriff's Office.
Assisting
Officers: Officer Jason
Gardner of Covert Township Police Department, Deputy Jason Stasienko and K-9
Partner, Vento, of Van Buren County Sheriff's Office.
Supervisor:
Sgt Wayne Polomcak, Van Buren
County Sheriff's Office (269) 657-3101;
Email
Dec 2009
Nov 2009
Oct 2009
Incident #:
7886-09
Incident Type: Warrant Arrest-Driving
While License
Suspended II-Resisting
& Obstructing-Foot
Pursuit.
Date & Time of Incident:
October 10,
2009 at
2320 hrs.
Location of Incident:
57000 blk CR380, Columbia Township.
Suspect-Arrested:
Joel Anthony Caldwell 36 year old out
of Mattawan.
Injuries:
None.
Vehicle #1: 1997 Chevy
Pickup, white.
Passengers:
Brother to driver.
Is alcohol a factor:
No
Criminal Charges or Traffic Citations issued:
R&O, DWLS II, FOC Warrants (3)
Narrative:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that VBC Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle
that matched the description of a vehicle seen in the area of several recent
poachings.
The vehicle fled into a private drive with the driver fleeing
the vehicle. VBC Deputies pursued the driver behind a residence and into a
wooded area, giving the suspect verbal commands to stop. The suspect then
tripped and fell head-long into a drainage ditch after running into the dark
woods. Deputies then apprehended the suspect. When asked why he ran from
Deputies, the suspect stated that he did not have a license.
Running the suspect through LEIN and SOS, Deputies
discovered that the suspect was currently suspended 5 times over with multiple
previous convictions for Driving on a Suspended License. Deputies also
discovered that the suspect had 3 outstanding warrants for child support
out of Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren Counties.
The suspect was lodged at the VBC Jail on the charges
of DWLS II, Resisting/Obstructing an Officer, and the FOC warrants.
The investigation into the alleged poachings
continues.
Investigating
Officer: Deputy Todd Oliver, Deputy Kyle
Romeo.
Contact Person:
On-Duty Sergeant or Lt William Lux.
Sep 2009
Incident Type/Arrests:
Felonious Assault on a Police Officer, Operating While Intoxicated 2nd
Offense, Transporting Open Intoxicants In A Motor Vehicle, Contributing to
Delinquency of Minors, Resisting Arrest.
Date and Time: September
18, 2009 at 12:30 a.m.
Location: 51000 block of
Baseline road located in Columbia township, Van Buren County.
Incident Number: 7228-09.
Vehicle information: 2001
Pontiac Grand Am passenger car.
Suspects:
#1 - Arraigned in South Haven district court is
that of Sandra Aaron, a 39 year old Grand Junction woman, arrested on the above
listed charges. Subject’s bond was that of $5000/10% ($500 cash)
#2
- 18 year old Grand Junction woman charged with MIP alcohol (awaiting
arraignment)
#3 - 18 year old Grand Junction woman charged with MIP alcohol
(awaiting arraignment)
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that Van Buren county deputies were called to
the 51000 of Baseline road in Columbia township in reference to a 911 call made
to a possible domestic assault in progress.
Deputies on scene, discovered a large group of
subjects, some of which were intoxicated and under the legal age to consume
alcohol. Deputies arrested two of these underage girls on alcohol violation and
placed them into the patrol unit.
A Pontiac Grand Am pull up to the scene and the driver
stopped her car in the middle of the road and exited. The driver of this
vehicle, identified as 39 year old Sandra Aaron, confronted the deputies about
arresting her daughter and demanded her be released.
This driver (Sandra Aaron) showed numerous indicators
to officers that she had been consuming alcohol as well. As deputies began to
investigate her for driving while intoxicated, she ran to which deputies gave
chase. The suspect (Aaron) was able to get into her vehicle and floor the
accelerator in attempts to flee, striking the deputy in the progress and running
over his foot. The deputy, falling to the ground, advised via radio that he
needed assistance and information on the fleeing vehicle. South Haven
police department located the vehicle minutes later and arrested Aaron to which
she was lodged in the Van Buren county jail on the above listed violations.
The sheriff deputy struck by Aaron was treated and released
from a local hospital for injuries to his leg and foot.
Investigating Officers: Deputy
Todd Oliver, Uniform Response Division
Supervisor Contact: On
duty Sergeant or Lt William Lux at 269-657-3101
Aug 2009
Jul 2009
Incident Type:
Home Invasion-B&E, MDOP.
Date & Time of Incident:
July 17, 2009
at 1900 hrs.
Location of Incident:
200 block E Main St, Breedsville, Columbia Twp.
Incident #:
5439-09.
Criminal Charges or Traffic Citations issued:
Home Invasion, MDOP.
NARRATIVE: Sheriff
Dale R Gribler reports that Van Buren County Deputies were dispatched to a Home
Invasion-B&E that had just occurred in the 200 block of E. Main St. in
Breedsville.
The victims reported that multiple knives and two
pellet handguns had been stolen from within the residence after discovering a
back door had been forced open. The investigation led Deputies to a neighboring
residence where Deputies made contact with several juveniles from Skokie,
Illinois. After interviewing the juveniles, a suspect was developed. Upon
contact and interview with the juvenile suspect, all the stolen items were
recovered from several hiding spots, both on an off the suspect's property.
During the course of the investigation, Deputies also
discovered a very large amount of Malicious Destruction of Property that was yet
unreported. The juvenile suspect also admitted to doing the damage to a private
residence, Breedsville Village Hall, and Breedsville Park-Dam. The damage
consisted of spray painting or "tagging" the front of the residence and the back
of Village Hall. Extensive damage was done to both buildings.
The suspect gave no motive. He was transported to and
lodged at the Allegan Juvenile Detention Facility in Allegan County on a hold
out of Van Buren County Juvenile Court for Home Invasion and MDOP.
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Todd Oliver.
Contact Person: On
Duty Supervisor or Lt William Lux.
Jun 2009
Incident Type:
Fatal
Motorcycle Crash
Date
& Time of Incident:
Saturday,
June
6, 2009,
at approx. 3:00 A.M.
Location of Incident:
46th Street
near CR 384, Columbia Township, Van Buren County, State of Michigan.
Incident #:
4119-09
Victim/Driver Information:
The 64 y/o driver
of the motorcycle was identified as Charles Winford Hinton, from the South Haven
Area.
Injuries:
The 64 y/o driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Vehicle Information:
2003 Yamaha Road
Star motorcycle.
Alcohol and speed
factor:
Alcohol
and speed
is believed to have been a factor in the crash.
Narrative:
Sheriff Dale R.
Gribler reported that deputies responded to 46th Street near CR 384 for a fatal
motorcycle crash on Saturday morning. Deputies reported that 64 y/o Charles
Winford Hinton was driving his 2003 Yamaha motorcycle south on 46th Street when
he lost control and ran off the roadway in a sharp curve. Deputies reported
that the 64 y/o man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputies reported that the crash remains under
investigation and that excessive speed and alcohol are believed to have
been contributing factors.
Assisting Agencies:
Columbia
Township Fire Department, Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Traffic Crash
Investigators, Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Victim Services Unit,
Coloma Emergency Medical
Services, Van Buren County Road Commission
Investigating Officer:
Deputy Ron
Douglas, can be contacted at 269-657-3101.
Contact Person:
Sgt. Wayne
Polomcak or the on duty sergeant at 269-657-3101.
|
