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Crime Stoppers: Two wanted on warrants, one request for information
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — This week on Crime Stoppers, law enforcement needs your help locating two people with warrants and identifying an individual who broke into a school and caused thousands of dollars in damages. If you have information regarding the cases below, call Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan at (517) 483-STOP. You can remain anonymous. […]
2 Lansing men sentenced after threatening people with assault rifles at convenience store
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Two Lansing men have been sentenced after threatening people with assault rifles at a convenience store. Both Quentin Earl Booth, 39, and Derrick Smith Jr., 30, were arrested in Sept. of 2023 when police responded to a call claiming Smith had walked into a Lansing convenience store carrying an assault rifle. Before Smith entered the store a witness reported hearing one of the two men say, “Everyone is going to die.”
Man who kidnapped and killed Lansing 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith expected to be sentenced in August
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A man who kidnapped and killed a 2-year-old girl from Lansing will be in federal court to be sentenced for his crimes in August. Rashad Trice pled guilty to the kidnapping and murder of Wynter Cole Smith. In July 2023, Trice Broke into Wynter’s home assaulted her mother and then kidnapped the little girl.
Advance Peace Will Work to Reduce Gun Violence in East Lansing
In the midst of the sometimes tumultuous 2022-23 school year at East Lansing High School, when a couple of small groups of students repeatedly engaged in acts of violence against each other, a gun allegedly fell from a backpack during an altercation after a basketball game. The East Lansing Public...
Schor: Former state rep's column about policing and crime misleading, disingenuous
I read with significant dismay the opinion from Tom Barrett last week. Either he is extremely out of touch or he is purposely deceiving the people of the Lansing area. Either way, I am very disappointed. First and foremost, as Mr. Barrett should know, Lansing did not defund the police — and I was protested at my house by mostly non-Lansing residents for not doing so. In fact, Lansing has done the opposite and added police officers....
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