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Grand Rapids Police investigating after person found dead at I-196 underpass on the city's west side
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Law enforcement is investigating after a person was found dead underneath I-196 on Grand Rapids' west side Thursday morning. A Grand Rapids Police spokesperson said someone first called 911 at 8:15 a.m. Multiple officers responded and found a person who had died underneath the 196...
Burton Heights double murder suspect posed with murder weapon on social media, court docs detail
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Almost a year after a young couple were gunned down in the Burton Heights neighborhood, Grand Rapids Police said they have a suspect in custody. Casey Harmon Jr., 19, is facing two counts of open murder and two counts of felony firearm in connection to the shooting deaths of Anayia Rodriguez and Malik Eubanks that happened on Nov. 7, 2023.
Suspect in August murder in Muskegon heading to trial
MUSKEGON, Mich. — On Wednesday, 38-year-old Deangelo Bolden-Sims had a preliminary examination for the August 2024 murder of 48-year-old Carrlos Piggee. Bolden-Sims was charged with open murder and given a $300,000 bond in September after he turned himself in at the Muskegon County Courthouse. Before turning himself in, the...
‘I did something I wasn’t supposed to do’: Mom sentenced for pouring scalding hot liquid on her 9-month-old daughter
A Michigan mother offered an in-court apology this week for the “deplorable” behavior that will keep her behind bars for up to 20 years. In August, Berline Cadeau Burkholder, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse in the first degree. Kent County prosecutors dismissed a secondary count of the same crime in exchange for her plea.