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A Kalamazoo woman has been sentenced in the 2014 death of her infant daughter. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that 23-year-old Tekia Wright was sentenced Monday. Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Pamela Lightvoet sentenced Wright to 28 months to 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections. Her 11-month daughter, Gabrielle, died on June 13, 2014. Prosecutors allege Wright left her …

State police recovered a stolen commercial truck Tuesday in Branch County. According to a department media release, troopers were called between 4 and 7 a.m. to an area on Southern Road in Kinderhook Township. Troopers found a box truck reported stolen from an undisclosed area and featuring improper plates taken from another vehicle. The truck was loaded with tires stolen …

A Sturgis man was arrested over the weekend on a number of charges, including a felony for possession of a stolen vehicle. According to Sturgis police, a traffic stop took place shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of West West Street for an equipment violation. Officers discovered the 38-year-old driver had a suspended license and was wanted …

State police last week arrested a White Pigeon-area man on a felony warrant from the city of Three Rivers. According to a department media release, troopers along with deputies from the sheriff’s department arrived to a residence on Blue School Road at 7:45 p.m. Friday to execute the warrant. Troopers spotted the man outside his garage but he fled into …

A hit-and-run incident involving two vehicles last week in Sturgis Township remains under investigation by state police. The accident occurred at 3 p.m. Friday at U.S. 12 and Hazel Street, where the vehicles collided and both fled the scene. Witnesses were able to help authorities with a description of one of the vehicles, which led to the arrest of a …

The Three Rivers Police Department has issued a media release with additional details regarding an attempted abduction and the arrests of two Three Rivers men last week. According to authorities, a number of law-enforcement agencies were called shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment complex in the 300 block of Middle Street in response to an incident involving a …

A Three Rivers man died in a single-vehicle accident over the weekend in Calhoun County. State police said Travis Nyman, 35, died in the village of Athens as the result of an accident at 4:10 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of South Capitol Street. According to a department media release, Nyman was driving south when his vehicle left the …

Police say a man shot by an elderly homeowner during a Jackson County home invasion sought treatment for a gunshot wound five days after that shooting. Blackman-Leoni Township public safety detectives say officers have interviewed the 37-year-old man, who will be taken into custody when he’s released from a Jackson hospital. Deputy Chief Christopher Boulter tells The Flint Journal the …

A man wanted on an out-of-state warrant for homicide was arrested following an incident this week in Three Rivers. According to a department media release, troopers were called shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment complex in the 300 block of Middle Street in response to a possible abduction incident. A vehicle matching the description provided by central dispatch …

Two Indiana residents were arrested on drug-related offenses as well as a weapons violation earlier this week in Sturgis. Sturgis police said a vehicle was stopped at 11:41 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Buckingham and Canterbury streets for a plate-registration violation. The driver, a 24-year-old man from Elkhart, advised officers he was in possession of a firearm, which was …