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A Kalamazoo man is facing felony charges after walking into three separate banks and demanding $1  billion and two cents.  Police say 24-year-old Lemont Pierce is charged with three counts of bank robbery. Mlive.com reports Pierce entered a First National Bank in Kalamazoo Monday and told the teller that he wanted a billion dollars. When the teller responded saying “I …

A Howe, Ind., woman sought medical treatment at a Kalamazoo hospital after she was involved in a two-vehicle accident Monday in Fawn River Township. State police said the woman was a passenger in a vehicle driven north on Big Hill Road by her husband, 30-year-old Matthew Case. Case failed to stop at Fawn River Road and struck a westbound vehicle …

A Nautilus marine battery was stolen from a pontoon boat between June 3 and 23 at Portage Lake in Mendon Township. The victim told sheriff’s officials the pontoon was partially pulled up on shore and it appears the suspect unhooked boat wiring from the battery. Value of the battery was estimated at about $100.

A 42-year-old Porter Township man faces up to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of stalking and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, by a Cass County jury earlier this month. Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz said Shawn Lockmondy will be sentenced July 12 in Circuit Court after the two-day jury trial …

A 28-year-old St. Joseph County man suspected of robbing the Centreville Shell Mart has been arrested in Chicago. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department said Chicago Police arrested Demetrius Banks Saturday night outside a residence in the city. Banks was caught in the backyard of a residence where police were called to report a suspicious person on the property. Banks, …

An 87-year-ol Constantine man was not injured after he drove into a farm vehicle last week in Florence Township. Michigan State Police said George Cole was cited for disobeying a stop sign after he struck an ATV driven by 74-year-old Paul Steffel, of Sturgis. Steffel was thrown from his ATV and was treated at Sturgis Hospital for minor injuries. Steffel …

A 16-year-old Three Rivers girl has returned home after she was reported missing June 14. Three Rivers Police said they received contact from Aleah Means Friday evening, a week after she was believed to be in Kalamazoo with a 21-year-old man. Police have not provided information about where she spent the week, though they noted Means left Three Rivers on …

About 100 people gathered for a vigil at the site where a northern Indiana teenager was killed over the weekend in what police say was a drive-by shooting. Relatives and friends of 16-year-old Braxton Barhams of Elkhart said Sunday that his death has them more worried about violence in the city. Resident Shanea Salls tells WNDU-TV that it is sad …

A Sturgis couple was treated at Three Rivers Health after they were involved in a one-vehicle accident over the weekend in Fabius Township. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, William Rackley, 47, lost control of the vehicle he was driving on Dutch Settlement Road. His vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree near the intersection of Abbey …

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 28-year-old Demetrius Banks, who is suspected of the armed robbery of an employee at the Centreville Shell gas station last week. Banks, whose last known addresses were in Centreville and Three Rivers, allegedly robbed the station of an unknown amount of cash around 4:30 a.m. last Wednesday. Investigators are speculating Banks …