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Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Yahoo
Sheriff's office: Drone ‘critical' in finding missing man on cold night
CONVIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say a drone helped them find a man who was believed to be lost in the woods north of Marshall Monday night. Around 9:30 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to a report of a man yelling in the woods in the area of 17 Mile Road and Q Drive N. in Convis Township, according to a release from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. When they arrived, deputies say they found a Houghton Lake woman, 47, sitting in a car at the dead end of Q Drive. She told deputies that she and her boyfriend, a 48-year-old Clio man, were heading home from Mississippi and had stopped to take a break. She said her boyfriend had gotten out of the car but never returned, and she believed he was lost in the woods. To help with the search, the Battle Creek Police Department deployed a drone, according to the release. What a federal ban on Chinese-made drones would mean for GRPD's program About an hour after the 911 call, and after just 10 minutes of flight time, deputies say the man was found lying in tall grass about 250 yards north of the car. He was alert, according to the sheriff's office. After he was escorted back, the man was taken to the hospital to be checked out. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office thanked the Battle Creek Police Department for using its drone, which, the office said, was 'critical in locating the individual on a cold 30-degree night.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Yahoo
Third person charged in death of Battle Creek 17-year-old
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — A third person has been charged in the shooting death of a Battle Creek Central High School senior during a carjacking. Marcus Parsons, 20, was charged Tuesday with felony murder. He was arraigned over Zoom from the Calhoun County jail. A not guilty plea was entered, which is standard, and bond was denied. Parsons was arrested Monday at a home on Tennyson Avenue near Capital Avenue SW, according to the Battle Creek Police Department. In asking the court to deny bond, Calhoun County Prosecutor David Gilbert said Parsons could be a flight risk. 'It appears that he was apprehended by the use of a K-9,' Gilbert said. 'He was hiding in an attic at the time that he was placed under arrest.' BCPD: Teen killed after offering suspects ride home Parsons is not accused of being present during the carjacking and shooting, but investigators believe he was involved in asking a teenager to steal a car in exchange for money, court documents indicate. The shooting happened in February 2023. The victim, 17-year-old Jack Snyder, asked two teens if they needed a ride home because of the cold temperatures that night. The teens — identified as Justice Chimner and Dewond Estes, who were 14 and 13 at the time — accepted. The pair tried to carjack Snyder's vehicle. Court documents say Snyder resisted, and Chimner shot and killed Snyder. Chimner and Estes were arrested within days. Chimner to felony murder and Estes to carjacking. Teen pleads to felony murder after 17-year-old killed during carjacking According to a probable cause affidavit, Chimner told police that earlier on the day of the shooting, he was contacted by someone and was asked to steal a car in exchange for money. Detectives traced the Snapchat account to Parsons, the affidavit says. Parsons admitted that the account was his and that it was used to contact Chimner, according to the document. 'Parsons admitted to being present during the conversation about the carjacking and believed that Chimner had a gun that he had taken from his mother,' the affidavit says. 'Parsons stated a friend had this conversation using his account.' Both Chimner and Estes told police that Parsons was the only other person present during the conversation, according to the affidavit. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
