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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
2 crashes in Van Buren County lead to 1 arrest
PAW PAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — One person has been arrested for operating while intoxicated following two crashes in Van Buren County early Saturday morning. Around 2:30 a.m., deputies with the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office were sent to the area of M-51 Highway and 82nd Avenue for a crash. Responding deputies learned that a red Jeep Cherokee had gone off the road, hit a sign and then a house. The house had minor damage to the siding. The sheriff's office said the vehicle took off. Deputies searched the area but were unable to find it. At 2:45 a.m., deputies were sent to County Road 655 south of 60th Avenue in Paw Paw Township for a crash. There, deputies found a red Jeep Cherokee that had gone off the road and crashed in the wooded area. The three people inside the SUV all had minor injuries. The sheriff's office said that two of them refused medical treatment and the third was taken to the hospital. None of them was willing to give a statement about the crash. Deputies determined that the SUV at the second crash was the vehicle involved in the first crash. The driver, a 19-year-old Kalamazoo man, was arrested for operating while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crash. His name has not been released pending arraignment. The crash remains under investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Yahoo
Man dead, woman arrested after shooting in Hartford
HARTFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — A man is dead and a woman is in custody following a shooting in Hartford early Monday morning. Around 1:15 a.m., deputies with the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office were sent to Mary Street near Elmwood Street after receiving reports about a fight and shots fired. Responding deputies found a 42-year-old Hartford-area man unresponsive. Despite attempts to save him, he died, the sheriff's office said. His name has not been released. A 41-year-old Hartford-area woman was taken into custody and is awaiting arraignment, the sheriff's office said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office at 269.657.3101, Crime Stoppers at 1.800.342.7867 or Silent Observer at 269.343.2100. The case remains under investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
Deputies: Drunk driver arrested with kids in car
KEELER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Pullman-area man has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving with children in the vehicle, deputies say. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office said in a release that deputies were sent to County Road 687 between 72nd and 77th Avenues in Keeler Township, south of Hartford, at 1:50 a.m. on Friday on a report of a man screaming. The deputies found a vehicle off the roadway with the driver, a 27-year-old man from the Pullman area, slumped over the steering wheel. The deputies said they made several attempts to wake the driver before he acknowledged them. They then spotted two small children, ages 3 and 5, asleep in the backseat. The deputies asked the driver about a broken window. They say he told them that he had to break it because he lost his keys. Wind chill on the scene was near zero degrees, deputies noted. Believing the driver to be under the influence, deputies asked the driver to get out of the car. The deputies learned that the driver was going from Lawrence to Pullman but was headed in the wrong direction. The deputies arrested the driver. He was jailed on charges of operating while intoxicated and child endangerment. The case has been sent to the prosecutor for review. The children were brought to the sheriff's office until family picked them up. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Yahoo
Working4You: Missing Evidence? Van Buren County says arrest video was deleted after glitch in system
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Ark – After a year of investigations on the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office, Working4You is finally putting eyes on a highly followed and controversial arrest in Van Buren County. In January of 2024, Ronnie Dollar was arrested outside the Sheriff's Office for disorderly conduct. Working 4 You: Man accusing Van Buren County deputy of excessive force makes claims of prosecutorial misconduct The initial report says Dollar was aggressive and chaotic, but others claimed the former Chief Deputy acted wrongly during the arrest. Working4You asked for video of the arrest but was told the incident was 'under investigation.' The video was eventually obtained in December of 2024, but a portion of it was missing. 'The only thing that the sheriff's office claims was preserved was the video footage outside, which is bad enough as it is, but it still leaves questions about how it got up to that point,' said former Van Buren County Sheriff's Office employee Casey Cresswell. Working4You obtained two videos, one taken from inside the lobby, and the other taken from outside the department. In the video recorded in the lobby, we see Ronnie Dollar pace around for about a minute and a half, and just a woman comes up to the window, the video cuts to black. We miss the entire conversation leading up to the arrest. 'What you miss is the aggressor is the one behind the badge, not the one getting jailed and accused of these false charges,' said Cresswell. Cresswell says she was working the day of the arrest and claims there is a different version of the video that was deliberately deleted in an attempt to protect Adams. In the months following the arrest, Dollar and his attorney Kent Tester filed a civil lawsuit against Van Buren County Sheriff Eric Koonce, his former Chief Deputy Derek Adams, and investigator Lt. Chasta Harrison. Working 4 You: Are Education Freedom Accounts truly available to families of all backgrounds? The lawsuit claims the three violated Dollar's due process and deliberately deleted evidence. A letter sent to Sheriff Eric Koonce in March 2024, shows Tester asking the department to preserve 'all audio and video evidence related to the incident.' A month later, Tester got word from the deputy prosecutor's office, the email reads as follows: 'The attachment is screenshots from Sheriff Koonce's cell phone; he took screenshots from the original video, but it was clipped. The original no longer exists.' – Phillip W. Ellis, T.A. The sheriff's office told Working 4 You the missing video was caused by a glitch in the system. 'When the footage was downloaded to the disk, the video in the lobby wasn't checked as we were unaware of any issues. After it was discovered, it was too late to redownload the footage as our cameras only hold footage for 25 days,' said Lt. Chasta Harrison. Cresswell worked at the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office for about a year, and says she never witnessed any recording issues with the security cameras. 'I have never seen a glitch happen to where the video footage wasn't recorded properly,' said Cresswell. 'In live time, the cameras they did have installed, they would lag bad in live time.' Ronnie Dollar's attorney claims Dollar was assaulted by law enforcement during the arrest and said had the entire video been recovered the answer would be easy. Working4You reached out to the sheriff and Lt. Harrison for additional comment. They said they could not speak on any ongoing or open investigations. KARK 4 News has not been able to get ahold of Derek Adams. 'They need to be completely cleaned out or retrained. I really don't think they belong in law enforcement at all. They probably just need to be decertified and find a different career path for all those that are involved,' Cresswell said. Working4You: Central Arkansas homeowners turn to AG's office with complaints about unlicensed roofer Ronnie Dollar and his attorney Kent Tester have requested a jury trial in the Eastern District of Arkansas. The trial is scheduled for May. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Deputies: 96-year-old man dies in crash near Mattawan
ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A crash at an intersection near Mattawan Tuesday afternoon left one man dead and two people injured, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office. It happened around 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of County Road 657 and 58th Avenue in Antwerp Township. Deputies say the 96-year-old driver of a Ford F150 pickup truck was headed east on 58th Avenue when he ran through a stop sign at the intersection with County Road 657. The truck was broadsided by a a Chevrolet Silverado that was headed north. The impact sent the F150 crashing into a Nissan NV200 work van that was stopped at the stop sign on westbound 58th Avenue, the sheriff's office said. The driver of the F150 was partially ejected through the back window of the truck cab. He was not wearing a seat belt. The man died at the scene, deputies say. It's not clear if he may have suffered a medical incident while driving, the sheriff's office said. The two people in the Silverado were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The driver of the Nissan was not injured, deputies say. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
