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32-year-old Zachary Patten of Portage waived his preliminary examination in St. Joseph County in September, and was bound over for trial, after he was found competent by a judge.

Today at the top of the 11:00 am EST hour I will be interviewing Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. Dr. Lott is an economist and a world recognized expert on guns and crime. Dr. Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, and Rice University, and was

The indictment was issued August 31 in Chicago Federal Court, and accuses 23-year-old Cornelius Battle and 27-year-old Dalrick Drain of Kalamazoo of purchasing guns at Kalamazoo stores, and selling them to 21-year-old Nathaniel McElroy of Chicago at a premium.

Police had initially been called to the area of the Fox Ridge Apartments on a report of someone threatening others with a handgun, and when they arrived they saw an individual fleeing the scene in a vehicle. The vehicle initially refused to stop for police, but after around a 20 minute chase the suspect did finally stop.

A Kalamazoo man was arrested on Sunday, after an alleged shooting and car crash. MLive reports that the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says they received reports of shots fired in the 4200 block of Lakesedge Dr; as officers arrived at the scene, they saw a gray Mercury leaving, but initially didn’t connect it to the shooting...

A raid was conducted in Kalamazoo that turned up a possible drug-dealing operation. The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team responded to the Interfaith Homes Thursday after residents complained of gun violence and drug activity. At the complex, a 27-year-old Kalamazoo man was arrested for allegedly skipping out his parole...

Charges have now been filed against a Detroit man accused of murdering a Wayne State University Police Sargent. The Detroit Free Press reports that in Wayne County Court Thursday, 61-year-old Raymond Durham was charged with first degree murder, murder of a peace officer, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, in the death of Sgt... Read Mo

A man accused of committing two murders in two counties in one night will be in Kalamazoo County Thursday to face charges. Authorities say that on the night of July 20, 32-year-old Zachary Patten of Portage got into an argument at the Americana Estate’s Mobile Home Park in Kalamazoo...

Kalamazoo Authorities continue to look for their suspect in a shooting that left one man dead early Saturday morning. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that the incident happened in the 800 block of Oakland Dr. around 2:15am Saturday, where police arrived to find a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his torso...

A drug raid was conducted yesterday in Kalamazoo after several citizen complaints. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that on Tuesday, officers from the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team and Kalamazoo Metro SWAT searched a home in the 1400 block of Princeton Ave and found inside over a pound of marijuana, an ounce of meth, and what is believed to be 35 grams of fentanyl...