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I reported 12 shots fired in the vicinity of Basset Park at 7 pm. heard shots again about an hour later but further away. This may have been the shots fired in the Delmar and dayton area.
FPO reported numerous instances of shots fired around the city. The 500 block of Copeman seems to be a hot spot. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:22 am |
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Flint man indicted for allegedly selling guns, drugs to informant on city's north side
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 05, 2013 at 10:15 PM, updated February 05, 2013 at 10:20 PM
FLINT, MI - A Flint man has been indicted on federal charges after authorities allege he sold guns and crack cocaine to a government informant on the city's north side.
Victor D. Blue, 33, is charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, three counts of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Blue was arraigned on the charges Monday, Feb. 4, in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Hluchaniukin Flint federal district court. He pleaded not guilty.
Authorities say the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives informant met multiple times with Blue in 2012 to purchase guns and drugs, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
Records show the informant was allegedly able to purchase at least four guns and nearly 2 ounces of suspected crack cocaine from Blue during the course of the investigation.
According to court records, Blue was convicted in 1999 of possession of less than 25 grams of a controlled substance and assault with a dangerous weapon
Blue was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:08 pm |
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$6,000 in goods and cat reported missing after break-in at home on east side of Flint home
By Chris Aldridge | caldridg@mlive.com
on February 05, 2013 at 7:00 PM, updated February 05, 2013 at 7:05 PM
FLINT, MI -- Police say someone forced entry through a bedroom window at a Flint home in the 5000 block Western Road south of East Pierson Road on Friday, Feb. 1.`
A suspect took two laptops valued at $2,000, an Acer tablet valued at $1,200, jewelry valued at $1,000 and a Mitsubishi 32" TV set valued at $1,000.
Also missing? The owner's orange, white-striped cat.
A PlayStation 3 and three games valued at $550 and a printer valued at $200 was also taken.
The garage window had been broken out at the residence, according to the police report. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:11 pm |
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Flint police fire guns to scare pit bull released on officers by home owner
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 05, 2013 at 7:45 PM
FLINT, MI -- Flint police officers were forced to fire their guns to scare away a pit bull after a north-side homeowner released the dog on the officers, according to a police report.
Police responded to a home on the 600 block of East Gracelawn Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, for a dispute, according to the report released by Flint police Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Officers arrived on scene and began speaking with one of the subjects involved in the dispute outside of the home. The report says the home's owner released the pit bull while officers spoke with the subject.
The dog charged at the officers who fired their guns in an attempt to stop the animal.
According to the report, the dog retreated back into the house uninjured.
The home owner was arrested on a charge of dog running at large and was lodged in the Flint city lockup. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:25 pm |
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Plea agreement reached for alleged Flint carjacker who was shot by victim
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 05, 2013 at 6:30 PM, updated February 05, 2013 at 6:33 PM
FLINT, MI -- A Flint man who police say was shot by his alleged victim during a carjacking last year now faces multiple years in state prison.
Leo Ricardo Stringer, 18, pleaded no contest Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, to an amended charge of unarmed robbery and felony firearms. The unarmed robbery charge carries a potential maximum of 15 years in prison and the felony firearm charges a mandatory two-year prison sentence.
The agreement allows Stringer to avoid risking a carjacking conviction that could have landed Stringer life in prison.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Stringer was transported to Hurley Medical Center for the gunshot wound sustained during the February 2012 carjacking but his luck didn't improve at the city hospital.
While receiving treatment at the hospital, Stringer was identified by one of the nurses working on him as the person that robbed her two weeks prior.
The nurse, who was visiting from out-of-town, had been robbed in a parking lot near Hurley, Leyton said.
Leyton said the nurse recused herself from treating Stringer after she identified him.
Charges were filed against Stringer for robbing the nurse but were dismissed, according to court records. |
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Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:28 pm |
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23-year-old man charged with murder in Flint arrested in South Carolina
By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on February 06, 2013 at 10:10 AM
FLINT, MI -- A 23-year-old man who was charged in the August 2011 slaying at a Flint gas station was arrested Tuesday in South Carolina, according to authorities there.
Antonio Demond Watkins was charged with murder in the killing of 27-year-old Sunta Newman on Aug. 30, 2011, at a gas station on Saginaw Street near Leith Street. The two were arguing when Watkins allegedly shot Newman in the head, police said at the time.
He was charged with the crime a few days later.
On Tuesday, Watkins was arrested on St. Helena Island, S.C., in the woods after he fled from a residence when he saw police coming, said Amanda Lyons, public information officer for the U.S. Marshal's Office.
Lyons said "general information" came into authorities and he was found after officers showed pictures and conducted interviews with people in the area. Lyons said Watkins had no known ties to the area.
Watkins is lodged in the Beaufort County Jail awaiting extradition. |
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:16 pm |
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Flint man sentenced to prison for 2012 fatal shooting at liquor store
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 06, 2013 at 7:00 PM, updated February 06, 2013 at 7:02 PM
FLINT, MI -- A Flint man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to prison after authorities said he shot and killed a man at a liquor store in 2012.
John Isaac Boddie Jr., 56, was sentenced to 6 years to 18 years, 6 months in prison for the July 2012 killing of Clarence Stewart at the Quick Pick liquor store near the corner of Glenwood and Court on the city's west side.
Boddie pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in January. He was originally charged with open murder, felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm.
He could have faced life in prison.
Attorney Jeffrey Clothier, who represented Boddie, said his client stood silent when he was sentenced by Genesee Circuit Judge Geoffrey Neithercut Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Clothier argued that his client acted in self-defense and the defense of others when he shot Stewart in the leg.
Boddie was inside the liquor store when a friend began making disrespectful comments to two women at the store, Clothier said.
The women left the store but soon returned with Stewart and another man as Boddie and his friend drank outside the store.
Clothier said Stewart punched Boddie's friend. Fearing the man had a gun, Clothier said, Boddie responded by firing a shot into the air and into Stewart's leg. Police said Stewart was shot four times.
Boddie has previous convictions of assault with intent to rob while armed, armed robbery and felonious assault.
He had served roughly 30 years in prison. |
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:19 pm |
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| Not a great deal of details, but FPO reported 2 cars shooting at one another at Dupont aand Pasadena about 8;30 tonight. |
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:35 pm |
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Far too many home invasions and B&E's. sadly FPo reported a homeowner in the 2000 block of kansas attcacked by an intruder wielding a crowbar as man tried to protect very young grandchild. A commenter to the site claimed the K9 dog took police to a known drug house on Nebraska. Thanfully the intruder was apprehended.
Seems like a number of the apprehended criminals lately are in their 50's and are not the young. |
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Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:44 pm |
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shooting in 2900 block of Carr
Remember when Circle Drive was a desireable area to live in?. (showing my age) Can't believe FPO reported 2 b/m with guns in a home invasion in the 4400 block. Thank goodness the resident was able to flee. later reports of shots fired at the apartments on Woodslea Dive in the same area and possible shooting victim. |
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Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:54 am |
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| 2900 block of Carr is probably the Kearsley Lakeview Apartments. There's always something going on there. |
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Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:12 am |
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Victim in good condition as police investigate shooting, crash on Flint's north side
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 08, 2013 at 5:30 PM, updated February 08, 2013 at 6:09 PM
A car crashed into a house on Stewart just east of Clio Road. A victim was found shot three times in the arm, police said. The victim was taken to the hospital and listed in good condition. Gary Ridley | MLive.com
FLINT, MI -- Police are investigating a shooting and related car crash on the city's north side, officials say.
Authorities were dispatched around 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, to Stewart Avenue east of Clio Road for a report of a vehicle that crashed into a house.
Authorities say a victim was found at the scene shot three times in the arm. The victim was transported to the hospital and is listed in good condition.
A related scene was also investigated just south of the crash at Sonny and Brownell. The intersection was taped off to traffic.
At least two people were taken into custody at the Sonny and Brownell scene as police searched a white Monte Carlo. Authorities say the two men taken into custody were not believed to be associated with the shooting but were arrested for separate crimes.
Flint police and Michigan State Police officers responded to the scenes.
Police at the scene declined to comment further on the incident.
No suspect information was provided. |
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Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:20 pm |
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FLINT (WJRT) -
(02/08/13) - Flint Police are investigating a shooting on the city's north side that sent a man to the hospital Friday afternoon.
It happened shortly before 4 p.m. as he was driving north on Brownell Boulevard near Sonny.
After the shooting, the man's car went up on the sidewalk and kept going until it struck a house at the corner of Brownell and Stewart. That's where emergency responders took him from the vehicle.
He's currently listed in good condition. |
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Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:28 pm |
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Flint apartment struck with multiple bullets; no injuries reported
By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on February 10, 2013 at 11:45 AM
FLINT, MI -- A living room window was struck by bullets Friday morning, but no one was injured inside the apartment on Robert T. Longway Boulevard.
Police were called shortly after 2:30 a.m. to the 2000 block of Longway for shots fired into an occupied dwelling, according to a police report.
Two residents were home at the time with several other people when shots were fired through the living room window.
Several gunshots were heard, but no one was able to provide suspect information about the shooter or shooters.
An officer noticed nine bullet holes through a living room window leading into the apartment and recovered a bullet fragment on the floor in a hallway.
The scene was secured by police while the investigative bureau took photos and collected evidence inside the apartment.
Roberto can be reached by phone at 810-429-3865, email at racosta1@mlive.com, on Facebook at Roberto Acosta Journalist or on Twitter @racostaJourno |
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Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:36 pm |
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Flint man pleads guilty to role in Howard Boys gang racketeering conspiracy
By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
on February 11, 2013 at 4:00 PM, updated February 11, 2013 at 4:01 PM
FLINT, MI -- A Flint man has pleaded guilty to his role in the Howard Boys street gang, which prosecutors said used violence to control the drug trade on the city's south side.
Markus G. Evans, 24, entered the plea to one count of participating a racketeering conspiracy Feb. 5 in front of Flint Federal District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith.
Evans could face up to 20 years in prison when sentenced June 4.
Prosecutors had also charged Evans with multiple drug and gun crimes but those were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Evans admitted that he was a member in the gang beginning in 2002 and that he and other members distributed cocaine, crack cocaine, marijuana and guns.
He also admitted that gang members used violence -- including murder -- to protect their enterprise.
Court records show that Evans distributed more than 1.48 kilograms of crack cocaine during his time in the gang.
Evans has previous convictions of possession of less than 25 grams of cocaine and attempted carrying a concealed weapon.
Federal authorities announced charges against a dozen men in May 2012 for their suspected role in the gang.
Charges range from selling guns and drugs to racketeering and murder.
Evans is the second suspect to reach a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Malcolm J. Evans pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to participating in the racketeering conspiracy. |
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