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The shooting started before 9 pm on New Years Eve and did not let up until after 2 am.
Today around noon Flint Police Operations reported a shooting. The victim called from the 6200 block of Eagle Ridge, but the shooting occurred on ML King and Austin. He received a gun shot wound to the shoulder with no exit wound.
A store owner on ML King and Ruth heard 5 gunshots, but did not call police.
The victim told police he was caught up in the crossfire from a silver Malibu on Ruth. Police were able to find a gray impala on Austin and Selby that had been shot into. |
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Stolen autos recovered
Burton View 1/9/2014
BY RHONDA S. SANDERS
810-452-2665 • rsanders@mihomepaper.com
GENESEE COUNTY — Eighteen stolen autos recovered countywide in November 2013 were valued at $222,850, according to a monthly activity report from the Genesee Auto-Theft Investigation Network (GAIN), provided to area municipalities.
GAIN is administered by the Genesee County Sheriff's Department, and is made up of detectives and support staff from local police departments.
The November report shows four arrests, eight counts charged, two receiving and concealing cases, one title fraud, five miscellaneous felony charges, and four (non-auto recoveries. The value of $46,800 “other” recoveries brings the total recovery value for the month to $269,650.
There were no reports for other categories monitored by GAIN including chop shops busts, odometer fraud, and carjacking.
Also reported were warrants obtained for a subject charged with two counts of insurance fraud, and one count of false pretense valued over $20,000 but less than $50,000 and one count of false felony report. The case was bound over to Circuit Court and Gain is working with the county prosecutor on additional charges and incidents.
Another suspect involved in two GAIN cases reported in November concerned complaints about purchases of five vehicles from Randy Wise Chrysler with a closed account check and a separate purchase of three vehicles from Jim Waldron’s with a closed account check. Both complaints are being investigated.
A third investigation concerns a purchase of a vehicle off Craig’s List that turned out to be carjacked in Detroit and the Title altered. GAIN is pursuing a lead on a suspect.
GAIN’s activity record for 2013 is not available yet but in 2012, GAIN recovered 270 automobiles, and 31 motorcycles, 4 wheelers, etc., for a combined recovery value of more than $2,6 million - a a direct benefit to vehicle owners and insurance companies.
Genesee County ranks among the top five counties in the state with the highest number of motor vehicle thefts, according to the Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
For more information about GAIN or to provide tips about auto theft of fraud, call 810-655-8185.
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Flint Police investigating overnight shooting, critical
Posted: Jan 11, 2014 11:17 AM EST
Updated: Jan 11, 2014 1:14 PM EST
By ABC12 News Team - email
FLINT (WJRT) -
(01/11/14) - Flint Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left one man dead, and another in critical condition.
Police believe the shooting started near Davison Road and N. Dort Highway, around 1:15 a.m.
Then around 1:40 a.m. two men were taken to Hurley Medical Center in a private vehicle.
Few other details have been released.
Call Flint Police or Crimestoppers if you have any information. Flint Police can be reached at 810-237-6800, while Crimestoppers is 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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Early Saturday morning shooting in Flint marks first homicide of 2014
Amanda Emery | aemery@mlive.com By Amanda Emery | aemery@mlive.com
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on January 11, 2014 at 1:21 PM, updated January 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM
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FLINT, MI -- An early Saturday morning shooting has left one man dead and another in critical condition, according to Flint police.
Police said the shooting happened around 1:40 a.m. on Davison Road near Dort Highway on Saturday, Jan. 11.
Two victims arrived at a local hospital by private vehicle, according to a Flint police news release. The first victim was pronounced dead a short time later, while the second victim was listed in critical condition.
This is the first homicide in the city of Flint for 2014. No further information on this shooting has been released at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Sergeant Bryce Willoughby at the Flint Police Department at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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Man carjacked at gunpoint in Flint after offering two men a ride
Amanda Emery | aemery@mlive.com By Amanda Emery | aemery@mlive.com
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on January 11, 2014 at 5:00 PM, updated January 11, 2014 at 5:03 PM
FLINT, MI -- A man was carjacked at gun point after he offered two men a ride in Flint, according to a police report.
Flint police said they responded to a carjacking call on Friday, Jan. 10, around 7:30 a.m. The victim told police he gave two men he didn't know a ride from a location on Miller Road.
The man said the two suspects pointed guns at him and his cousin, then forced them out of the vehicle at Burroughs and Custer avenues on the city's south side.
According to the report, the reporting officer received information from dispatch that the vehicle was recovered by another Flint Police Officer. The vehicle was returned to the victim with no additional damage.
No suspect information was given, as the victim could only give police very brief descriptions of the suspects.
Amanda Emery is a police reporter for MLive-Flint Journal. Contact her at aemery@mlive.com or 810-285-0792. Follow her on Twitter or Facebook. |
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Upscale Coach brand suing Flint party store over purses
Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com By Gary Ridley | gridley@mlive.com
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on January 12, 2014 at 7:30 AM, updated January 12, 2014 at 7:35 AM
C&P Party Store, 641 W. Carpenter Road in Flint, is being sued by leather goods company Coach over claims that the store violated Coach's trademark by selling counterfeit goods. Coach has filed more than three dozen similar suits in Michigan's eastern federal court district since early 2010.
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FLINT, MI -- A small north-side market equipped with burglar bars, advertises cheap beer and hot food to its customers, but a federal lawsuit claims the shop also offered its customers designer Coach purses that usually fetch about $300 at department stores.
Coach Inc. filed a lawsuit Dec. 24 in Detroit U.S. District Court alleging that that C&P Party Store on Carpenter Road sold customers counterfeit purses, The alleged sales were uncovered during an investigation by the designer and the Michigan State Police, according to the lawsuit.
The allegations are the most recent in a string of cases filed by the luxury leather goods company in the state's eastern district, which includes Detroit, Flint and Saginaw, as part of a nationwide strategy to stop the sale of counterfeit goods.
A clerk at the Carpenter Road and Dupont Street store said the owner was not available for comment on the allegations. No response has been filed to the lawsuit and the store has no attorney on file.
Coach claims that they were informed that C&P was possibly selling the counterfeit goods and that a company representative, along with officials from the Michigan State Police's Tobacco Task Force, conducted a June 26 inspection at the store.
The state police seized nine counterfeit purses from the store as part of the inspection, according to the lawsuit.
Michigan State Police Inspector Bonnie Kanicki said troopers were investigating possible illegal single-cigarette sales at the store when the allegedly counterfeit goods were discovered. Kanicki said troopers regularly contact companies if they discover potentially counterfeit items during their investigations.
Kanicki said the case has been turned over to local prosecutors for possible legal action. A misdemeanor warrant was issued against the store's owner in September for illegally selling individual cigarettes, according to court records. He has not yet been arraigned.
Coach has filed more than three dozen lawsuits in the Michigan's federal eastern district since early 2010 alleging that party stores and websites are selling counterfeit items, often at deep discounts from the price of the authentic Coach products.
"Counterfeiting has been linked to organized crime, child labor, and terrorism," according to counterfeiting education information provided by Coach. The company claims counterfeiting costs the United States economy $250-$500 billion per year.
Nancy Axilrod, vice president and deputy general counsel for Coach, said the lawsuits are part of the designer's Operation Turnkey, a nationwide civil litigation effort that seeks to curb counterfeiting by enforcing costly civil penalties.
Coach is seeking $2 million per counterfeit item at C&P Party store as well as an injunction to stop any future violation of their trademark, according to the lawsuit.
There have been 750 such lawsuits filed in the United States, Axilrod said. She added that Coach has not lost a single case.
"We are on the forefront of aggressively going after people engaged in illegal behavior," Axilrod said.
In April 2010, the company sued New York Shoes and Bags, a company that operated a website that sold handbags labeled as Coach. The website would have customers transfer money to addresses in Burton and Grand Blanc Township, according to the lawsuit. The company also operated a retail store on Bristol Road in Burton.
A Coach employee allegedly purchased two bags from the website in March 30, 2010, for $120 plus $15 shipping, according to the lawsuit. The company claims the average suggested retail price for a coach handbag is roughly $325.
The investigator also purchased another Coach handbag and pair of sunglasses April 5, 2010, from the company's retail store. The average price for comparable authentic Coach merchandise would cost more than $500, but the investigator only paid $80 for the items at the Burton store, according to the lawsuit.
New York Shoes and Bags never responded to the allegations in the lawsuit and were ordered to pay $1,000,000 in damages and nearly $4,000 in attorney, court and investigative costs as part of a default judgment approved in November 2011, according to court records.
The company has also been awarded more than $5 million in similar default judgments in other cases in Michigan's eastern district, according to court records.
Many other cases ended with confidential settlements being reached.
A Detroit jury ruled in December that a Lansing store violated Coach's copyright and trademark by selling counterfeit bags and shoes. A Jan. 17 settlement hearing is scheduled in that case.
A similar trial just wrapped up in Florida that led to a large settlement for the company.
A three-day trial was recently held stemming from a lawsuit filed against an 88-acre flea market in Florida that allowed the sale of counterfeit goods. Axilrod said the verdict led to a $5.5 million settlement.
Axilrod said the lawsuit aren't about the company making money off of the judgements and settlements but about creating strong financial disincentives to those involved in counterfeiting.
"We are not picking on any type of business or any size of business," Axilrod said.
No new court dates have been scheduled in the C&P case. |
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Tweets And Threats: Gangs Find New Home On The Net
By SHARON COHEN 01/11/14 04:29 PM ET EST AP
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CHICAGO (AP) — The video is riddled with menace and swagger: Reputed gang members in Chicago point their guns directly at the camera. A bare-chested young man brandishes an assault weapon. They flash hand signals, dance and, led by a rapper, taunt their rivals as he chants:
"Toe tag DOA. That's for being in my way ... Killing til my heart swell ... Guaranteed there's going to be all hell."
Thousands watch on YouTube. Among them: the Chicago police, who quickly identify two of those in the video as felons who are prohibited from being around guns. Both are later taken into custody.
As social media has increasingly become part of daily life, both gangs and law enforcement are trying to capitalize on the reach of this new digital world — and both, in their own ways, are succeeding.
Social media has exploded among street gangs who exploit it — often brazenly — to brag, conspire and incite violence. They're turning to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to flaunt guns and wads of cash, threaten rivals, intimidate informants and in a small number of cases, sell weapons, drugs — even plot murder.
"What's taking place online is what's taking place in the streets," says David Pyrooz, an assistant professor at Sam Houston State University who has studied gangs and social media in five big cities. "The Internet does more for a gang's brand or a gang member's identity than word-of-mouth could ever do. It really gives the gang a wide platform to promote their reputations. They can brag about women, drugs, fighting ... and instead of boasting to five gang members on a street corner, they can go online and it essentially goes viral. It's like this electronic graffiti wall that never gets deleted."
On the crime-fighting side, "cyberbanging" or "Internet banging," as this activity is sometimes called, is transforming how police and prosecutors pursue gangs. Along with traditional investigative techniques, police monitor gangs online — sometimes communicating with them using aliases — and track their activities and rivalries, looking for ways to short-circuit potential flare-ups.
It's a formidable task: There are millions of images and words, idle boasts mixed in with real threats and an ever-changing social media landscape. Myspace has given way to Facebook and Twitter, but gangs also are using Instagram, Snapchat, Kik and Chirp — different ways of sharing photos, video, audio and words, sometimes through smartphones or pagers.
"It's kind of like clothing — this is the style today but in two months, it won't be," says Alex Del Toro, program director at one of the branches of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago's Youth Safety and Violence Prevention program.
It's not just changing styles, but the language itself that can pose obstacles. Police often have to decipher street talk, which varies according to gang and city. In Chicago, for instance, a gun may be a thumper or a cannon. In Houston, a burner, chopper, pump or gat. In New York, a flamingo, drum set, clickety, biscuit, shotty, rachet or ratty.
That slang played a significant role last year for New York police and prosecutors. They pursued a digital trail of messages on Facebook and Twitter, along with jailhouse phone calls, to crack down on three notorious East Harlem gangs tied to gun trafficking, more than 30 shootings and at least three murders.
After 63 reputed gang members were indicted, authorities revealed they'd collected hundreds of social media postings to help build their case. Some messages, according to the indictment, were vengeful: "God forgives, I don't ... somebodie gotta die," one posted on his Facebook page. "I don't wanna talk. I want action n real guns," another said on Twitter. Others were boastful: "My team not top 2 most wanted youth gangs in Manhatten for nothin we got guns for dayss," a third posted on Facebook.
"These Facebook and Instagram postings are sometimes our most reliable evidence and they become our most reliable informants in identifying who's in the gang," says Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. "Gang members are Instagramming pictures of themselves with guns and cash. They are communicating about where to meet before they do something related to gang activities. They brag about what they've done after the fact. We see that again and again and again in these cases."
And yet, Vance also says social media should be viewed skeptically — some kids brag about things that aren't true or just want to look tough — and a Facebook post would not be reason alone to file charges.
Online messages, though, were critical in the East Harlem investigation. By the start of 2014, 53 of the 63 charged had pleaded guilty. And in November, then New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly offered an endorsement: Hailing a 50 percent drop in homicides among those 13 to 21 since 2012, Kelly said a new strategy "including attention to the new battleground of social media has resulted in lives being saved in New York City, mostly minority young men."
New York isn't unique. In Houston, police say gang members have used social media to sell meth, marijuana and heroin and provoke shootings as initiation rites. In Daytona Beach, Fla., five kids who claimed to be in a gang brutally assaulted a teen and within hours, cell phone video of the attack was on Facebook. And in Chicago, gang warfare has migrated from the streets to cyberspace and back again — with deadly results.
Probably the most high-profile case unfolded in 2012 on the city's South Side. It began with an online feud involving insults, gangs and two rappers, Keith Cozart, better known as Chief Keef, and Joseph 'Lil JoJo' Coleman. Hours after Coleman tweeted his location, he was fatally shot while riding on a bicycle. Soon after, Chief Keef's Twitter account carried mocking comments about the death. He claimed his account had been hacked.
"We see a lot of taunting," says Nick Roti, chief of the Chicago police organized crime bureau. "There are guys standing on a street corner, they take a picture of themselves holding a gun (the message being), 'I always stand up for my 'hood.' They're basically daring someone to shoot them."
They do the reverse as well, posting videos of themselves on enemy territory, scrawling profanity on walls, then egging their rivals to come out and defend their turf.
In many cases, gangs do little to hide their identities, even though they know they're leaving an electronic fingerprint for police.
"I guess the need for recognition and street cred must outweigh the potential for being arrested and charged," Roti says. "They don't seem to be that worried. They may feel they can hide in numbers. There are millions of pictures and posts. (Their attitude is) 'I'll take my chances.'"
It doesn't always work. Last summer, when a North Side gang in Chicago rapped about the death of a reported rival on YouTube, spewing profanities and pointing guns, police responded. Two felons in the video were taken into custody for violating parole and probation, police say, and 38 grams of crack cocaine were seized along with one of the weapons featured.
Del Toro, the YMCA program director who works in Logan Square and Humboldt Park — neighborhoods struggling with gang problems — says the swaggering is a dramatic departure from the past.
"You can now gangbang from your living room," says Del Toro, now an ordained minister. "Who would have thought that 20 years ago? ... Back in the '80s or '90s, gang members didn't want to take their pictures. Now they're all over YouTube."
And that can attract kids, says Eddie Bocanegra, co-executive director of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago's Youth Safety and Violence Prevention program. "In the past you would have gangs approach you and say, 'Listen we're from the 'hood. Maybe you should get involved.' Now the kids are going to the gangs saying, 'I saw this. How can I be a part of it?'"
Sometimes, the motive is purely social — a kid with 10 Facebook friends can expand his network by hundreds. "It's a sense of belonging." he says.
Bocanegra's understanding of kids and violence stems from his own history. He spent 14 years in prison for a gang-related murder, turned his life around and is now a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Through the Y, he mentors kids in communities where gangs are a constant presence.
He warns them of the consequences of their online activities. "I'll say, 'Don't you know you're creating a profile of yourself so police can see it?' ... How do you think this will impact you tomorrow, a month from now, five years from now?'... A lot of times, it's 'Who cares?'"
Some do.
Anderson Chaves, 17, changed his ways, removing a photo on his Facebook page of a man he once admired — Pablo Escobar, the Colombian drug lord killed in a gun battle with authorities. Chaves says he now avoids the back-and-forth online posturing.
"It's part of a macho display, 'Look at me. Look at who I am,'" he says. "They're not thinking that one day they might be standing in front of a judge and someone will pull all this stuff out. They don't think it will happen."
But it does.
Dawn Keating, a Cincinnati police officer who trains other law enforcement about social media, says by the time gang members appear in court, authorities have a dossier of their words and videos online that challenge how they want to portray themselves. "If a guy goes in and says, 'I'm a good person. I've never held a gun,' we can say, 'Look at what he puts out about himself on social media. Here he is with a gun.' It helps debunk a lot of things."
Despite those successes, police say monitoring social media is time-consuming and frustrating.
Eric Vento, a Houston police officer and gang specialist, says he sometimes creates aliases to befriend gang members online.
"You have to build your persona," he says. "That comes through countless, tedious hours of posting comments. You have to get to be friends with these people. You have to let them into your fake world. You have to build their trust. Only then, will they let you in. Until that time, you're there twiddling your thumbs."
Older gang members tend to restrict public access to their Facebook pages, but they can sometimes be found online through their wives and friends, he says. "They bite all the time," Vento says. "It's a question of keeping the bite. ... Depending on how high they are in the (gang) hierarchy, they're pretty suspicious. They know law enforcement is on Facebook. Maybe they're not thinking about it 24/7. They see there are enough news stories. They know there are fake profiles."
Younger gang members seem less cautious and more accustomed to sharing their lives online. And that can be a boon to police.
In Daytona Beach, Fla., in October, after a group of teens claiming to be in a gang pummeled and kicked a 14 year old, the victim's mother found the beating video posted on Facebook that night, says detective Scott Barnes.
After she contacted police, they quickly tracked down the suspects in their schools, Barnes says. The five, 13 to 18, were charged with aggravated criminal battery, he adds, and all pleaded guilty.
"Everybody wants to be cool and get the street cred they feel they deserve," he says. "It's not very smart, that's for sure. ... It's sad it's come to this. Some of these kids will be OK, but there's a group out there who are going to ruin their lives and end up in prison a long time or be dead. It's hard to get ahead of this, but we're trying."
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Sharon Cohen is a Chicago-based national writer and can be reached at scohen@ap.org.
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Ambulance damaged after struck with bullet on way to Flint hospital
Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on January 12, 2014 at 11:20 AM, updated January 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM
FLINT, MI -- The driver's side view mirror of an ambulance was shattered after it was struck by a bullet Saturday, Jan. 11 while traveling on Franklin Avenue and Davison Road, according to Flint police.
A reporting person told police he overheard radio traffic from one of his drivers around 1:30 a.m. that eight to 10 shots had been fired in the area, with one of the bullets having struck the vehicle.
The driver, a patient and second employee inside the vehicle were not injured during the incident, despite some glass shards from the side view mirror hitting the driver as the window was down. No word on any potential suspects was immediately available from police.
Roberto can be reached by phone at 810-429-3865, email at racosta1@mlive.com, on Facebook at Roberto Acosta Journalist, Roberto Acosta on Google Plus or on Twitter @racostaJourno. |
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A small warm up and the crime increases. It may be "cabin fever' but the domestics are on the rise again. Seems like a record number of vindictive ex-girlfriends are on the loose.
And it also appears that some crime is coming from outside Flint. Genesee County Scanners reported a stabbing in the 2200 block of Ridge Villa Ct., Burton around 5pm last night. They stated the original call was for a fight with two black females fighting. Then a 36 year old black male was found stabbed multiple times. There was believed to be a second male victim in a black car, but he was never found.
Flint Police Operations reported a family having trouble with dad's drug dealer in the 2000 block of Aspen Lane in Mt. Morris Township shortly after noon. A black pickup with 2 black males and a black female created the problem. Later a white male was observed chasing a black male with a long gun.
About the same time 4 black males and a female were circling the 1600 block of Stevenson. The driver reportedly had a weapon and was detained by the police.
A female answered her door around 5 pm and 4 black males entered and assaulted her. They stole $20 and her cell phone.
Saturday evening there were 3 males assaulting a male on the ground in the area of Mackin and Milbourne. |
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Employee, manager offer conflicting stories of alleged assault at Flint business
Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com By Roberto Acosta | racosta1@mlive.com
on January 12, 2014 at 9:15 PM, updated January 12, 2014 at 9:34 PM
FLINT, MI -- A female employee alleged a manager and co-worker assaulted her Jan. 9 inside a Dort Highway business, but the pair claimed the employee provoked the manager into a fight.
The alleged victim told police that around 12:15 a.m. a 31-year-old female co-worker knocked over a tray of drinks she was carrying, with the 42-year-old female manager demanding the employee pay for them, according to a police report.
An argument began between the victim and manager, resulting in the manager allegedly taking the victim into a hallway and choking her. The co-worker then allegedly placed the victim in a headlock, while the manager punched her several times.
The alleged victim was able to flee outside the building and call 911 before the manager chased her down and took the phone, but the manager and co-worker offered a completely different version of the incident to police.
They claimed the victim became irate in front of customers and struck the manager first, with the co-worker trying to separate them and that the manager was simply defending herself. There was no word in the report of any arrests in connection with the incident.
Roberto can be reached by phone at 810-429-3865, email at racosta1@mlive.com, on Facebook at Roberto Acosta Journalist, Roberto Acosta on Google Plus |
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Flint police identify year's first homicide victim as 21-year-old man
David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on January 13, 2014 at 10:53 AM
FLINT, MI – Police have identified the city's first homicide victim of 2014 as 21-year-old Dericko D. Carter.
No suspect information has been released, but police are looking for a dark colored sedan, possibly a Grand Prix, police said.
Police said the homicide followed an argument at the Z Club on Dort Highway near Lippincott Boulevard.
The victim's vehicle and the suspect vehicle left the scene when the suspect fired into the victim's vehicle around 1: 40 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 on Dort Highway near Davison Road, striking Carter and another man who was in critical condition but police said is expected to survive.
The victims were taken to Hurley Medical Center where Carter was pronounced dead.
Saturday's homicide was the first in the city since Nov. 22, when a 2-year-old boy was slain. His mother, Crystal Shelton-Randolph is charged with murder and criminal sexual conduct in the case.
This year was the longest the city had gone without a homicide to start the new year since 2010 when the first slaying did not occur until Feb. 21. That year went on to be the deadliest since the 1980s with 66 homicides, only to be topped in 2012 with 67 homicides.
Flint saw its first homicide of 2013 just hours into the New Year when a 16-year-old boy allegedly shot his friend on accident while handling a shotgun they bought on the street earlier that night. Shukur Brown is awaiting trial on charges of second degree murder and felony firearm in the death of Gianni Herron, 15.
By this time last year, there were six homicides in the city, according to Flint police records. The killings slowed as the year went on and the city ended up with 52 homicides, the lowest total in four years.
Anyone with information on Saturday's homicide is asked to contact Flint police Sgt. Bryce Willoughby at the Flint Police Department at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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Flint police say ambulance hit by gunfire during three-mile chase that left man dead
David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
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Flint Police Chief James Tolbert talks to the media about the year's first homicide.
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FLINT, MI – What started out as a fight at a club turned into a 3-mile car chase that ended with the city's first homicide of 2014 and an ambulance inadvertently hit by gunfire, police said.
Police say there was an altercation at the Z Club, formerly the Purple Moon, 2525 S. Dort Hwy., around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11.
The victim's vehicle was in the area of Dort Highway and Davison Road when the suspect's vehicle began shooting at the victim's vehicle, police said.
Police say they found shell casings from bullets all along the way from Dort and Davison to right near Hurley Medical Center where Dericko D. Carter and another man were dropped off with gunshot wounds. Carter was pronounced dead at the hospital while the other man is expected to survive.
Caught in the crossfire was an ambulance that was on its way to the hospital.
A witness told police he overheard radio traffic from one of his ambulance drivers around 1:30 a.m. that eight to 10 shots had been fired in the area, with one of the bullets having struck the vehicle.
The driver, a patient and second employee inside the vehicle were not injured during the incident, despite some glass shards from the side view mirror hitting the driver as the window was down.
"This type of behavior is not tolerated," said Flint Police Chief James Tolbert. "We are going to find out who did this."
Flint police Capt. Collin Birnie said the incident "speaks volumes of the disregard for public safety."
There have been no arrests and Flint police asked for the public's help locating a dark colored sedan, possibly a Pontiac Grand Prix. There were about 200 people at the club on Saturday night, according to police.
"Somebody saw something, somebody knows something," said Tolbert. "We need you to give us a call."
Saturday's homicide was the first in the city since Nov. 22, when a 2-year-old boy was slain. His mother, Crystal Shelton-Randolph is charged with murder and criminal sexual conduct in the case.
This was the latest first homicide of the year since 2010 when the first slaying didn't occur until Feb. 21. Of course, that year went on to be the deadliest since the 1980s with 66 homicides, only to be topped in 2012 with 67 homicides.
Flint saw its first homicide of 2013 just hours into the New Year when a then 16-year-old boy allegedly shot his friend on accident while handling a shotgun they bought on the street earlier that night. Shukur Brown is awaiting trial on charges of second degree murder and felony firearm in the death of Gianni Herron, 15.
By this time last year, there were six homicides in the city, according to Flint police records. The killing slowed as the year went on and the city ended up with 52 homicides, the lowest total in four years.
Anyone with information on Saturday's homicide is asked to contact Sergeant Bryce Willoughby at the Flint Police Department at 810-237-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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79-year-old woman robbed at gunpoint in her Flint home; three suspects arrested
David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on January 15, 2014 at 6:07 AM, updated January 15, 2014 at 6:08 AM
FLINT, MI -- Three males were arrested early Wednesday morning after they allegedly broke into the home of a 79-year-old woman and robbed her at gunpoint, according to police.
The males, two adults and one juvenile, entered the home on Mohawk Avenue near Dort Highway around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday. They pointed a gun at her and demanded the keys to her vehicle, but instead stole other undisclosed items before fleeing the home, police say.
The woman was not injured.
With the help of Michigan State Police canine and Flint police, the suspects were found a few blocks away and arrested. They were lodged in the Flint city lockup and Genesee Valley Regional Center.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint police at 810-237-6801 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL. |
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Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:29 am |
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16-year-old girl in good condition after being shot in Flint home
David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com By David Harris | dharris5@mlive.com
on January 15, 2014 at 5:41 AM, updated January 15, 2014 at 5:46 AM
FLINT, MI -- A 16-year-old girl was shot just before midnight on Tuesday at a home on Susan Court near Sally Court, according to police.
She was taken to the hospital and listed in good condition.
Police were called to the home for shots fired into an occupied dwelling. There was no suspect information.
Anyone with information is asked to call Flint police. |
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Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:33 am |
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