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Pedestrian struck on 28th Street, vehicle flees Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. FOX 17 By: FOX 17 and last updated 2021-02-11 17:05:41-05 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids police tell us a pedestrian was struck on 28th Street this afternoon. Sgt. John Wittkowski with the Grand Rapids Police Department says the driver took off after the impact. We’re told the pedestrian...

A road rage incident led to a drive-by shooting on US-131 this evening, according to Sgt. John Wittkowski with the Grand Rapids Police Department.

Police interviewed several people about the missing money, including the church council president, secretary, and former treasurer.

St. Johns United Church of Christ in Grand Rapids, Michigan | Google Street View A Michigan man is facing felony charges after being accused of stealing some $800,000 from his church in Grand Rapids.  According to the Grand Rapids Police Department, 55-year-old Christian Bileth has been accused of stealing more than $812,000 from St. John’s United Church of Christ between March of 2014 until the end of 2019. He is reported to have turned himself into police before being released on bond.  ...

Caught on camera: Thieves saw catalytic converter off local businessman’s truck GRPD has seen a “significant uptick” in thefts of catalytic converters, not only in Grand Rapids, but county-wide. Author: Shanna Grove Updated: 8:06 AM EST January 27, 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Thieves are going around, sawing off a critical piece of people’s vehicles, and it could leave you with a toxic car.  A local business owner had this happen to him, and he caught i...

Victim, 21, suffered non-life-threatening injuries after shooting on southeast side, police say.

Grand Rapids head shop broken into overnight Updated Jan 03, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Grand Rapids police are searching for three suspects who broke into Purple East, 2221 Plainfield Ave NE, on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Advance Local File Photo)TNS Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Police are on the lookout for three suspects seen breaking into Purple East early Sunday morning in the city’s Creston neighborhood. Officers responded to a call of a breaking and entering at around 4 a.m. Sunda...

Looking back at Grand Rapids riot, the damage and charges in ‘unprecedented’ melee Updated Jan 01, 2021; Facebook Share That changed in the aftermath of the May 30 riot in downtown Grand Rapids. Becker, now the county’s top prosecutor, describes the chaos and destruction of that late spring night as “unprecedented.” Seven months later, those charged in the incident are moving through the criminal justice system, those businesses damaged are now dealing with coronavirus restrictions a...