By Scott Sullivan
Editor
June was busting out all over for Douglas Police, who responded to 166 calls within city limits and five outside last month. Noteworthy, Chief Steve Kent told city council Monday, were:
- Sunday, June 11, 2:31 a.m.: Off. Tony Brown was northbound on Blue Star Highway near Wiley Road when he spotted a vehicle traveling on the shoulder with no taillights.
Brown pulled it over, determined the driver was operating while intoxicated, arrested and lodged him in Allegan County Jail. - Friday, June 16, 3:07 a.m.: Off. Trevor Dyer was conducting stationary radar on Blue Star near south city limits when a southbound vehicle left the road and nearly smashed his patrol car. Dyer pulled it over, found the driver drunk, arrested and lodged him in county jail.
- Saturday, June 17, 7:59 a.m.: Corp. Lori Warsen was dispatched from working the Town Crier Races to the 0 Block of N. Blue Star re: a domestic assault witnessed by a passerby.
Warsen determined the male half-assaulted a female by strangulation. He was arrested and lodged in jail charged with felonious assault strangulation and domestic violence. - Friday, June 23, 1:50 a.m.: Dyer was conducting stationary radar northbound on Blue Star at Union Street when he caught a vehicle speeding over the Kalamazoo River bridge. The driver was arrested and jailed for drunk driving.
- Wednesday, June 28, 3:05 p.m.: Off. Tino Reyes was dispatched to a fraud complaint that occurred two days earlier in the 400 block of East Summer Grove. Suspects phoned the victim phone posing as attorney for the victim’s grandson needing bond money for a fatal traffic crash, indicating the Judge had imposed a gag order.
One of the suspects arrived as a “courier” hours later and obtained $8K in cash from the victim. This case is an active, ongoing and likely relates to similar frauds in Ionia, Kent and Ottawa counties, Chief Kent said. - June 30, 11:07 p.m. Dyer responded to a domestic assault in the 800 block of Campbell Road. On scene she determined the suspect was autistic and it best to remove that person from the home to a hotel that night for safety. The report is under review by the county prosecutor’s office.
The Department also responded in June to complaints of larceny, fraud, disorderly person(s), suspicious person-vehicle-situations, trespassing, harassment, sex offender registrations, personal protection order violation(s), reckless driving, property damage vehicle crashes, illegal burning, watercraft, fireworks, animal welfare, medical emergencies, child abuse, neighbor disputes and more.