Battle Creek Crime

A Battle Creek neighborhood was transformed into a war zone when bullets whizzed through the air towards a potential victim. Battle Creek Police responded to Capital Avenue N.E. and East Avenue, Friday afternoon, to investigate a report of shots fired...

It was 7:00 PM Friday evening, when witnesses, in the 100 block of Ridge Street, heard and then saw a car rapidly accelerating with a man clinging to its hood. The man then fell to the road, with the car returning and running over him twice...

Three teens have been arrested in connection to a shooting in early April outside of a party store.

An 18-year-old man who was shot once in the face, Tuesday evening, has been identified. According to WWMT, Eric Thomas was the victim who was shot while standing outside of a store at the intersection of Cliff and Mott Streets. Police believe that he had gathered with the suspect and other individuals for a drug deal...

The Battle Creek City Police responded to a call of a shooting near Cliff Street and Mott Street, at 9:35 PM. Tuesday evening. An 18-year-old man was shot at twice, with one shot striking him in the face, while standing on the sidewalk...

A 23 year-old Battle Creek man was jailed after a traffic stop conducted by Calhoun County Sheriff deputies. Deputies stopped the vehicle shortly after midnight, Sunday morning, at Dickman Road and Upton Avenue.  The investigation revealed that the man had five outstanding active arrest warrants and a suspended driver’s license...

A 26 year-old Battle Creek man received extensive burns to his upper body, following an explosion at a home in the 100 block of North 26th Street. When emergency crews arrived on the scene, at approximately 7 PM Thursday evening, the man was being helped from the home by his girlfriend...

A 25-year-old man broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, assaulted her and then attempted to start a fire in the residence. Battle Creek Police responded to the call in the 100 Block of Battle Creek Avenue at 2:30 AM Wednesday morning...

A woman was forced by gunpoint to withdraw money from an ATM at a Battle Creek credit union, late Saturday evening. Battle Creek Police officers were alerted to an Armed Robbery in progress at the Omni Credit Union on Roosevelt Avenue at approximately 10 PM, Saturday night...

The Battle Creek City Police arrested a Grand Rapids man, Thursday afternoon, who was wanted in Grand Rapids in connection with the shooting of another person. The F.B.I. had asked for assistance in the arrest, which included help from the Michigan State Police and numerous other police agencies...