Drugs

The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office says they received a tip that a methamphetamine lab was located at a residence in the 900 block of Capital Ave. NE in Pennfield Township. As a result of the tip, Sheriff's Deputies executed a search warrant to the residence around 3am Monday.

A series of busts in Kalamazoo over the weekend resulted in several stolen firearms being recovered. The KDPS asks those with information about these and other incidents to get into contact with them.

On Friday, 37-year-old Jerrell Finch was found guilty of second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death, related to the death of 45-year-old Michael Newman. Police say that Newman had gone to Finch’s home in January 2017, looking to buy heroin. Finch eventually got in contact with a dealer he knew, getting Newman the drugs, which he took and then overdosed on.

The Calhoun County Health Department conducted a study of opioid prescribing rates, overdoses resulting in emergency room visits, and opioid overdose deaths, and they say that a key takeaway is the impact of fentanyl.

The Battle Creek Police say on Tuesday that they initially thought 43-year-old Diabulo White had been killed via a gunshot, but they now say it appears he suffered blunt force trauma leading to his death

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The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs says on Wednesday that Frederick Grove prescribed controlled substances, particularly things like opioids and muscle relaxers, in dosages and combinations that can be dangerous.

The County Commission met Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of joining the class action, which sees cities like Lansing and Detroit along with other Michigan municipalities suing drug makers and pharmacies.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that they were called to the 1400 block of Jack Pine Way around 1:45am Sunday, after a citizen saw someone shooting a handgun several times in a parking lot, before entering a residence.

Lakeview School District Board President Eric Greene told 95.3 WBCK this week that the district and Battle Creek Police Department agreed to bring in the liaison officer on Monday, as part of Lakeview’s efforts to tighten security amid fears of school shootings.