Crime

In January, Daniel Pentkowski of Midland traveled to Texas for his mother’s funeral and he never returned home. He died while in the custody of a local police department. Three different causes have been given by authorities, ranging from self-inflicted injuries to homicide.

A law that takes effect tomorrow expands services and financial assistance available to help crime victims in Michigan.

Michigan’s attorney general says a state retail crime unit has busted an alleged multi-million-dollar interstate food stamp ring.

Federal authorities now believe a fire that broke out at an Enbridge facility last year was arson.

Police are warning Michiganders about the risks of "swatting" following fake phone threats this week.

Since 1991, Midland County officials have been trying to identify the person who fatally struck Gregory McRoberts with their car and fled.

A gas station manager was able to intervene and call state and local police to prevent the couple from sending more money to the scam operation.

A man shot in a Meijer parking lot by East Lansing Police Department officers in April has been charged with seven felony counts and one misdemeanor count.The charges against 20 year-old DeAnthony VanAtten, who is Black, appeared Tuesday night on the 54B District Court’s website. They include felony charges of assault, resisting or obstructing police, one count carrying a concealed weapon, one count receiving and concealing a weapon, one felony firearm count and one misdemeanor third degree retail fraud charge.

Authorities in Grand Traverse County arrested eight men last month, each accused of seeking sex with a minor.