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Feds: Man escaped to avoid Heather Kelley murder charges
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A color photograph in a federal trial brief shows Carlos Watts Jr. moments before his escape from the KPEP halfway house in Kalamazoo, where he was finishing up a sentence...
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AG fighting Jeff Titus's request for $1 million after wrongful conviction
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The same Michigan Attorney General's Office that helped free Jeff Titus from prison earlier this year is now fighting his request for more than $1 million in wrongful...
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Woman admitted lighting candles before dad's death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two hours after her elderly father caught fire in the home they shared, Kendra Krueger gently kissed her dad's head as he lay critically burned in a Grand Rapids hospital....
View ArticlePlainfield Township, Wolverine Worldwide disagree over $19M in PFAS settlement
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Wolverine Worldwide and Plainfield Township are looking to the courts to resolve a dispute over the settlement to extend municipal water service to areas where the...
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'Where is her body?' Victim's sister asks ailing accused serial killer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Norma Abbott knows the clock is ticking. "His life is ending soon," Abbott said, referring to alleged serial killer Garry Artman, charged last August in the 1996 rape...
View ArticleWarrant reveals new insight on sex trafficking in W. MI
WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — A search warrant in a human trafficking-related case against a Walker man provides more insight into a world that operates mostly in shadows. Jeremy Byl, 47, was arrested Monday...
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Kent County jail inmate killed self while left alone for 43 minutes
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kent County jail inmate with a history of attempting suicide was alone in a shower for more than 40 minutes before he was found hanging earlier this year, according to...
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Suspect in woman's disappearance seeks trial in escape case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man identified as a suspect in the disappearance and presumed murder of a Kalamazoo-area mother of eight has asked to withdraw his guilty plea in a related federal...
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Police changing response to 'suicide by cop' calls
If you or someone you know are in crisis, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached anytime by calling 988. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For police, they are among the most dangerous and...
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Rejected by community, Dollar General sues to build store
NOTTAWA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Dollar General sued a St. Joseph County township to build a new location despite near-unanimous backlash from the community. It’s David and Goliath: the small Nottawa...
View ArticleProsecutor: Serial shoplifter sign of 'major problem'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Investigators say a serial shoplifter is responsible for ripping off nearly a dozen stores and stealing at least $3,600 worth of products just this year in metro Grand...
View ArticlePolice: Gang called out man online before deadly shooting
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — Kentwood police are calling it a gangland killing: a man shot at a 28th Street SE hotel while celebrating his son's first birthday. Now, a Grand Rapids man is facing charges...
View Article$700K casino heist came amid phone scam targeting workers
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Weeks before police say a supervisor at Four Winds Casino walked away with $700,000 after receiving a phone call, the gaming industry warned casino operators about a...
View ArticleZombie debt: 5-year-old medical bill haunts West Michigan woman
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This isn’t the retirement Eli and Deb Yoder had envisioned. “The last couple years, his health has just gone right down the tube,” Deb Yoder said. “He has always been so...
View ArticleBodycam video released as GR settles civil rights case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids has settled a civil rights case that prompted a formal discrimination charge against its police department. It's been one year since the Michigan...
View ArticleNew program targets unlicensed builders, repays victims
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan's attorney general is touting the success of a new program aimed at holding unlicensed builders accountable and helping victims swiftly recoup any financial...
View ArticleExonerated man: Depression, paranoia after wrongful conviction
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Nearly six years after he was exonerated on a perjury charge linked to the murder of a 10-year-old girl, a St. Joseph County man on Wednesday told jurors the wrongful...
View ArticleState pays Jeff Titus $1 million for wrongful imprisonment
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — The state of Michigan has paid more than $1 million to Jeff Titus as compensation for the 21 years he spent in prison for a wrongful conviction in a double murder. Titus,...
View ArticleExonerated man in Jodi Parrack case seeks $12 million from cold case detective
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A St. Joseph County man exonerated on a perjury charge linked to the murder of a 10-year-old girl is asking a federal jury for $12 million in damages. The jury began...
View ArticleExonerated man sues detectives after 21 years in prison
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Jeff Titus, who served more than 21 years in prison for a wrongful conviction in a double murder, is suing a pair of cold case detectives for $100 million. The federal...
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