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AMBER ALERT issued for missing child in Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich - An AMBER ALERT has been issued early Sunday morning regarding a missing child in the Grand Rapids area. 1-year-old Jaionna Jayzlyn Ross was last seen wearing a pink shirt, blue shorts and clear sandals with purple flowers on them. → Read More

Tip leads U.S. Marshals to location of featured fugitive in Comstock Park

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich - Authorities with the U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force say a tip to Silent Observer have led to the arrest of a fugitive recently featured on West Michigan's Most Wanted. → Read More

FOX17 viewer tips help lead to arrest of featured fugitive

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich - Authorities with the U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force are crediting tips from FOX17 viewers and Silent Observer in the arrest of a fugitive who had avoided capture for more than a year. → Read More

Alarm spooks restaurant break-in suspect, tips sought

SCHOOLCRAFT, Mich - Investigators with the Schoolcraft Police Department are hoping surveillance images will help them track down a suspect they say broke into a restaurant early Thursday. Officers responded to an alarm at Marjos Restaurant on Grand Street around 2:20 a.m. → Read More

Authorities identify teen killed outside Muskegon Twp. bowling alley

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities have identified a 15-year-old who was shot and killed in the parking lot of a bowling alley Monday evening. The Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office says officers were dispatched to the Northway Lanes Bowling Center shortly before 7:00 p.m. → Read More

FOX17 viewer tip helps lead to arrest of featured fugitive

WEST MICHIGAN - Investigators with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force say a tip from a FOX17 viewer played a pivotal role in the location and arrest of a recently featured fugitive on West Michigan's Most Wanted. James Anthony White, 31, was spotted by a surveillance team with the U.S. → Read More

Authorities: Doctor may have performed liposuction in Allegan Co. pole barn

GLENN, Mich -- Allegan County authorities say a doctor may have endangered patients and the public by performing liposuctions in a pole barn. Health officials said they learned from Allegan County sheriff's investigators that the doctor was performing the procedures in the building along 114th Avenue in Glenn. → Read More

$10,000 reward offered in Norton Shores arson investigation

NORTON SHORES, Mich - A tight-knit community in the Norton Shores area has now teamed up with law enforcement agencies and Silent Observer to solve an arson investigation that still lacks answers more than seven months after it happened. → Read More

2 women injured after utility pole breaks and falls

MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich - A scary accident involving a tree branch and a utility pole has left two women hurt in Laketon Township, one of them critically. Authorities in Muskegon County say they were called to the 2100 block of Whitehall Road for utility wires down on pedestrians around 3:00 p.m. → Read More

Violent criminal background tied to 3 featured fugitives

WEST MICHIGAN — The U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force is asking for your help in locating three fugitives with ties to the Grand Rapids and Muskegon Heights areas. → Read More

U.S. Marshals seek tips in search for 3 fugitives

WEST MICHIGAN — The U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force is seeking tips to help locate and apprehend three of West Michigan's Most Wanted. Michael Lynn Hampton, 67, was last known to be in the Hesperia area. → Read More

Attempted murder suspect arrested in Muskegon Township

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich - A joint law enforcement initiative has led to the arrest of a suspect wanted in connection to a shooting in Muskegon Heights, federal authorities say. 23-year-old Jabril Anthony Glover is accused of shooting a man several times in Muskegon Heights on March 9th. → Read More

Featured Fugitive: Leontay Moody

WEST MICHIGAN - The U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force is seeking tips in the continued search for one of West Michigan's Most Wanted. Leontay Akeem Moody, 29, is wanted out of Grand Rapids for running from and resisting a police officer. A warrant was issued for his arrest in January 2016. → Read More

Surveillance video leads to grocery store larceny suspect

MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich - Investigators with the Mecosta County Sheriff's Office have announced an arrest following a business break-in late last month. → Read More

Career criminal sentenced for Kalamazoo bank robberies

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich – A 73-year-old man who federal prosecutors call a ‘career criminal’, linked to bank robberies and violent crime, will be in his early 80’s before he ever… → Read More

VIDEO: Suspect kicks in door, loots car dealership

WYOMING, Mich – Investigators in Wyoming have released surveillance video of a suspect tied to a business burglary last Sunday. At approximately 3:20 a.m. on June 5 surveillance video recorde… → Read More

Featured Fugitives – Tiesean Hatchett and John Bromley

WEST MICHIGAN – The U.S. Marshals Western Michigan Fugitive Task Force is seeking tips in the search for a pair of West Michigan’s Most Wanted fugitives. Tiesean Shantal Hatchett, 23, i… → Read More

Firefighters rescue trapped kayaker on Grand River

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich – A stranded kayaker was pulled from underneath the Bridge Street bridge in downtown Grand Rapids after an emergency Sunday evening. Firefighters were dispatched to the are… → Read More

Fire heavily damages Newaygo County home

NEWAYGO COUNTY, Mich – A fast-moving fire caused serious damage to a home in Newaygo County on Friday night. Dispatchers tell FOX17 firefighters were called to a home on Spruell Road near Bro… → Read More

Semi hauling beer catches fire after crash along I-94 in Kalamazoo County

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich – A portion of westbound I-94 in Kalamazoo County remains closed following a fiery crash involving a semi on Thursday afternoon. Michigan State Police tell FOX17 the Oa… → Read More