After drug bust, suspect intentionally crashes into 3 undercover police vehicles

5:35 AM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Police say a suspect intentionally crashed into three undercover police vehicles today as officers executed a search warrant at a Northwest Side Grand Rapids home. 

The Metropolitan Enforcement Team was searching for "controlled substances" at 734 Fremont Ave. NW. As they went to enter the home, two suspects emerged and got into a GMC Envoy in an attempt to escape, authorities said.

Damage caused to two undercover police vehicles caused
by a suspect intentionally crashing his vehicle into
the two police cars.  Please note: we have covered
the license plates of the undercover police
cars in order to protect the identity of
undercover law enforcement officers.
Two unmarked police vehicles were ready to pursue the suspect, but the car reversed gear and intentionally crashed into one of the cars, which resulted in a chain-reaction crash -- damaging another unmarked police vehicle and side swiping an unmarked police van. 

The suspects continued to flee, but ran into an embankment in their SUV. Both fled, and one was caught, but the other remained on the loose. A police officer said that law enforcement has a "pretty good idea" of who the remaining suspect is. 

Names and descriptions of the suspects were not released. 

Law enforcement outside of 734 Fremont.
State Police Lt. Chris McIntire said marijuana and cocaine were a "good guess" of what the investigative team was looking for. 

He would not specify how long officers had pursued this investigation or what tipped them off to the whereabouts of the suspects. 
Another officer said a gun was found in the suspect's SUV. 

Two officers received minor injuries, McIntire said, but they will be fine.

The suspects will receive charges related to the obtained narcotics and felonious assault with a deadly weapon due to the intentional crash of the SUV into the undercover police vehicles. 

"I heard a crash, and the two guys in the Envoy were gone," said Justin Fabela, who lives in the neighborhood. "The cops came out of nowhere. They did a good job -- bad guys and guns are off the street." 

He said he had no idea the house was home to illegal activities. He had waved hello several times to people he had seen at the home.

"Last I knew, two best friends lived there," Fabela said. 




View Larger Map
0 comments

Domestic Terrorism by Michigan Government Thugs

3:02 PM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post
NOT SURE WHATS GOING ON BUT THESE 
DNR THUGS BETTER NOT TOUCH OUR MEDICINE! 

NaturalNews can now confirm that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has, in total violation of the Fourth Amendment, conducted two armed raids on pig farmers in that state, one in Kalkaska County at Fife Lake and another in Cheboygan County. Staging raids involving six vehicles and ten armed men, DNA conducted unconstitutional, illegal and arguably criminal armed raids on these two farms with the intent of shooting all the farmers' pigs under a bizarre new "Invasive Species Order" (ISO) that has suddenly declared traditional livestock to be an invasive species.
0 comments

DecriminalizeGR is seeking to change marijuana laws in Grand Rapids

2:52 PM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post
DecriminalizeGR PSA
http://decriminalizegr.org/

A short PSA by Nathan Mabie for DecriminalizeGR, first aired 4/13/2012 at Art.Downtown.
DecriminalizeGR is seeking to change marijuana laws in Grand Rapids, Michigan by obtaining the appropriate number of signatures to get a decriminalization amendment on the November 2012 ballot.
For more information, please visit decriminalizegr.org or find us on Facebook & Twitter.

Michigan's medical marijuana law is no protection for drivers, appellate court says

2:41 PM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Users of medical marijuana cannot legally drive if they have any amount of the drug in their systems, the state Court of Appeals said in a ruling issued this morning.
The appellate court said the state’s “zero tolerance” law, which prevents motorists from operating a vehicle with any amount of a Schedule 1 controlled substance in their body, still applies for drivers who legally use medical marijuana.
The ruling came in a Grand Traverse County case in which Prosecutor Alan Schneider charged Rodney Koon with driving under the influence.
A circuit judge upheld a district judge’s ruling that jurors in Koon’s trial would not be told that any presence of marijuana in Koon’s system would be enough to convict.
The circuit judge ruled that the medical marijuana law superseded the zero-tolerance law.
Schneider also disagreed with the judges’ rulings that, under the medical marijuana law, he had to prove the driver was under the influence of the drug. State law prohibits any amount of marijuana in a motorist’s body.
According to the ruling, police stopped Koon for driving 83 mph in a 55-mph zone. Koon admitted to drinking one beer after an officer detected intoxicants, and admitted he used marijuana five or six hours earlier. He told the officer he had a medical marijuana card.
A blood test showed he had active THC in his system.
The appeals panel – David Sawyer, Peter O’Connell and Amy Ronayne Krause – said the medical marijuana law recognized circumstances where medical marijuana use would be not permitted.
“One of those exceptions specifically states that the protections will not apply to operating a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana. … This is certainly not an irrational provision. For example, it is not uncommon for a medication, whether prescription or over the counter, to be accompanied by a warning not to drive while using the medication.”
The problem is, the medical marijuana law doesn’t define “under the influence of marijuana,” the justices wrote.
“What we are left with is the (medical marijuana law), which affords a certain degree of immunity from prosecution for possession or use of marijuana for a medical purpose, and the Michigan Motor Vehicle Code, which prohibits operating a motor vehicle while there is any amount of marijuana in the driver’s system.”
It said the medical marijuana law, or legislators, could have rescheduled marijuana from a Schedule 1 controlled substance.
The court said that the medical marijuana law didn’t create a right to use marijuana, but provided protection from prosecution for possessing an illegal drug.
Koon contended that he had the “right” to “internally possess” marijuana, and, if he didn’t break any laws, could go about his “day-to-day activites, including operating a vehicle.
The medical marijuana law was supported by 63 percent of voters in 2008.
The justices called the medical marijuana law an "inartfully drafted act."
E-mail John Agar: jagar@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/grpressagar

Unruly Subway customer has pot seized when he couldn't show current medical marijuana card

6:01 PM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post

HASTINGS, MI -- Police seized a man’s marijuana after he refused to leave a Subway Shop and complained about the way his salad was made.
Hastings police received a call at about 8:45 on April 9 about an “unruly” customer at a Hastings Subway.
A man admitted to causing a commotion at the store because his salad was not made properly. The man said he had previously worked at a Subway establishment. He then said he got into an argument with store personnel after he was told he smelled of marijuana.
The man left the store as police arrived, where he said he was tired of people making comments about his medical marijuana card.
He then presented Hastings police with a medical marijuana card that expired 40 days before. The man then showed officers a jar of “suspected marijuana” from his vehicle.
He was unable to prove any renewal application had been submitted to the state, but said his medical marijuana provider paid his application fee and mailed his paperwork.
Hastings police then seized the substance, and told the man without proof of proper paperwork, formal charges would be filed.
The incident remains under investigation. 
Email Maria Amante: mamante@mlive.com , or subscribe to her updates ontwitter.com/1mamante.

Related topics: Hastings-Wayland

3 MEN BEAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT, JUDGE DENIES BOND! GOOD!

12:52 PM | Posted by TheHollandCompassionClub | Edit Post

BAY CITY, MI — Three relatives charged with severely beating a man outside a Bangor Township bar waved to their children and family today as they sat in court this morning, repeatedly exchanging I-love-you's. 
Three Bay City defendants appear at Bay County District court for preliminary hearingVictor A. Corpuz, 24, brother Michael G. Corpuz III, 27, and cousin Jose J. Gutiérrez, 27, appeared before Bay County District Judge Mark E. Janer for a preliminary examination, sitting side-by-side, shackled in orange, jail-issued jumpsuits. Janer adjourned the hearing at the request of attorney Edward M. Czuprynski, saying he just received new information pertaining to the case and needs more time to review it. Czuprynski is representing all three defendants.
Prior to seeking the adjournment, Czuprynski asked the judge to reduce the bond for the three men, which was set at $250,000 cash-surety. The attorney disputed some records of the trio’s previous convictions in other states and said they are not flight risks.
All three have only lived in Bay County for a short time, having moved here from California. By being held in jail, the Corpuzes are at risk of losing their jobs at an area restaurant, Czuprynski said.
Three Bay City defendants appear at Bay County District court for preliminary hearing
“We’re opposed to any bond reductions,” said Bay County Assistant Prosecutor J. Dee Brooks. “We believe bond was reasonably and appropriately set at the time of arraignment.”
Brooks added that the trio’s previous convictions are for assaultive crimes, that they share a history of substance abuse and are a “threat and danger to the community.”
Janer ordered the bond remain the same.
The early morning of April 4, the Corpuzes and Gutiérrez were at My Bar, 3395 Old Kawkawlin Road. Around closing time, prosecutors allege they attacked 37-year-old Dustin Hnilica leaving the bar, a person unknown to them prior to the incident.
Hnilica was attempting to drive away when Victor Corpuz got into the passenger side of his car and started punching him, police said. The three men then pulled Hnilica from his car and continued to punch and kick him, Hnilica later told Bay County sheriff’s deputies.
According to witness statements, “at least two of the individuals were saying, ‘Kill him, kill him,’” Brooks said today.
Deputies arrested the three men at the scene. Hnilica, a medical marijuana patient, told deputies the trio approached him after smelling marijuana on him.
Deputies have said they found Hnilica’s money clip and medical marijuana on the suspects or in their vehicle.
Brooks said Hnilica still requires surgery to mend broken facial bones and is having difficulty getting around. He added that the Corpuzes and Gutierrez may face additional charges to the single counts of unarmed robbery, assault with intent to do great bodily harm and possession of marijuana they already face.
The preliminary examination is now slated for 1:30 p.m. on May 2.

0 comments
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)
Listen to internet radio with PlanetGreenTrees on Blog Talk Radio

HIGH TOPICS

Followers

About Me

TheHollandCompassionClub
View my complete profile

WEBPAGE DESIGNED BY MYTHGRAFIX.