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James Gemmell
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Kent County Sheriff’s deputies saythey confiscated a loaded Glock pistol,
a significant amount of cash, plus
marijuana and packaging materials
after a traffic stop in Gaines Township
on Saturday, Oct. 5.
It happened on South Division
Avenue at Green Meadow Street. That
is north of M-6 in the Cutlerville area
of the township.
Sgt. Kailey Gilbert told the Sun and
News that a deputy tried to initiate a
traffic stop after observing the vehicle
make some “abnormal movements.”
But it took a while for the vehicle
to pull over. Some additional deputies
arrived to assist the officer who was
already there, and placed spike strips
Short police chase in Gaines Township ends with two arrests, gun and drug roundup
under the rear passenger tire just
before the vehicle sped off.
After a brief chase, it stopped
and the driver took off running.
Deputies say they caught the
23-year-old man and also took the
20-year-old woman passenger
into custody.
At the time of publication, their
names had not been released
pending formal charges.
Police say they later found
inside the vehicle significant
amounts of marijuana, a scale,
packaging materials, a large
sum of cash, and a loaded Glock
pistol.
Gilbert explained why the
alleged marijuana possession is
illegal.
“Even though it’s still legalfrom a dispensary, you can’t be
dealing it on the street. And this
amount that was in the vehicle
was well over the legal amount,”
she said.
The number of drug-related
arrests in Gaines Township has
risen significantly in recent years.
“We do have several deputies
assigned to our south area. So,
I think it’s just a combination
of an increase in population
and our increased presence in
Gaines Township. We have the
availability to do this proactive
police work. So, everything,
altogether, it just kind of adds
up to more proactive police
work and more crime being
discovered,” Gilbert said.Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
Caledonia Township will hold
a public safety open house today,
Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. at the township fire station,
8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE (M-37).
The family-friendly event will
allow kids to be able to tour all of
the Caledonia Fire-Rescue Depart-
ment’s fire trucks. Vehicles from
the Kent County Sheriff’s Office
and Life Ambulance will also bepresent at the open house. In ad-
dition, kids will be able to take a
junior firefighter ability course and
bounce around in the bounce house.
Donuts, apple cider, coffee and hot
dogs will be served. The event will
also include a rope rescue demonstra-
tion at 10 a.m., a Jaws of Life dem-
onstration at 11 a.m. and an arrival of
an AeroMed helicopter at noon. The
Kent County Tactical Apprehension
& Confrontation (TAC) Team will
also be present for the open house.Public safety open house in
Caledonia Twp. happening today
impact, especially when you multiply
it across the 32 years that TAEF has
been around. That’s a whole lot of
positive impact in the community,”
Alden said.
In closing her remarks, Getty urged
the community to give back to TAEF,
Barry Community Foundation, and
Barry County parks. Getty has cho-
sen the Barry County Parks Fund to
receive donations in her honor. Thefund helps support the needs and
operations of parks across the county.
Donations to the parks fund may be
made online at barrycf.org/funds/
barry-county-parks-fund, or mailed or
dropped off at the community founda-
tion offices at 231 S. Broadway St. in
Hastings.
“Our community is truly special. I
think we know that. We know that
from United Way, we know that from
the community foundation, and I’m
just blessed to serve,” Getty said.GETTY
Continued from Page 2The Kent County Sheriff’s Office says it found
this loaded 10-millimeter Glock pistol inside a
vehicle after a police chase in Gaines Township
on Saturday. Photo provided by KCSOGO ONLINE TO SUNANDNEWS.COM