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Since 1854 — News from Montcalm County and Ionia County, Michigan
Richard Harvey, 74, of Lake Odessa pleaded no contest on Tuesday and was sentenced to two months probation and 100 hours of community service for shooting Joan Jacobsen, 83, of Lake Odessa in the shoulder after an alleged dispute over the Proposal 3 ballot initiative.
In addition, Harvey must forfeit his gun and can have no contact with the victim. If he does not meet the terms of the deal, he will spend 60 days in prison.
A Lake Odessa man pleaded no contest on Monday to shooting an 83-year-old woman over a Proposal 3 dispute.
Richard Harvey, 74, shot Joan Jacobsen, 83, of Lake Odessa in the shoulder outside Harvey’s home on Bipley Road on Sept. 20, 2022 after Harvey’s wife Sharon Harvey and Jacobsen got into a verbal altercation about Michigan’s Proposal 3, which was set to be on that November’s general election ballot to determine the future of abortion legality.
A Greenville man who shot his adult son amid a dispute a year and a half ago was sentenced to a minimum of nine years in prison.
A Greenville man was arrested and charged with multiple crimes after what police described as a “random gunfire” incident in which at least six vehicles were struck by gunfire.
Jonathan Rasmussen, 30, was arraigned Thursday in Montcalm County District Court.
The Greenville Department of Public Safety is investigating what is at this time being described as a “random gunfire” incident in which at least two vehicles were struck by gunfire.
Local law enforcement responded to a shots fired situation early Friday morning.
At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Friday, officers from the Belding Police Department, Ionia County Sheriff’s Office, Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police Lakeview Post responded to shots fired in the 300 block of E Division Street in the City of Belding.
A 74-year-old Lake Odessa man was arraigned and charged with three crimes Friday for allegedly shooting an 84-year-old Right to Life volunteer who came to his house.
Richard Alan Harvey is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault using a rifle), a possible four-year felony; weapons firearms careless discharge causing injury, a possible two-year high court misdemeanor; and weapons firearms reckless use, a possible 90-day misdemeanor.
Michigan State Police Lakeview Post troopers are investigating a shooting that occurred at an Ionia County residence after an alleged “heated conversation” about Michigan’s Proposal 3, which will be on November’s general election ballot to determine the future of abortion legality.
Last week’s horrific shooting incident at Oxford High School has left other Michigan school officials reeling — and reevaluating how to prevent such a tragedy from occurring in their own district.
The afternoon of last Tuesday, Nov. 30, a 15-year-old male allegedly went on a shooting spree inside his high school, killing four teenage students and injuring seven others, including a teacher. The alleged shooter used a handgun allegedly given to him as an early Christmas present by his parents, who have also been arrested and charged along with their son.
A Greenville man who allegedly shot his adult son amid a dispute this past spring has waived his preliminary examination in court.
Andrew Charles Green, 54, is charged with attempted murder, assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, felony firearm (rifle) and possession of a weapon under the influence of alcohol.
