Byron Center Crime

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Man with medical condition crashes into several vehi...

Wednesday May 23 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Authorities say a medical condition likely caused a man to drive erratically Wednesday on 68th Street in Byron Township, colliding with a vehicle driven by an 87-year-old woman and eventually rear-ending a vehicle with two adults and a child inside.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Byron Center, MI, Grandville, MI
Krag Sanford to police: relationship with 16-year-ol...

Wednesday May 23 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Krag Sanford, the 59-year-old former Saranac High School teacher who police say had a sexual relationship with a student, told detectives it started with "fatherly love." Details of Sanford's conversation with Ionia County sheriff's detectives in the days after they were notified of a possible inappropriate student-teacher relationship are ... (more)

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Related Topix: Ionia County, MI, Kent County, MI, Saranac, MI, Byron Center, MI, Grandville, MI
AYSO soccer coach Mark Carfine on trial after he is ...

Monday May 21 | via Grand Rapids Press

After months of negotiations with the Kent County Prosecutor's Office, 45-year-old Carfine and his attorney Eric Mathiejczyk could not work out a deal.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI
Air Force staff sergeant from Byron Center killed in...

Wednesday May 16 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

A 24-year-old Air Force staff sergeant from Byron Center died Monday in Germany in a bicycle-train crash.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, US Military, US Air Force, Byron Center, MI, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, World News, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Germany
Judge: Police report indicates Krag Sanford admitted...

Monday May 7 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

A former Saranac Schools teacher allegedly admitted to police a year ago that he'd had sex with a student, a judge indicated today.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Ionia, MI, Byron Center, MI

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