Parchment Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Parchment group seeking to recall school board has o...

  Wednesday | via MLive.com 

  The Parchment Concerned Parents Committee has only a month to collect 752 signatures in their effort to recall Parchment school trustees Deb Coates and Joel Shaffer over the controversy involving John Thompson, a Parchment School District administrator charged with drunken driving and fleeing police.

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• Readers debate: Did Parchment High School staff help...

  Tuesday May 29 | via MLive.com 

  This is the contract signed by the young woman and Parchment High School counselor Becky Edds two years ago.

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• Parchment School District promotional video draws cr...

  Tuesday May 22 | via MLive.com 

  PARCHMENT, MI -- Parchment School District officials defend spending $7,000 to make a promotional video, saying that if it attracts even one student to the district, the cost would be covered.

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• Putting John Thompson on leave before criminal charg...

  Tuesday May 22 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  Officials at Parchment School District never considered putting administrator John Thompson on leave immediately after his April 4 arrest for drunken driving and fleeing police, Superintendent Matt Miller said Monday.

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• Parchment residents offer criticism, praise of schoo...

  Monday May 21 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  At an emotional meeting Monday, residents of the Parchment School District offered criticism and support for the Board of Education for their actions following the April 4 arrest of administrator John Thompson on charges of drunken driving and fleeing police.

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• Report: Parchment athletic director John Thompson ha...

  Friday May 18 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  WOOD TV 8 is reporting that Parchment athletic director John Thompson had a 2007 driving under the influence charge dismissed.

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• Allegan County man accused of attacking mom on Mothe...

  Thursday May 17 | via MLive.com 

  An Allegan County man has been charged with domestic violence after police say he attacked his mother on Mothers' Day.

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• Daily Recap: Dog breeders behind Allegan puppy mill ...

  Thursday May 17 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  Puppy mill sentencing: The couple behind the Allegan puppy mill was sentenced to 60 days in jail Thursday.

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• Parent petition language for recalling Parchment sch...

  Thursday May 17 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  The language to be used in the petition to recall Parchment school board members was approved by the Kalamazoo County Election Commission on Thursday morning.

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• Incident involving athletic director does not need t...

  Wednesday May 16 | via MLive.com 

  There are two issues in the Parchment schools controversy : One, the fate of a popular administrator, who has been charged with drunken driven and fleeing and eluding the police, and two, the responsiveness and openness of the Board of Education and other administrators in dealing with this matter.

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• Readers debate: Should Parchment school officials be...

  Tuesday May 15 | via MLive.com 

  A sign popping up around Parchment in reaction to the April 4 arrest of John Thompson, Parchment Middle School assistant principal, who has been charged with drunken driving and fleeing police.

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• Sentencings in Kalamazoo County Circuit Court for Ma...

  Monday May 14 | via MLive.com 

  Michael O'Neal Allman , 34, of Monroe Avenue, was sentenced to 60 days in jail, two years of probation, victim restitution and state fees for possession of methamphetamine in November in Comstock Township.

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• Timeline of John Thompson arrest and ensuing controv...

  Sunday May 13 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  Below is a timeline on the controversy surrounding the arrest of John Thompson, Parchment Middle School assistant principal and the Parchment School District athletic director.

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• Parchment school community bewildered, upset by cont...

  Sunday May 13 | via MLive.com 

  It started as a fun, friendly night out among Parchment school officials meeting up for dinner and to watch a basketball game on TV.

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• Reports of serious crime up slightly in Kalamazoo To...

  Thursday May 10 | via MLive.com 

  After a three-year downward trend for serious crimes, the number reported in Kalamazoo Township rose slightly last year, according to the township's annual police report.

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• Parchment athletic director John Thompson's hearing ...

  Tuesday May 8 | via The Kalamazoo Gazette 

  An evidentiary hearing for John D. Thompson, the Parchment High School athletic director accused of drunken driving and fleeing police , was adjourned Tuesday, a Kalamazoo County District Court official said.

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