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A deputy from the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced to probation for stealing prescription medicine from the jail while on duty. Stephen Morris, 39, was placed on probation for one year, as ordered Monday by Van Buren County Circuit Judge Kathleen Brickley. Morris, a Fulton resident, pleaded to two counts of larceny of more than $200 but less …

A vehicle driven by a 47-year-old Union woman was broadsided in a two-car crash at 9 p.m. Sunday in Park Township. State Police investigators said the incident occurred at Michigan Avenue and Parkville Road, where Scotts resident Daniel Shankleton, 17, failed to stop on Parkville Road at the Michigan Avenue intersection. His vehicle struck a car driven by Kristine Nichols. …

Remnants of a meth lab were found last week along a rural road in Flowerfield Township. Michigan State Police troopers were alerted to the debris around 8 p.m. Thursday in the 53000 block of Delong Road. A resident told investigators he noticed trash bags dumped into a nearby stream, but snagged by a fallen tree. The resident discovered the meth …

Two teenagers were taken into police custody after a Three Rivers Police Department canine unit found drugs in their vehicle. According to a department media release, a 19-year-old Kalamazoo man and his 16-year-old passenger were stopped Thursday at North Main and Moore streets following a traffic violation. An officer had reason to believe narcotics were in the vehicle and was …

An eight-foot, flatbed trailer was taken from outside a residence in Nottawa Township. Investigators from the Michigan State Police said a report of the incident was filed last week by the owner, who told police the trailer was likely stolen in March from outside a pole barn on Findley Road. The trailer, which is four feet wide and has three-foot-high …

Residents in the Lake Templene area are being advised to stay alert for suspicious activity. The Michigan State Police at White Pigeon detachment reported a break-in occurred in late March or early April at a residence on Park Ridge Lane near Bayshore Drive. The incident, during which electronics and money were stolen, was reported at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday last week. …

Sturgis Police officers arrested a man on drug-related and probation-violation offenses. Officers were called shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday to a residence in the 200 block of North Fourth Street in response to someone attempting to break in. Officers discovered the 29-year-old Sturgis man was on parole for driving under the influence and one condition of his parole was that …

The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a breaking-and-entering incident of a barn in Sherman Township last week. Stolen was a pair of orange KTM motorcycles. They were stolen either April 3 or 4. A sheriff’s department media release did not indicate the manner in which access was gained into the barn.

A woman attempting to cash a fraudulent check in Three Rivers eluded police on two occasions and remains at large. Three Rivers Police officials said the woman attempted to cash the fake check late Thursday at a local bank. A teller recognized the check was not real and identification she presented was fraudulent, and attempted to stall the woman in …

A Park Township man said three rings he ordered through the mail were stolen from his mailbox last month. According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, the man said mail was delivered to his Wilbur Road residence around 1 p.m. March 22, but packages in which the rings were sent were gone when he went to retrieve his mail …