Police & Fire: Two shot in drive-by shooting in Battle Creek
SHOTS FIRED, 2 HIT: Two people sustained minor injuries in a shooting reported Thursday. Battle Creek police said they were called at 10:36 p.m. to the 98 Rittenhouse Ave. for a report of shots fired. Officers said a man and woman, both 21, were grazed by bullets fired at the house from a passing car. The man sustained a minor injury to his head and the woman to her right shoulder. Police said several people were on the porch of the house when the shots were fired from the passing car. No one at the house knew who fired the shots and didn't have any vehicle description for police. The man who was injured at first gave officers a false name.
VICTORIA SECRET THEFT: Battle Creek police said nearly $1,300 worth of merchandise was stolen from Victoria Secret at 5775 Beckley Road. Store officials reported the theft at 3:47 p.m. Wednesday after two women, who were suspected of thefts on other days, left the store. After the women left store officials discovered coats, T-shirts, sweatshirts, leggings and hats valued at $1,292 were missing. The women were described as the same two who were with a man that day at Dunhams, also at Lakeview Square mall, and were suspected of stealing merchandise and then confronting store security officers who attempted to question them before leaving the scene.
SEX WITH HIS COUSIN: A 58-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested on a charge of illegal entry after he said he went into a motel room and claimed to have found his girlfriend having sex with his cousin. Battle Creek police were called to the Park Motel at 1351 W. Columbia Ave. at 11:59 p.m. Thursday and found the man, intoxicated, and claiming he found the woman and his cousin having intercourse. It was the third time officers had been called for a disturbance that night at the motel. The woman, 41, said she was in her room with a friend who is the suspect's cousin but that she is not and never has been the suspect's girlfriend. She said the man thinks they are in a relationship but she said they have never dated or spent time together. She said he forced his way into the room and was yelling and screaming.
DOMESTIC ASSAULT: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:
• A Battle Creek man, 40, called officers at 2:49 a.m. Thursday and said he was assaulted by his girlfriend's son, 32, in the first block of South 23rd Street. The girlfriend told police the man was drunk and fell over a table and there was no altercation.
• A warrant is being sought for a man, 43, after his girlfriend, 41, said she was assaulted in the 5600 block of Glenn Cross Road at 9:18 p.m. Wednesday.
THEFTS: • Piper Avenue, first block: lawn ornaments.
Call Silent Observer at 269-964-3888 or text CRIMES (274637) SOTIP or see www.crimereports.com with information about crimes.