Category Archives: Crime

Drive By Shooting Suspect Arrested

7/20/20
Bangor, Michigan

This evening at approximately 8:30pm Bangor PD Officers & Tribal Police were dispatched to Berry Bush Apartments on Cemetery Rd for reports of a fight in progress.

Upon investigation, it was determined that there was an earlier incident of a weapon being discharged into a vehicle on Railroad St.
The Officers determined that no one was injured in an assault.

Soon the Officers received a tip to the location of the suspected shooter.

The Officers located the suspect and took him into custody without incident.

The Suspect is currently being lodged at the Van Buren County Jail pending arraignment on the following charges: Probation Violation, Probation Violation Warrant, Assault with a deadly weapon, concealed carry without a permit, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, & discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

-Sgt. Misane

Bangor Township Man Arrested on Gun Charge

Suspect arrested on multiple CSC charges

***For Immediate Release***

12/23/19 – Bangor, MI

A 32 year old Kalamazoo man was arrested in connection with a 10 month criminal sexual conduct investigation.

The suspect is alleged to have committed various criminal sexual conduct acts between 2012 and 2018 while residing in the Bangor/Hartford areas. 

During the course of the investigation 2 victims were discovered one 3 year old and one under 13 years of age.

Based on the allegations and investigation a 5 count felony warrant was issued out of 7th District Court with a 1 million dollar bond being set. 

Bangor Police and Mattawan Police arrested the suspect without incident.

The suspect is currently lodged at the Van Buren County Jail where his name is being withheld pending arraignment.

–Chief Simpson

Suspect Arrested

10/22/19
For Immediate Release:

The Bangor Police Department received information that a minor runaway was staying at an apartment in the 200 block of West Monroe.

Chief Tommy Simpson advised that when officers arrived on scene they located the minor hiding in a bedroom with an adult. A 27-year-old adult was located inside the bedroom with the victim.

The adult had several outstanding warrants including a nationwide warrant out of Kentucky for sexual allegations against the minor.

During the investigation it was revealed that the suspect drove the minor across multiple states and attempted to evade authorities by staying at various locations.

The suspect was arrested for charges in Michigan including the outstanding warrants.

The juvenile was turned over the Van Buren County Juvenile Court and the suspect was lodged at the county jail pending arraignment.

-Bangor PD

Disturbance leads to Arrest and Recovery of Stolen handgun.

**For Immediate Release**

The Bangor Police Department was dispatched to the Hastings Court park at approximately 1:50am on June 4, 2018 for a disturbance.

Upon investigation officers located a 45 year old male subject who allegedly entered a residence and pulled out a handgun.
The alleged victim in this case was able to grab the handgun and sit on it until police arrived on scene.
It was determined that the handgun was stolen.
The suspect was apprehended as he left the residence and subsequently arrested for several charges.

The loaded handgun was recovered with additional ammunition rounds being located on the suspect.

The suspect is currently being held on $50,000 Cash/Surety Bond at  Van Buren County Jail for several charges.

-Chief Simpson

**Update 3/22** School Threat

**Update** 3/22/18

My Officers are working hand in hand with school staff and other agencies to do everything possible to protect your children.

We are actively investigating leads and we should have more of an update tomorrow.

We are also increasing our presence throughout the school district.

-Chief Simpson

3/21/18

Bangor Public Schools will be closed on 3/22/18 as we investigate an anonymous threat. We had an unknown person write a school threat and racial statements in one of the high school bathrooms. The school district and police are looking into this. Schools in Bangor are closed tomorrow. If anyone has any information please contact Cheif Simpson or the Bangor Police Department. We need your help.

– Chief Simpson

269-427-5801 (Office)

269-657-3101 (Central Dispatch)

2 Arrested in Bangor

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

Bangor, MI

Earlier today Bangor Police officers apprehended a Male 47 years of age after a short foot pursuit. The suspect had in his possession Crystal Methamphetamine, Marijuana, Knives, & a Machete.
The suspect also had an outstanding warrant in Van Buren County.
He is being charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, and Carrying a Concealed weapon.

A short time later Bangor Police apprehended a Female Suspect age 41 in relation to the previous incident. She is also being charged with possession of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, & bank transaction device of a deceased person. The Female suspect also has outstanding warrants in Kalamazoo & Van Buren Counties for Possession of Methamphetamine and Failure to Appear.

Both Suspects are being held without Bond.

Arraignment is scheduled for 1:30pm on 11/14/17 at Van Buren 7th District Court West.

These arrests are in addition to 5 other Methamphetamine related arrests within the last month.

**Update**911 caller helps stop possible drunk driver in Bangor

(News Channel 3 – WWMT)

http://wwmt.com/news/local/911-caller-helps-stop-possible-drunk-driver-in-bangor

Wednesday, April 5th 2017 — Police are crediting a Bangor man for helping them track down a drunk driver. 26-year-old Shakara Nichols-Johnson was arrested on Friday March 31st for allegedly driving drunk. Newschannel 3 spoke to the man who called 911 dispatchers.

Lucas Koenig was driving westbound on M43 near Bangor last Friday when he saw a car driving erratically. He says it was swerving back and forth and nearly hit his car and other vehicles.

“She crossed the center line. They swerved around her. She came back across behind us almost clipping us,” Koenig said.

Koenig said someone needed to act to get that driver off the road, so he called 911. Police later identified the driver as Nichols-Johnson, and inside the car with her was a four-year-old girl.

“Told [dispatchers] that there was something seriously wrong. She almost hit two vehicles at that point already, and I didn’t think she was going to make it into Bangor without hitting somebody head on,” said Koenig.

Koenig knows the Bangor area well, so as he followed Nichols-Johnson he clearly communicated to dispatch where they were, what car she was driving, and what she looked like.

He said, “So we were able to maintain visual on her until the Bangor Police intercepted her at Speedway.”

At the Speedway gas station Bangor Police administered a breathalyzer test and say Nichols-Johnson was above the legal limit. Chief Tommy Simpson says the public can learn from Koenig’s actions.

“I feel like anybody in that situation, if you see something like that, you need to report it,” Koenig said.

Nichols-Johnson was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated with a child under 16 in the car. She was also driving on a suspended license.