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A man allegedly drove his car into a family on an evening walk, then opened fire, killing a 3-year-old child in the process. On Feb. 17, Alexander Lamar Banks, 21, was arraigned on one count of first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of assault with intent to murder, four counts of felony firearm, one count of possession of a dangerous weapon w/unlawful intent and one charge of possession of loaded firearm in vehicle, according to a press release from the Eaton County authorities in Michigan. A couple and their 3-year-old daughter, whom they pulled along in a pink wagon, were walking...

shooting a couple’s 3-year-old girl. 21-year-old Alexander Lamar Banks Jr. ran down 3 adults and a child as they were walking on a sidewalk last Friday and then got out of his car and began shooting at them. Banks fatally shot the couple’s 3-year-old girl, Harlow. A Good Samaritan who tried to intervene was also seriously injured.

A Michigan teacher and LGBTQ activist is the latest Lansing-area public employee accused of grooming a child for sex. A Michigan teacher and LGBTQ activist was arrested and charged with child sex crimes following a months-long law enforcement child predator sting.Robert Maurice Herzing, 32 (b. Nov. 3, 1991), formerly known as Robert Moore, is an English and journalism teacher at Waverly High School in Lansing.Robert Maurice Herzing in the classroom at Waverly High School in Lansing, Mich.He was arraigned on Sept. 16 in Eaton County on charges of accosting a minor for immoral purposes, third-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct and...

The mid-Michigan man who led American gymnasts to gold in 2012 will soon face criminal charges. 6 News Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick reports that the Michigan Attorney General will announce charges against John Geddert on Thursday. It’s not yet clear what the charge will be. An attorney for Geddert says he’s heard about the possibility of being charged, but says “no one has reached out to us” about any imminent charges. Geddert ran Twistars gymnastics club for many years and coached the USA Gymnastics team to a gold medal in 2012. The “Fierce Five” – which included DeWitt native Jordyn...

Michigan State Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed by police Tuesday morning in Eaton County, near Lansing, Mich. Authorities say the shooting happened after the man stabbed another man who had challenged him about not wearing a mask at a store, and then tried to attack police when he was pulled over. The shooting happened in a neighborhood in Delta Township about 30 minutes after the stabbing outside a Quality Dairy store, state police Lt. Brian Oleksyk said.

The father of three daughters who were abused by Larry Nassar tried to attack the former doctor in an Eaton County, Michigan, court Friday before he was tackled and arrested by security. Randall Margraves said he was a "distraught father" and cursed at Nassar, but Judge Janice Cunningham told him that was not allowed in court. He then asked the judge for personal time alone with the "demon." "I would ask you, as part of the sentencing, to grant me five minutes in a locked room with this demon," he asked. "Would you give me one minute?" The judge declined,...

We unfortunately have another police shooting of an unarmed teenage suspect back in the news, though this one took place much earlier in the year. (Before the SJW and BLM get their knickers in a bunch, don’t worry… the kid was white.) Back in February, teenager Deven Guilford was pulled over in Mulliken, located in Eaton County, Michigan. The cause for the stop was the fact that Guilford had flashed his high beams at a cop coming in the opposite direction, so we’re not exactly talking about an international crime spree here. But upon being approached by Officer Jonathan Frost...

A gay anarchist group infiltrated the Mt. Hope Church in Eaton County Sunday morning, disrupting a service by pulling a fire alarm, dropping leaflets and yelling at parishioners, a pastor said. The group, Bash Back, was simultaneously picketing outside the church, beating on buckets and using a megaphone to shout “Jesus was a homo” and other slogans as confused churchgoers continued to enter the building.