Police: Meth checks conducted in city
METH CHECKS: Several Battle Creek police officers and parole and probation agents were conducted a sweep of the city and Bedford Township on Friday, searching for people making or using methamphetamine. Sgt. Jeff Case said the operation was the fifth in the last several months. Officers had a list of homes where they believed people might be using or making the drug based on past investigations or tips. "We are trying to deal with the problem of meth," Case said. He said officers are either just knocking on doors and attempting to talk to people or conducting searches of home of those people on parole or probation. By late afternoon officers had been to 10 houses and had not found any of the drug. Some of the homes were vacant and at others no one was home. "We know we have been less successful this time," Case said, as the operation continued. "But the problem is not gone."
ARMED ROBBERY: Battle Creek police are searching for a man who robbed an employee of the Dolphin Lounge at 681 Capital Ave. S.W. at 6:45 a.m. Friday. Police said a man wearing coveralls and a camouflage mask and carrying a shotgun robbed the clerk of his cash register till and the money inside. Police said the man fled on foot. Officers searched along with a department tracking dog but the man remained at large late Friday afternoon.
ASSAULT: Battle Creek police are seeking a warrant for one person after they were called to the first block of Hannah Street who said he was assaulted during a neighborhood dispute at 5:58 p.m. Thursday.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:
• A man was arrested after another man, 72, said he was assaulted in the first block of Oak Street at 10 a.m. Thursday.
• A woman, 33, was arrested after a man, 34, said he was assaulted in the first block of West Baldwin Avenue at 5:46 a.m. Thursday.
THEFTS: • Family Fare, 45 E. Columbia Ave.: undisclosed, one arrested.
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