Man found dead near GRCC campus
On July 16, Grand Rapids Community College Police responded to a medical emergency around 9 a.m. just off GRCC property and across from Fountain Street Church. Upon arrival, police determined that the 62-year-old man was deceased. The officer suspected that no foul play was involved and the case is now being handled by the Grand Rapids Police Department.
Hit and run reported at Bostwick Ave
On Wednesday, July 3 an officer was at College Park Plaza for an open door on the second floor when they made contact with a woman who asked if she should report damage to her vehicle. The officer advised her that she should. The woman went on to state that she had parked her red 2003 Buick in the Bostwick Avenue parking ramp A at 7:15 a.m. on June 28 when she went to work at GRCC, when she returned around 12 p.m. she noticed damage to her vehicle. She said it was tough to open the driver’s side door and made a creaking noise as it opened. The front driver-side quarter panel had been dented causing the driver’s door to overlap over the quarter panel when opening the driver’s door. The woman was not present when the damage occurred and the damage was not there before. The officer observed the damage to the vehicle and took a photo of the damage, the officer also checked the campus cameras though there was no view of where the woman had her car parked.
Graffiti at power box at parking ramp B
On Monday, July 8 at 7:09 a.m. an officer was notified that there was some graffiti on a power box on the south side of ramp B. The damage occurred sometime between 6:30 a.m. on July 3 and 6:30 a.m. on July 8, the damage consisted of illegible, red writing on the power box. There is no suspect information at this time and a work order has already been put in to have it cleaned up. The officer also checked the surveillance cameras though none of the cameras covered the area where the damage occurred.
Damage to property at ATC building
On Monday, July 8 at 7:30 a.m. while on foot patrol in the Bostwick Avenue parking ramp on the GRCC campus, a GRCC Police officer ran into a facilities employee who told the officer about new graffiti on the roof of the Applied Technology Center. The graffiti was located on the southeast corner of the building and was bible from Fountain Street. There was existing graffiti in the same area but he told the officer this is new graffiti. It’s unclear what the graffiti depicted, but it was noticed by the employee that day around 7 a.m. The graffiti is painted in blue and looks to be two suns with the letters LA inside them. The estimated cost for repair is $200.
Trespass at Lyon Street Learning Center
On Friday, July 12 at 7:16 a.m. an officer was dispatched to the GRCC’s Early Childhood Learning Laboratory on Lyon Street to investigate a complaint of a trespasser. Upon arriving, the officer located the man asleep on a bench to the north side of the building. The officer woke him and asked for identification. The man provided it and a background check showed no local warrants. The officer told the man he was trespassing and if he came back he could be arrested. The man then left.
Editor-in-Chief Blace Carpenter contributed to this story.
