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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A pawn shop owner in south Lansing caught a thief on-camera stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from his store, while the thief's three accomplices kept the storeget more >> Surveillance video catches a suspected thief stealing more than $2,000 worth of diamond jewelry from a Lansing pawn shopget more >> JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking for information on a man they say stole several firearms and silencers. It happened on May 8 at the Schupback'sget more >> They say after the store closed, a man came out of hiding and stole several firearms and silencersget more >> JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) - A 30-year-old woman could be in front of a judge Monday to face charges for the death of a man believed to be her boyfriend. Officials say the incident happened Saturday at anget more >> Neighbors commented that the suspect and the victim had a noticeably abusive relationshipget more >> MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. Spokeswoman Amy Elliot said Tuesdayget more >> Teams are continuing to search the rubble in Mooreget more >> LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The office of the Michigan attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a Lansing-based production company for failing to pay thousands of dollars in employee wages. Accordingget more >> The Michigan attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against a Lansing-based production company for failing to pay thousands of dollars in employee wagesget more >> Crime Stoppers of Mid-Michigan is asking for the public's help in one incident and locating two men wanted for felonies. On Thursday, March 7 around 11:30p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 blockget more >> If you have any information, you're asked to call Crime Stoppers at 517-483-STOPget more >> MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 37 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Officials at two hospitals say they're treatingget more >> Death Toll Expected to Climb After Massive Tornado Flattens Moore, Okla.get more >> @City Council says they've approved a balanced budget, but the mayor says he has his veto pen ready.get more >> The City Council says they've approved a balanced budget, but the mayor says he has his veto pen ready. get more >> NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) - Police looking for a 25-year-old woman who disappeared from her job at a West Michigan gas station last month say they're investigating high-priority tips received over theget more >> Heeringa disappeared April 26 before she was set to close the station in Norton Shores, near Muskegonget more >> A Michigan man is standing trial on murder and child abuse charges in the 2012 death of one of his twin infant sons.get more >> A Michigan man is standing trial on murder and child abuse charges in the 2012 death of one of his twin infant sons.get more >>
LANSING, Mich.
(WLNS) – When 36-year-old Micah Arnold was fatally shot over the weekend in the
3100 block of Turner Street in Lansing, it made Rina Risper sick.
"My stomach turned, and I thought to myself, this is not going to be the last
one," says Rina Risper of the New Citizens Press Community Action Network. "My
stomach turned and I thought abut other individuals in other families [who have
been killed] from the beginning of this year."
Risper's work with the New Citizens Press Community Action Network includes
crime-fighting efforts with the organization's "Team 517" subsidiary, an effort
she started after Ygnacio "Notch" Bermudez was killed last November outside of
the Tin Can bar in downtown Lansing.
This weekend's shooting reportedly happened after a fight
over a broken bottle, which Risper calls "senseless." "We really need to look
at ways in which we can communicate more effectively with one another," she
says. "There's so many petty arguments that turn into violence that are really,
really unnecessary."
And because violence doesn't discriminate based on race, gender, income or
neighborhood, Risper says everyone should be concerned with the violence in the
Lansing
community, and should constantly ask what they are doing to make a difference. "Are
you volunteering? Are you doing more in the community that doesn't necessarily
solely impact you?"
She adds. "It's just a revolving door and a downward slide if we don't start
paying attention collectively as a community."
For more information about Risper's organization and her
crime-fighting efforts, click here.
