Fenton Police Go Live with New Crime-Mapping Website CRIMEMAPPING
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Sunday, August 10, 2014 Featured Section tctimes.com More to life after FEATURED SECTION: Get up-to-date SPORTS 15A Text the word FiftyWork for fun as a retiree MORE TO LIFE AFTER FIFTY area garage PG 5 Eye your nutrition GARAGESALE Frederick leaps to for best vision as you age sales sent to PG 8 Work for fun Bond between (all one word, upper case) top of our boys grandparents and grandkids benefits both your phone in PG 10 as a retiree to 810-475-2030 track team Bonus advance! Section ! PAGE 5 $1.00 PAGE 3A: Community Life | Active Living | Healthy Choices SUNDAY EDITION SCUBA DIVING... A TREAT FOR THE SENSES Weekend VOL. 21 NO. XXXII SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014 2012 & 2013 NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR tctimes.com ONLINE Fenton police go live with new crime-mapping website CRIMEMAPPING. COMMENTS Maps, alerts, reports just a click away for residents COM This Crime- By Sharon Stone other cities in Michigan that show We built the Panama Mapping. [email protected]; 810-433-6786 crimes on this website. Canal. We built an intercon- com screen ‘‘ tinental railroad. Have you ever found yourself In an effort to help reduce We build the peeking through your living room crime and further strengthen lo- shot of Hoover Dam. blinds in an attempt to find out why cal community-oriented policing Fenton City We build coast- police are at your neighbor’s home? efforts, the Fenton Police Depart- Thursday to-coast ex- If you live in Fenton City, a new ment (FPD) decided to go live at morning pressways. We shows about put men on the moon. And nationwide mapping service could CrimeMapping.com. we cannot build a fence?” reveal some clues if an arrest occurs. Police Chief Rick Aro said a dozen Fenton City is one of 43 munici- through this website, which is free crimes that I thought the psycholo- palities that have joined this program. to the police department as well as recently took gist/proctologist description Flint, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ypsilanti, the residents, crime could decrease place within ‘‘was pretty accurate based on my experience with East Lansing and Troy are just a few See CRIME-MAPPING on 19A city limits. both.” Less than 10 Leaving outdated One out of five garage sale signs up indi- percent of Fenton ‘‘ cates that the Fenton’s big day Americans people living bothers to vote TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO at the address still smoking on the sign are Proposal 1 passes, The spotlight was on Fenton Thursday night selfish and lazy. with Back to the Bricks Tune-Up Cruise, Michigan at 20 Show a little Holly millage fails Taste in Fenton, Concert in the Park and the percent, slightly higher respect for your neighbors Farmers Market. See photo page on 23A. and community.” By Sharon Stone than U.S. average [email protected]; 810-433-6786 By Sally Rummel Clearly the populace On Tuesday, residents [email protected] of Fenton does not agree across the country took part Smoking may be cool ‘‘that personal agendas in the Primary Election, an on retro 1960s TV shows should be part of a civic parade. Show some leader- election that gave people an like “Mad Men,” but it’s ship and do what’s best opportunity to vote on local considered mostly taboo for the city, not a special and statewide proposals and in today’s more edu- interest group. It really is to narrow the list of candi- cated, health conscious that simple.” dates for the General Elec- society. tion, which will take place in While about 18 per- What a wonderful evening in Fenton. We November. cent of Americans call ‘‘brought out-of-town guests Voter turnout in Genesee themselves smokers to- and they were blown away County lagged behind Oak- day compared to 40 per- by the energy and activity land and Livingston counties. cent more than half a of downtown Fenton. Great Of the 331,885 registered century ago, about 42 job to all.” voters in Genesee County, million Americans are Buying a lotto ticket is 14.28 percent cast a ballot in still hooked on cigarettes, similar to filling Tuesday’s Primary Election. according to the Cen- ‘‘ MSU stadium Oakland County reported a ters for Disease Control with rice and 20.61-percent voter turnout See SMOKING on 9A hoping the one and Livingston County re- grain with your ported a voter turnout of 20.63 name on it is chosen from percent. the tens of millions.” The state’s Proposal 1 was approved by a noticeable margin of 862,953 to 382,361. HOT LINE OF See VOTES on 22A THE WEEK There’s a govern- Kentucky Derby not out of the CELEBRITY ‘‘ment billboard on I-75 SMOKERS by the airport that states question for area thoroughbred Jack Nicholson ‘Distracted Driving is Kate Winslet Dangerous.’ Govern- TRI-COUNTY TIMES Grandfather won the Mary-Kate Olsen ment logic: view a TIM JAGIELO ‘Run for the Roses’ in 1995 Elijah Wood billboard while driving Chrissy Kutlenios By Tim Jagielo Kate Moss that states ‘Distracted watches trainer [email protected]; 810-433-6795 Gwyneth Paltrow Driving is Dangerous.’ Manual “Turu” Holly Twp. — Although simply Kate Hudson Morons. Pérez work with playing alongside barn mate Dorian Christina Ricci Thunder, her Gray, Thunder, a Holly thorough- Kelly Osbourne ’’ promising 1-year- bred, already exhibits the will to win. Simon Cowell old thoroughbred. 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Jason Slater said the Finding success store had a 33-year-old Holly woman in custody. The Holly with crowdfunding woman and another unidenti- By Yvonne Stegall fied woman shopped together [email protected]; 810-433-6792 in the store and selected more Crowdfunding is not a new than $400 worth of clothing.