BATTLE CREEK (WKZO-AM) — Battle Creek police say they were able to defuse a highly dangerous situation when they tried to stop a car filled with teens that had been driving recklessly early this morning on the city’s north side.
The rental car initially fled from the officers but hit a curb at Oaklawn Avenue and Howland St. at 12:30 a.m. The driver made a run for it but was quickly captured.
Left behind were three girls and two boys from Kalamazoo and Battle Creek aged 15 to 17. They also found a gun that had been stolen from a home in Kalamazoo, pills and marijuana.
Two of the juveniles had also been drinking alcohol. None of them were hurt.
The 16-year-old driver was arrested and lodged in the Juvenile Home on drug and gun counts, fleeing and eluding and an outstanding warrant out of Kalamazoo.
A 17-year-old male from Kalamazoo was booked into the Calhoun County Jail on a drug count. The other four were released to their parents with charges pending.
