{"id":2703,"date":"2025-03-26T12:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T12:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2025-03-26T05:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T05:01:18","slug":"two-teens-arrested-in-cassopolis-with-stolen-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/two-teens-arrested-in-cassopolis-with-stolen-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Teens Arrested in Cassopolis with Stolen Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 px-6\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-none\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5 @md\/thread:px-4\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b74e3696-4b8b-40ea-87f9-6f059e09bccb\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"311\">CASSOPOLIS, Mich. \u2014 Two young suspects, an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested Monday afternoon after being found in possession of stolen firearms. The arrests took place around 3 p.m. in a parking lot on School Street in Cassopolis, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"692\">According to the Cass County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, law enforcement officers, including deputies and local police, acted on information gathered by detectives. The suspects were reportedly connected to a burglary at Hayden\u2019s Hardware Store in Cassopolis, where several firearms were stolen back in January. Authorities discovered multiple stolen guns and ammunition during the arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"865\">Both suspects have been charged with possession of stolen firearms. Additionally, the 17-year-old faces a charge of breaking and entering in relation to the earlier theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1158\">The investigation into the case is still ongoing, and further details may emerge as authorities continue to piece together the circumstances surrounding the crime. Local officials have emphasized the importance of recovering stolen firearms to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1160\" data-end=\"1284\">The arrests highlight ongoing efforts by law enforcement to address gun theft and ensure public safety within the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\">\n<div class=\"-me-1 -ms-2.5 flex select-none items-center p-1 touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -mt-1 duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-position:100%_0%] [mask-size:300%_100%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-[[data-state=open]]:pointer-events-auto has-[[data-state=open]]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASSOPOLIS, Mich. \u2014 Two young suspects, an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested Monday afternoon after being found in possession of stolen firearms. The arrests took place around 3 p.m. in a parking lot on School Street in Cassopolis, Michigan. According to the Cass County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, law enforcement officers, including deputies and local police, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-and-safety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2703\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}