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Calhoun County man with suspected explosive device arrested

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Posted at 10:30 AM, Apr 10, 2024
and last updated 2024-04-10 10:30:09-04

HILLSDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A wanted fugitive from Calhoun County was arrested outside a small hotel with a suspected explosive device inside his vehicle.

Michigan State Police say its fugitive task force and emergency support teams tracked down a 26-year-old man from Calhoun County on Tuesday, April 9 to the Baw Beese Inn just outside the city of Hillsdale. The man had an active arrest warrant out of Jackson County.

When Troopers took him under arrest, the found a device in his vehicle they believed to be a bomb. The MSP bomb squad secured the device safely.

The suspect is being held in the Hillsdale County Jail pending potential additional charges.

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