Crime Alert

Sheriff's office seeks gunmen after pair of Oshtemo incidents

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP -- The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is seeking information in a pair of armed confrontations that occurred early Sunday morning in Oshtemo Township.

Residents of a home in the 5500 block of Croyden Avenue told police they were sleeping at 2 a.m. when the front door of their apartment was kicked in and they confronted a man with a black handgun. He was described as a black male, 6 feet tall in his 20s with an Afro and a goatee. He was dressed in dark clothing.

Police said he ran from the apartment without taking anything.

At about 4:15 a.m. Sunday, deputies were called to KL Avenue near Mount Royal Drive, a few miles from Croyden, where two people said they were walking home when confronted by a male with a handgun who demanded cash.

The victims could only describe the assailant as a black male wearing a hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.

Police ask anyone with information to call the sheriff's department.