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On Nov, 10. Kristin McIntosh was driving to pick up her son at work. Five days later she awoke in Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo. She had suffered a traumatic brain injury with bleeding, a concussion, two breaks in her pelvis, 12 broken ribs, two collapsed lungs, a broken sternum, a blood clot, and injuries to one eye. She still can’t smile on the left side of her face. “I was told I was in a car accident,” she told Assistant Calhoun County Prosecutor Amber Straub. McIntosh, 45, was the first witness in the preliminary examination in Calhoun County District Court in the case against Rayjahn Heltzel, 19, of Kalamazoo, charged with seven counts including fleeing from police and shoplifting after allegedly stealing liquor and then fleeing from officers until his van was involved in a multiple-vehicle crash at M-66 and Beckley Road near Lakeview Square Mall on Nov. 10.
Deputies from the Calhoun County Sheriff Department said they were attempting to arrest Heltzel after security officers at Meijer Inc. at 6405 B Drive North in the Harper Village shopping plaza said he was leaving the store without paying for liquor. When detectives from the sheriff department and the Emmett Township Department of Public Safety attempted to stop Heltzel and another man, they said he attempted to hit them with his van and sped out of the parking lot and toward the intersection. The white minivan collided first with a northbound car and then struck a van driven southbound by McIntosh, which was slammed into a fourth vehicle. Six others were hurt but McIntosh had the most serious injuries.Police have alleged Heltzel ran from the accident scene and dropped a handgun near the intersection before he was caught by officers near the former Don Pablos restaurant.
McIntosh, who entered the courtroom using a walker, spoke to Straub, and during cross examination to defense attorney Susan Mladenoff, while District Judge Frank Line listened She told the court she had debated what route she would take to the Goodwill store on B Drive North where her son works and decided to travel on M-66 from her home in Pennfield. McIntosh said she was about to drive her mini-van through the intersection to make the turn and drive to the Goodwill store east side of the intersection. “That is all I remember. Five days later I remember waking up in Bronson.” All that she knows afterward was told to her by others. Michelle McGillis was in a vehicle behind McIntosh and testified just as the light turned green “out of nowhere the dark colored mini-van and the SUV disappeared. It got hit by the white minivan.” McGillis said she recalled hearing sirens and seeing police lights to the left of her southbound car just before the crash.
“The dark mini-van was in front and I moved forward a little bit and I saw the white van and the car in front was hit by the white van and that hit the SUV. It was one bad accident.” McGillis said she saw a man running from the white mini-van after the crash toward the Don Pablos building. Police said several officers from three departments were working on on an undercover credit card fraud investigation when they said Heltzel stole the liquor. Officers in unmarked cars and fully marked police vehicles were in the parking lot. Heltzel faces charges of fleeing from a police officer, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, failure to stop at the scene of a serious personal injury accident, assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assaulting a police officer and third-degree retail fraud. Testimony was adjourned Monday and is scheduled to resume Jan. 18.
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Shoplifting turns into seriously endangering innocent people driving their cars home. So infuriating.
He was convicted on all counts. Sentence: 76 months to 10 years in prison.
"Rayjahn Heltzel"
another non white…
BLACK MALE? Shocking…………
Why my department doesn't pursue for petty shit like that.
Whatever it takes to catch a shoplifter!
Really? Black male?
Nuchbessa another racoon who fled fro the law, who caused major crash hurting innocent folks, who then runs from cops after shoplifting (stealing). Go to work save your money then you can purchase irems you feel you want or need. This is told to children who steal from stores told by responsible parents if not Boozehounds and or gutter hypes themselves. Caring, loving responsible parenting, not that hard to be civil !
death sentence pls
We want conclusions !!!!!! Is this all u do is repost. Why not try to look crap up and see what was finally done such as sentencing, etc etc
"Black male" – you don't say!
black lives matter
Obama pardoned 1000 like this guys
The last sentence, man XD
Fucking disgusting. He gets away with no injuries but rams into the other innocent car.
Of course black male. Who else…
Why Chase, when innocent lives are at risk..Too Busy to Chase Come On.
You stole a bottle or two of liquor and put some poor woman in a coma for five days. Wtf just for liquor.
well mister Shoplifter,…..was it worth it?
Yeah, you cant just drive through intersections like a badass…
Yep………BLM………..smh!
This is why most states do not pursue a high speed chase, especially for a shoplifting. It puts people in danger for a few bucks.
So this officer pursues the car, watches it crash and waits until they get out and run before she moves closer. So dumb
Morons. If he didnt run he would have been charged with shoplifting, a petty offence and been out of jail within hours. Now he is facing a bunch of serious charges and almost killed a mother going about her business. Then this moron will claim to be oppressed.
At least Rayjahn didn't get in big trouble. Just probation.
There should be a special place in hell for these hit and run lowlifes who hurt and kill innocent people…but since there isn't I will settle for a baseball bat and 5 minutes alone in a room with them.
Cop dashcam/body camps are awesome and all (hold them responsible for their action), but why does it look like it was taken on a cellphone from like 2001. Even a $50 sjcam (smaller gopro) can take 1080p HD recording (and has waterproof case too) at this point.
Come on…
rekt
"black male" hear that way too often SMH
Hope that liquor was worth it.
what the fuck did you steal idiot?? what the fuck was worth this shit you garbage ass idiot, its not even like youre starving and you stole food.