ARMED ROBBERY: Battle Creek police are looking for the man who robbed Approved Cash at 1180 W. Michigan Ave. on Monday. Officers said the man entered the business about 3:17 p.m., asked the female clerk for some forms and then pulled a handgun and demanded money. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. The clerk was not injured. The investigation is continuing.

GUN DISCHARGED: A 31-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested after Battle Creek police said he fired a gun during an argument with his fiance. The woman, 25, said she was driving on West River Road near Helmer Road in Bedford Township at 10:02 p.m. and arguing with the man about their relationship. She told officers the man has a tendency to jump from a moving vehicle and that he told her he was going to shoot himself so she pulled to the side of the road. The man left the car, and the woman heard a gunshot and saw him drop to the ground. The woman checked and found that the man was not injured and so told the man to stop being so dramatic and took the gun. He took the gun away from her and began running. Calhoun County Sheriff Department deputies found the man running on Helmer Road, and Battle Creek police arrested him on charges of reckless discharge of a gun and having a firearm while intoxicated. He was taken to the county jail. The man told police the .380 caliber gun fell from his pocket and discharged.

MAN SHOT: Battle Creek police said they believe a shooting reported Monday was self-inflicted. A 22-year-old Battle Creek man arrived at Bronson Battle Creek for treatment and said he was shot while riding in a car. The shooting was reported to police at 10:25 p.m. The man said he was a backseat passenger in a car driven by a co-worker on Parkway Drive near Washington Avenue when he felt a burning sensation in his knee but didn't see another vehicle and didn't know who shot him. He said the driver, who was with his girlfriend, took him to the hospital. But police said video shows the man being dropped at the hospital in a silver car after he told them he was in a black car. And police said the man's pants had holes suggesting the gun was in his pocket and his wound was not consistent with being shot from another vehicle.

MARIJUANA STOLEN: A 30-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested Monday after Battle Creek police said he stole several marijuana plants from a backyard garden in the 100 block of Maple Terrace. Officers said they were called at 7:57 a.m. Monday by a neighbor who saw a man walking through some back yards. When police arrived they saw a car leaving one of the driveways and speed away. Police pursued the car, which failed to stop at intersections and finally was stopped on Capital Avenue Northeast at Wabash Street. Officers said a portion of a marijuana plant was hanging out the passenger side door of the car. The man told officers he was walking past the house a few days earlier and smelled the marijuana and went back Monday to steal some of the plants. Police said seven plants were taken, and officers found a pair of gardening shears nearby. The man was arrested on a charge of larceny and also on an unrelated warrant. The homeowner was told his plants were in violation of the law, and they were seized and destroyed.

HANDGUN DISPLAYED: A 25-year-old woman was arrested on a charge of felonious assault after Calhoun County Sheriff Department deputies said she threatened another person with a gun. Officers were called to the Thunderbird Village mobile home park at 1145 Harmonia Road in Springfield about 11 p.m. Monday. A resident of the park reported seeing the woman wandering in the park and that, when confronted, the woman pulled a gun and threatened to shoot the victim. She was found at a nearby residence and arrested.

THEFTS: • Whittier Avenue, first block: cell phone. • West Van Buren Street, first block: bicycle.• East Van Buren Street, 100 block: cell phone.

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