GUN ARREST: A 23-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested on a charge of possession of a firearm while intoxicated after an altercation in the 400 block of Surby Avenue at 9:04 p.m. Friday. Battle Creek police said they were called to investigate after a report of several people in the street arguing. Officers said the man with the gun was with a friend who was arguing with his mother and step-father because they told him to move out. The man with the gun had a license to conceal and carry his pistol and he told police he had the loaded .40 caliber gun in the holster but did show the gun to protect his friend during the altercation. One person told police the man cocked the gun and had it out of the holster. The man arrested told officers he had one beer at a restaurant and officers said a breath test showed his blood/alcohol level was .052 percent. The gun was seized and the man was taken to the Calhoun County jail.

MORNING CRASH: No one was hurt in a one vehicle crash early Saturday. Battle Creek police reported the crash about 5:20 a.m. at the intersection of Capital Avenue Northeast and Maple Grove Avenue. Police said a pick-up truck was southbound on Capital and left the roadway at the curve and struck a tree. The driver was not hurt, but was under the influence of alcohol according to police.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: A warrant is being sought in Calhoun County Juvenile Court after a woman, 38, said she was assaulted by her son, in the first block of Greenwood Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Friday. The son was gone when police arrived.

SEARCH WARRANT: Battle Creek police seized marijuana, synthetic narcotics, money, a firearm and ammunition when they executed a search warrant at a home in the first block of Hanover Street at 9:53 a.m. Friday.

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