A Belleville police corporal was treat-
ed at a local hospital for injuries he sus-
tained while attempting to break up a
fight outsideBellevilleHighSchool.
Police reports indicate that Belleville
Police Cpl. Todd Schrecengost suffered a
laceration on his forehead after being
head-butted by a 17-year-old student from
Ypsilanti Lincoln schools on Dec. 15 fol-
lowing a home basketball game between
Dearborn and Belleville at Belleville
High School. According to police reports,
officers broke up two separate alterca-
tions between students, all from the
Ypsilanti schools. Schrecengost and Cpl.
Kris Faull initially broke up one fight
between two male students who began
exchanging blows in full view of the offi-
cers. The officers separated the teens and
while placing them in the squad car when
another physical altercation broke out. It
was during the second fight that one of
the teens head-butted Schrecengost,
injuring him.
All four 17-year-olds were transported
to the Van Buren Township Police
Department. One teen was issued a ticket
and released; one posted bond on the
charges and was released and the other
two are facing felony charges of assault on
an officer, pending a review by the Wayne
County Prosecutors office.
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The actions of members of
the Belleville Public Safety
Department in a recent fire
which claimed the life of a teen
were commended by Van Buren
Township Public Safety
Director Greg Laurain last
month.
Laurain appeared at the reg-
ular meeting of the members of
the Belleville City Council to
publicly recognize the actions of
the city firefighters and police
officers during the 4 a.m. Dec. 13
house fire on Denton Road
which also injured six residents,
four of themchildren.
Laurain said that while four
Belleville police officers, Ofc.
Mark Aldrich, Reserve Ofc. Matt
Raich, Ovf. Kenra Rose and
Reserve Ofc. Dennis Mobray,
were first to approach the fire,
and could see a small child
inside the front door of the blaz-
ing home, they could not get to
her because of the intense heat.
When Van Buren Township
Firefighter John Henderson
arrived in full protective gear,
the officers immediately direct-
ed him to the child and he was
able to pull her from the burn-
ing home.
“They couldn't go in, but they
brought timely resources,”
Laurain said in his praise of the
public safetyworkers.
Laurain also noted that two
of the police officers were just
going off duty when the fire was
reported and could have gone
home but instead responded to
the emergency. He said that
their timely response saved vital
seconds in getting to the child
and saving her fromthe blaze.
Laurain presented an official
letter of recognition to the city
and said that he hoped that it
would be included into the per-
sonnel files of those involved.
Belleville Police Chief Hal
Berriman said that the officers
has already been awarded life-
saving ribbons from the depart-
ment.
The police officers and the
entire fire department will be
officially honored at a meeting
of the city council thismonth.
They couldn't go in,
but they brought timely resources.
”
Actions of first-responders lauded by chief
Success
Holiday Food Drive helps area
Officer is injured in fight outside high school
Students in the Romulus schools
demonstrated the spirit of giving last
month during the Annual Holiday Food
Drive in the district.
Students from the middle and high
school demonstrated their generosity by
donating more than 2,000 non-perishable
food items. Individual groups within the
district including the Middle School
Youth Leadership group and the High
School Bowling Team spread the valu-
able life lesson of giving to those in need
throughout the entire student body, noted
district officials.
“This is a great district and a giving dis-
trict,” said Mark Edwards, coordinator of
school relations and Youth Leadership
advisor said “The best part about this
food collection is that it helps people in
our community.”
The collected food goes directly to the
Helping Hand Thrift Shop which distrib-
utes it to local families inneed.
Rose Scharboneau, a volunteer at
Helping Hand, said that this has been a
special year andmany have stepped up to
help make it possible for more families to
get food assistance for their holiday
meals.
“Without the schools, city and organiza-
tions like the Boy Scouts our work would
not be possible,” Scharboneau said.
Donations are always welcomed and
needed at Helping Hand. For more infor-
mation, to donate or ask for assistance,
call (734) 941-5323.
Students display some of the 2000 items collected during the recent food drive in
Romulus schools.
