Man Sets Hastings Police Car On Fire

HASTINGS, Mich. — A Barry County man is facing four charges for setting a Hastings Police cruiser on fire.</p>

<p>The cruiser was parked in the City Hall parking lot Monday around 5 p.m. and the surveillance camera caught it all.</p>

<p>Police say the suspect is 31-year-old Jeremy Dunklee. He walked up to the SUV, poured gas on it and lit it, then ran away.</p>

<p>At the same time, the Deputy Chief of Police was getting out of her unmarked vehicle and chased him.</p>

<p>With the help of bystanders, she was able to arrest him.</p>

<p>Dunklee was arraigned on charges of Arson, Destruction of Police Property, Assaulting and Resisting a Police Officer and Habitual Offender.</p>