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Off-duty MSU PD sergeant saves stranded motorist

Even when off-duty, MSU police sergeant Maureen Kennedy is devoted to protecting and serving the community.  On Sunday April 26, at around 9 p.m., Kennedy was driving along I96 east of Okemos Road when she spotted a driver she suspected of being impaired.

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Student assaulted at McDonalds on Thursday

A video has surfaced of a McDonald's worker punching an MSU student — the force of the blow knocking him to the ground — after an altercation the student had with employees at the McDonald's on Grand River Avenue. The incident happened around 3 a.m. Thursday and the student suffered non-life threatening injuries, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.