LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A police cruiser has been stolen and wrecked in southwestern Michigan by a 25-year-old woman who slipped from handcuffs after being arrested earlier for drunken driving. The woman had been taken into custody about 3 a.m. Monday after a crash in Lockport Township, authorities said. She was placed in the rear seat of a St. Joseph sheriff’s office vehicle. The sheriff’s office said she drove off in the cruiser but struck a utility pole and several trees. Lockport Township is north of Michigan’s state line with Indiana.

CENTREVILLE, Mich. A county prosecutor in southwestern Michigan who is accused of drunken driving told police that he crashed into a fence after a coughing fit.The incident involving St. Joseph County prosecutor John McDonough occurred Monday in Lockport Township. The recording of the 911 call was released Friday. McDonough said he needed a tow truck but then was able to remove his vehicle. The dispatcher told him that an officer was headed to the scene. McDonough, who faces re-election, hasnt publicly talked about the crash.