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Abandoned van tagged for removal near Arbor Ridge, Benton Harbor MI

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Reported: 12/5/2025 07:14 AM

Arbor Ridge, Benton Harbor, MI 49022

A white panel van has been abandoned near Arbor Ridge for about two years. Police tagged the vehicle for removal and have given the owner until the next day to remove it after previous warnings were ignored.

Audio|Heard on: Berrien County Met North Public Safety

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01:52

Transcript:

00:00

Sir, I have a subject call, (name withheld), and said that there has been an abandoned vehicle on a street for two years.

00:05

It has the reds had a hat on it.

00:07

A white panel van in front of near Arbor Ridge, near Arbor Ridge.

00:14

He wanted to remove.

00:21

Tim Forth.

00:22

Can't say with Steve if he is requesting contact at that location?

00:31

By any chance, did he leave a number?

00:33

Yeah, I have to win your radio.

00:37

Go ahead, ma'am.

00:39

Two, uh, check that, I'm sorry, area code (number withheld).

00:46

Again, (number withheld).

00:54

Copy date. It's clear.

00:59

Is that the owner of the van?

01:01

I don't think so.

01:03

I think that's the owner of the near Arbor Ridge, but I don't think she owns it.

01:10

Yeah, the owner is across the street, I think it's near 3992.

01:14

I tagged it yesterday,

01:16

talked to him a month ago about getting it out of there, and he's just not listening, so he has until tomorrow, according to the tag.

01:25

Oh, gotcha.

01:26

Okay, 395 million.

01:27

Would you call feedback to let him know that?

01:32

Copy that.

01:34

Time for thank you.

01:35

395, I was going to get with you on Monday if it was still there and work with you about getting it out.

01:42

Okay, yeah, we can do that.

01:44

Just give me out of Monday.

01:46

But I'm going to get a guy in quiet and let him know it's been already taken care of with handling this Monday.

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Arbor Ridge, Benton Harbor, MI 49022

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