Police: Girl, 12, accosted by man with knife as she walked from school

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kent County man is in jail after police say he accosted a 12-year-old girl as she walked with a classmate on Division Avenue near 35th Street SW.

It happened Monday just before 3 p.m. after the final bell at nearby Godwin Heights Middle School.

The alleged victim, a sixth grader, was walking with a classmate to meet up with a sibling at an elementary school about a half mile north and west of the middle school, which is located off Division just north of 36th Street…

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