Authorities ID man who drowned in St. Joseph

10:46 AM, Jun 21, 2012   |    comments
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ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) -- Police in St. Joseph have released the name of a man who drowned at a beach in the Lake Michigan shoreline community.

Police announced Thursday that the man has been identified as 26-year-old Alexander Hines of Benton Harbor.

Police in the southwestern Michigan community got a call Tuesday about a man who jumped from a pier at Silver Beach, then yelled for help.

He was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at an area hospital.

From the Associated Press