Man sentenced for crashing a vehicle into a bar
MARQUETTE — A Gwinn man who crashed into a bar with a vehicle and struggled with officers at the time of his arrest received his sentence Friday morning in Marquette County Circuit Court. Kirk...
View ArticlePrison sentence for teenager involved in armed robberies
MARQUETTE — An Escanaba man arrested after a string of armed robberies in Marquette and Delta Counties will spend the next few years of his life behind bars. Tristen Snow, 18, was sentenced to 5-15...
View ArticleRoad Rage incident leads to arrest
DETOUR — A downstate man has been arrested on multiple felony charges stemming from a road rage incident Wednesday night in Detour. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Wayne...
View ArticleSchool lock-down suspect enters plea agreement
HOUGHTON — A plea agreement has been reached in the case against an Atlantic Mine man who sent a school into lock down. Niles Nathan Rothenberger, 30, appeared in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday...
View ArticlePolice arrest teen for stealing assault rifle from family member
FORSYTH TOWNSHIP — A Forsyth Township teenager is facing three felony charges after police say he stole an assault rifle from a family member. On Sunday, the Forsyth Township Police Department was...
View ArticleMan sentenced for domestic violence
MARQUETTE– A man was sentenced for domestic abuse by a habitual offender on Tuesday. According to U.S. Attorney’s Office, Nicholas James Sayles, 34, of Kincheloe was sentenced to 30 months in prison...
View ArticleMan sentenced for near-fatal assault on woman
MARQUETTE– A man plead guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury for beating a woman. According to the U.S. Attorny’s Office David Kel Baldwin, 45, of Watersmeet will serve 41 months in...
View ArticleTrial set for marijuana suspect
HOUGHTON — A marijuana case in Houghton could be headed to trial. A case against a Grand Rapids man accused of selling drugs in the Houghton area is moving forward. 19–year–old Jon David Ettinger...
View ArticleDrug charges dismissed against defendant
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed charges against a Milwaukee man arrested last month on drug charges. Brandon Hampton, 21, no longer faces charges of delivery of...
View ArticleLarceny suspect arrested
ISHPEMING — A suspect entered a woman’s home and stole a clock before leaving the residence. According to the Ishpeming Police Department, the 38-year old male suspect was arrested on one count of...
View ArticleDriver takes police on brief high-speed chase
MARQUETTE — The vehicle was driving at an excessive speed, passing in no passing zones and a northbound pickup truck had to swerve off the road. On Wednesday around 5:30 P.M., a Forsyth Township...
View ArticleSuspects arrested on multiple charges after attempted traffic stop
MARQUETTE — Two subjects who were involved in a police pursuit have been arrested. On Friday around 2:23 A.M., an Officer of the Marquette Police Department observed a vehicle traveling southbound on...
View ArticleSuspect arrested for possession of burglar’s tools
IRONWOOD — A man currently residing in the City of Ironwood has been arrested on one count felony count of possession of burglar’s tools. The Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team arrested the 28-year-old...
View ArticleTeenage girl in court in relation to death of Tysen Benz
MARQUETTE– The 13-year-old girl who’s being held responsible for the death of an 11-year-old boy who took his own life appeared in Marquette County Probate Court this afternoon for a hearing. The...
View ArticleVehicle B&E suspect enters guilty plea
MARQUETTE — A Marquette man arrested for breaking into multiple vehicles entered a guilty plea Monday morning. Allan Blondeau, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of breaking and entering into a vehicle...
View ArticleBurglary suspect identified
GOGEBIC COUNTY — Authorities in the Western U.P. have released the identity of the man arrested on a felony charge of possession of burglar’s tools. Daniel Erickson, 28, of Hurley, Wisc., was arrested...
View ArticlePrisoner found competent to stand trial
NEWBERRY — A prisoner who escaped custody from a U.P. prison last August has been deemed competent to stand trial. Alize Montague, 19, faces three different felony counts, including armed robbery and...
View ArticleMarijuana charge lands man behind bars
BESSEMER — An Ironwood man arrested last October has received his sentence in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Michael Noble, 53, received one year in jail and three years probation on one count of...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty after fleeing from police
MARQUETTE– Today one man plead guilty to driving under influence and fleeing from the police. Brock Weaver, 22, of Negaunee plead guilty to one count of Fleeing and Eluding the Police 3rd Degree and...
View ArticleCar chase suspect enters guilty plea
CRYSTAL FALLS — An Iron River man arrested for running from police and injuring a passenger has entered a plea agreement in Iron County Trial Court. Tyler Polich, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of...
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