U.P. Breaking News has been focusing on the problem of habitual domestic violence involving Native American Males and female victims – and this is first we’ve found to this point with a female suspect up on federal charges
By Greg Peterson
News Director, Owner
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
906-273-2433
(Grand Rapids, MI) – In the past two years, federal prosecutors have been making cases against male domestic violence suspects on Native American reservations across northern Michigan and now a non-native female has been charged with assaulting a Native American man on tribal lands.
Marissa Nicole Sherlock, a non-native, is accused of a Class B federal misdemeanor for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend on June 26, 2016 in Calhoun County “in Indian Country” on “lands held in trust Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians.” The tribal lands are located within Calhoun County.
The victim is “an adult Indian male” identified only as “L.D.”
A non-jury trial is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on August 30, 2016 at federal court in Grand Rapids. The final pretrial conference is August 23.
Sherlock is charged in a federal criminal information filed by Asst. U.S. Attorney Jeff J. Davis, the federal prosecutor in the case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The federal misdemeanor charge carries a much lesser sentence than the federal felony habitual domestic violence cases that require three previous convictions in state or tribal court.
The case has also been assigned to Nancy A. Bogren, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribal Prosecutor and a Special Asst. U.S. Attorney
Sherlock is free on personal recognizance bond and must abide by several court conditions including not to contact the victim.
She was freed after entering a not guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent. Sherlock’s defense attorney is Asst. Federal Public Defender Richard D. Stroba, according to federal court documents.
The Nottawasepe Potawatamie Reservation is located in Athens Township in southwestern Calhoun County in southwestern Michigan. The tribe has purchased an additional 230 acres of land for its use and operates a gaming casino in Battle Creek, according to Wikipedia.
Related links:
Marissa Nicole Sherlock, Asst. Public Defender aka defense attorney
Richard D. Stroba
https://www.westmichigandefender.org/defenderContact/Dick_Stroba_Assistant_Federal_Defender.php
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Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians
Huron Potawatomi Inc.
2221 1 1/2 Mile Rd.
Fulton, MI 49052
(269) 729-5151
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottawaseppi_Huron_Band_of_Potawatomi
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Asst. U.S. Attorney Jeff J. Davis
U.S. Attorneys Offices:
Grand Rapids, Michigan HQ Office
616-456-2404
Marquette
906-226-2500
Lansing
517-377-1577
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/community-outreach/indian-country-initiatives
https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/miw/news/2011/2011_0628_CFrazier.html
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_1209_LLaVictor.html
http://www.sooeveningnews.com/article/20150513/NEWS/150519663
https://www.fbi.gov/detroit/press-releases/2010/de032910a.htm
http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/iloc/report/files/Appendix_C.pdf
Nancy A. Bogren
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribal Prosecutor
Special Asst. U.S. Attorney
Paw Paw, MI
269-704-8417
269-657-5357
Paw Paw Office
303 East Paw Paw Street
Suite 6
Paw Paw, MI 49079
http://nhbpi.com/sovereignty/tribal-prosecutor-2/
http://nhbpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Young-Child-Wellness-Council.pdf
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/tags/nancy-bogren
http://www.robotywysokosciowe.lublin.pro/attorney-general-v-carter.html
http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Sections-and-Divisions/Indian/Newsletter/Fall-2010.aspx
http://hastingsbanner.com/terpening-denied-extra-athome-parental-p2934-87.htm
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Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 