Lots of men arrested in Marquette County over the past week for beating women including aggravated assaults, felonious assault, PPO violations, stalking, baby assaulted, and domestic violence.(these are the cases you have not heard), third-degree child abuse – plus what did little Hoxie have that was smuggled into the Marquette County Jail; Lots of drugs arrests from running meth labs to heroin – and all sorts of thefts from shoplifting to larceny

There were numerous arrests over past week for domestic violence around the U.P. – cases we have not already reported – remember others also made headlines.

URGENT URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-23-18 – 11:17 p.m. ET –

Marquette County DV Busts and much more: Hoxie caught with contraband into Marquette County Jail, every range of assault involving the beating of women (numerous cases) and a baby, drugs including operating meth lab and heroin

Bryan Robert Craycraft

Percy Albertus Butterworth

Kameron Alan Kine

David Richard Lampinen

Charlene Marie Drew

Erik Christopher Small in 2015

William Earl Zhulkie

Brittany Spring Hoxie

Peter John O’Dovero

Shane Matthew Damron

Bailey Allen La Rocca

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Marquette, MI) – Numerous men have been arrested over the past week for abusing women – including some highly publicized cases.

Below are the arrests you have not heard including a baby allegedly assaulted, felonious assault, stalking, beatings, attacks, and PPO violations.

Also arrests you haven’t heard like running a meth lab and a poor woman who has battled meth 7 years, and all sorts of theft cases – and third-degree child abuse. And what illegal contraband did a young lady get ahold of and then was busted at Marquette County Jail?

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Bryan Robert Craycraft

28-year-old Bryan Robert Craycraft of Marquette, MI was arrested In Dickinson County in connection with am alleged domestic assault this weekend.

Police are investigating Craycraft in connection with the alleged domestic assault involving his girlfriend and four-month-old baby, sources familiar with the probe tell us. We are still waiting for more details.

In an online post the victim stated what CrayCraft did “is sick” and he “deserves to be brought to justice.”

Calling him a scumbag, the alleged victim stated Craycraft was wanted for “abuse he (allegedly) caused to a four-month-old baby,”

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Bryan Robert Craycraft

Meanwhile Craycraft was a stabbing victim in another case involving the actual birth mother of his child.

24-year-old Samantha Kennedy McFerrin of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail on Jan. 3, 2018 on three felonies.

Samantha McFerrin

Samantha McFerrin

McFerrin is charged with felonious assault, assault with intent to do bodily harmless than murder and making a false police report. No bond is set.

Law enforcement has not released details of the case, including what agency handled the investigation.

McFerrin has addresses listed in Gwinn and Marquette in recent years.

In June 2015, McFerrin, then 21, was basically sentenced to time served (46 days) and fined almost $1,000 in Marquette County District Court for larceny between $200-$1,000.

McFerrin studied cosmetology at Northern Michigan University, her Facebook page states. McFerrin is a 2014 graduate of the Marquette Alternative High School, according to her numerous Facebook pages. One of McFerrin’s recent photos apparently shows her holding her newborn baby.

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Bailey Allen LaRocca

20-year-old Bailey Allen LaRocca of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 6:23 a.m. ET, this morning, Mon. April 23, 2018

La Rocca has been released on bond after being charged with domestic assault.

The amount of the bond was not released, but often is personal recognizance bond.

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Shane Matthew Damron

18-year-old Shane Matthew Damron of Munising, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 2:21 a.m. ET this morning, April 23, 2018.
Damron is charged with domestic assault and a parole violation/inmate detainer.
Bond for Damron is set at $5,000. He remained jailed Monday night.

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Peter John O’Dovero

Peter John O’Dovero

29-year-old Peter John O’Dovero of the Marquette, MI area was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 12:34 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
O’Dovero is charged with second-offense aggravated assault/domestic violence and failure to pay child support of $661.
O’Dovero is being held without bond on the assault charge.

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28-year-old Michael Patrick Dennis of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 12:17 a.m. on Sunday, April 15, 2018.
Dennis is charged with domestic assault and resisting arrest/obstructing justice.
Bond for Dennis is set at $12,500.
Dennis is on probation for a delivery of marijuana state conviction for an incident in Feb. 2016.

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=312211

http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/KOOL/Details/459680

Dennis was convicted in Oct. 2016 of  trafficking in marijuana indictment in Fayette County, Kentucky.
He was released to Marquette County to serve his probation that lasts until Dec. 6, 2018.

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Percy Albertus Butterworth

50-year-old Percy Albertus Butterworth of Marquette, MI remains jailed in Marquette County without bond.
He was arrested for stalking on April 11, 2018.
On March 9, 2018, Butterworth was charged with violating a restraining order/personal protection order.

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Kameron Alan Kine

28-year-old Kameron Alan Kine of Traverse City, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:56 p.m. ET on Friday, April 20, 2018.
Kine is charged with third degree child abuse.
Kine remains jailed on a $10,000 bond.

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Brittany Spring Hoxie

Brittany Spring Hoxie

Brittany Spring Hoxie

Brittany Spring Hoxie

29-year-old Brittany Spring Hoxie of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 5:39 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 15, 2018.
Hoxie is charged with being a jail prisoner in possession contraband.
Hoxie has a past address listed in Marquette.
It is not clear what the Battle Creek native allegedly smuggled into jail.
Hoxie remains jailed on a $5,000 bond.

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With an arrest record dating back three decades, 50-year-old Todd Stephen Williams of Gladstone, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:43 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 22, 2018.

The MDOC lists Williams as a parole absconder

Williams is being held on a parole violation/inmate detainer.

Williams has a lengthy record dating back 30 years.

MDOC Conviction Record:

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=207526

Sentence 1
Offense: Checks w/o Sufficient Funds $500 or More
Minimum Sentence: 2 years
Maximum Sentence: 3 years
Date of Offense: 1/06/2013
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 5/07/2013
Conviction Type: Plea

Sentence 2
Offense: Larceny in a Building
Minimum Sentence: 2 years 4 months
Maximum Sentence: 6 years
Date of Offense: 1/03/2013
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 5/07/2013
Conviction Type: Plea

Sentence 3
Offense:
False Pretenses – $1,000 or More But Less Than $20,000
Minimum Sentence: 3 years 8 months
Maximum Sentence: 7 years 6 months
Date of Offense: 1/03/2013
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 5/07/2013
Conviction Type: Plea

Sentence 4
Offense: Larceny in a Building
Minimum Sentence: 2 years 4 months
Maximum Sentence: 6 years
Date of Offense: 1/03/2013
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 5/07/2013
Conviction Type: Plea
Sentence 5
Offense: Breaking and Entering – Entry Without Breaking With Intent
Minimum Sentence: 2 years
Maximum Sentence: 7 years 6 months
Date of Offense: 6/01/2009
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 2/10/2010
Conviction Type: Nolo Contendere

INACTIVE

Sentence 1
Offense: Operating Intoxicated/Impaired/Controlled Substance – 3rd
Minimum Sentence: 1 year 7 months
Maximum Sentence: 10 years
Date of Offense: 10/01/2004
Delta County
Date of Sentence: 2/25/2005
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 5/01/2009
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

Sentence 2
Offense: Uttering and Publishing
Minimum Sentence: 2 years 6 months
Maximum Sentence: 20 years
Date of Offense: 9/12/2001
Delta County
Date of Sentence:
05/02/2002
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 5/01/2009
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

Sentence 3
Offense: Breaking and Entering Occupied Building With Intent
Minimum Sentence: 10 years
Maximum Sentence: 22 years 6 months
Date of Offense: 2/01/1989
Cheboygan County
Date of Sentence: 2/27/1990
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 5/01/2009
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

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26-year-old Gregory David Kauppila of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 11:51 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 21, 2018.
Kaupilla is charged with failure to register as a sex offender.
He was apparently released on bond late Sunday morning.
Kauppila was booked into the MCJ on March 2, 2018 and charged with sex offender failure to register and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (OUIL).

In Marquette County Circuit Court during June 2016, Kauppila was sentenced to 180 days jail and five years probation plus about $800 in fines/costs for being a sex offender who failed to comply with the law.
In Sept. 2010, Kauppila was convicted in Marquette of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (multiple variables).

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/a-convicted-sex-offender-picked-up-for-noncompliance-and-drunk-driving-several-people-who-have-past-drug-charges-are-arrested-again-including-a-marquette-woman-accused-of-meth-fighting-police-and/

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Jeremy Norman Brugman

28-year-old Jeremy Norman Brugman of Gwinn, MI remains jailed in Marquette County for domestic assault and making a threatening call and malicious use of a telephone phone.
Brugman has been held in jail since his booking April 12, 2018.
Brugman was arrested on Dec. 29, 2017 and released on New Year’s Eve at about 6:20 p.m. on a $10,000 bond.
Brugman is charged with felony second offense domestic violence/assault.

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William Earl Zhulkie

26-year-old William Earl Zhulkie of Ishpeming, MI remains jailed in Marquette County on a $10,000 bond.
Zhulkie was charge with possession of a controlled substance – an analogue on April 12, 2018.
On March 7, 2018, Zhulkie was charged with larceny from a building.

In Dec. 2015, Zhulkie, then 23, served 10 days in jail, was put on a year’s probation and fined almost $1,400 for use of a Schedule 1 (except narcotic), 2, 3, 4.

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Erik Christopher Small in 2015

43-year-old Erik Christopher Small of Ishpeming, MI remains jailed without bond in Marquette County.
Small was charged on April 8, 2018 with operating and maintaining a meth lab.

Small has lived in Gwinn, Marquette, Green Bay and the cities of North Richland Hills and The Colony in Texas.

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Charlene Marie Drew

Charlene Marie Drew

31-year-old Charlene Marie Drew of Gwinn, MI remains jailed without bond in Marquette County on an inmate detainer/parole violation.

She also has recent Ishpeming address.
She was arrested on April 11 on additional charges of possession of meth and possession of a meth analogue – bond on the drug charges totals $30,000.

The poor girl has been dealing with the devil named meth for over 7 years. She was set to be off parole in July 2019. One of her convictions involves selling fake meth to undercover agents.

Offense: Controlled Substance-Possession of Methamphetamine

Minimum Sentence: 1 year 7 months

Maximum Sentence: 10 years

Date of Offense: 10/30/2016

Marquette County

Date of Sentence: 4/07/2017

Conviction Type: Plea

Offense: Controlled Substance-Imitation Manufacture or Distribution

Maximum Sentence: 4 months

Date of Offense: 3/15/2011

Marquette County

Date of Sentence: 10/21/2011

Conviction Type: Plea

Discharge Date: 2/22/2012

Offense: Controlled Substance-Possession of Methamphetamine

Maximum Sentence:

1 year 6 months

Date of Offense: 10/30/2016

Marquette County

Date of Sentence: 2/01/2017

Conviction Type: Plea

Discharge Date: 4/07/2017

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28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI

28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:19 p.m. ET on Fri.,
Fosco was booked on April 9, 2018 for assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder, possession of heroin, second degree retail fraud, and trespassing.
On March 2, 2018, Fosco was charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder.
Fosco got off probation last July for a drug crime – delivery/manufacture of a narcotic/cocaine.

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David Richard Lampinen

33-year-old David Richard Lampinen of Marquette, MI remains jailed without bond in Marquette County.
Lampinen was arrested on April 9, 2018 and charged with possession of a Schedule 1, 2, 3, and 4 narcotic, resisting arrest/obstructing justice, receiving and concealing stolen property under $200, and second-degree retail fraud.

Lampinen, then 25 years old, was among several people arrested in 2008 by the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team for trafficking in crack cocaine that was shipped up from Chicago. In 2010, Lampinen was sentenced to nearly 5 years (57 months) in federal prison. One defendant committed suicide before trial.

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Pelkie Woman: She served federal time for bath salts distribution in the Marquette area – and now is suspected of dealing meth; arrested with her man in St. Ignace, MI

Update: 3-25-18 5 p.m. ET

U.P. Breaking News has identified the second suspect arrested in Pelkie meth probe:

Ronald Francis Thompson lived with Kristin Bergeron and lived with her in Puuri Rd in Pelkie. Both are suspects in a meth investigation:

Ronald Francis Thompson

Ronald Francis Thompson

 

One Baraga County resident remains jailed in the eastern Upper Peninsula, whereabouts of other suspect unclear – as police investigate the couple for allegedly distributing meth – the female half already served time for being part of bath salts ring

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Baraga County, MI) – At least one member of a Baraga County couple jailed in the eastern U.P. for suspected meth distribution served time for dealing a powerfully addictive drug with an extreme amphetamine-like buzz called bath salts – one of several drug epidemics that have swept the U.P. since the 90s.

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

34-year-old Kristin Ellen Bergeron of Pelkie, MI was one of two people arrested on Wed., March 14, 2018 in Mackinac County by troopers from the Michigan State Police St. Ignace Post.

Bergeron and her “civil union” partner – also 34 years old – are expected to face meth distribution-related  charges in Baraga County. Detectives also confiscated a weapon.

Federal prosecutors got a guilty plea from Bergeron in 2014  for being involved in a bath salts ring. She was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison – no parole. (scroll down to read press release).

Federal agents worked hard with U.P. drug teams to wipe out the bath salts epidemic that swept the U.P. in the late 2010. Another big epidemic that swept northern Michigan was CAT – or methcathinone. The drugs all provided a speed like buzz – with ghastly side-effects.

Why meth is worst so far: God Bless our drug teams but they do not have the funding and manpower to make a dent in the problem including funds for massive operation  going after those who ship ephedrine to the U.P. – or drive it here

All these highly-addictive drugs happened to otherwise good people in the Upper Peninsula, where family values still have a credible meaning.

The drugs simply changed them – consuming the lives of the addicts – though rehab helps. That’s another problem

If there were more treatment facilities in the U.P. lots more people could become healthy instead of choosing the abyss. Remember if you love the person, do not be judgmental- as addicts already know what they have done.
The meth epidemic and the drop in heroin prices have led to the worst of the epidemics so far – due to the vast number of users (and poverty) – versus relatively small police drug teams.

The drug teams could use twice the funding and manpower to really make a bigger effect – more if you want to end it for all practical purposes.
However our readers say that China is pumping ephedrine into the U.P. (a critical component of meth) – and so are dealers from bigger Midwestern cities.

With the large epidemic under way in U.P. history – its important to wipe out meth by turning in dealers and providing treatment to others (yes they are victims).

“Bath Salts”

Alpha-pyrrolidinopentiphenone, commonly known as alpha-PVP, and pentylone.

The term “bath salts” refers to a group of substances containing synthetic cathinones that all have similar chemical properties. These substances have a powerful amphetamine-like effect on the central nervous system when consumed. Synthetic cathinones are chemically similar to the natural drug cathinone, a drug that comes from khat plants in east Africa.

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

Kristin Ellen Bergeron

In Mackinac County, the pair are charged with operating under the influence of drugs and possession of methamphetamine.

During the raid, UPSET “seized several more grams of methamphetamine, as well as scales, packaging for distribution, and a firearm.”

Press release by federal prosecutors on May 14, 2014:

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN – U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar sentenced three people for their involvement in distributing two powerful “bath salts” – alpha-pyrrolidinopentiphenone, which is commonly known as alpha-PVP, and pentylone – for human consumption in the Upper Peninsula.

Scott Bernard Will, age 56, of Mass City, Michigan, received a sentence of 137 months (11 ½ years) in federal prison. Last December, a federal jury in Marquette found Will guilty of distributing and conspiring to distribute alpha-PVP and pentylone in Baraga and Houghton Counties. In imposing the sentence, Judge Edgar commented on Will’s extensive criminal history, noting that Will was a “walking crime wave.”

Also sentenced were Derrick John Guzek, age 34, also of Mass City, and Kristen Ellen Bergeron, age 31, of Pelkie, Michigan. Guzek received a sentence of 16 months in prison while Bergeron was sentenced to 18 months.

The term “bath salts” refers to a group of substances containing synthetic cathinones that all have similar chemical properties. These substances have a powerful amphetamine-like effect on the central nervous system when consumed. Synthetic cathinones are chemically similar to the natural drug cathinone, a drug that comes from khat plants in east Africa.

The evidence presented at trial showed that Will began selling bath salts in the Marquette area in 2011. He was jailed for his activities from June 2011 until November 2012. But, upon release from jail, he went back to selling the substances. Will’s sales of alpha-PVP and pentylone in Baraga and Houghton Counties in early 2013 drew the attention of the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

An undercover officer made a number of purchases of these substances from Mr. Will and his co-conspirators in March and April 2013. He and his co-conspirators were arrested in April 2013. Guzek and Bergeron pled guilty and testified for the government. Will went to trial in Marquette on December 9, 2013.

As part of its case, the government presented testimony from users who said that the bath salts sold to them by Will were extremely powerful and addictive. They reported staying up for days after injecting the substances, and experiencing psychosis, paranoia and suicidal thoughts. Judge Edgar noted that the users were “physically wrecked by these drugs.”

The evidence at trial showed Will specifically targeted people with drug problems by offering the substances for free. Once the user was hooked, Will charged up to $200 per gram.

This case was investigated by the Michigan State Police as part of the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maarten Vermaat and Paul D. Lochner prosecuted the case.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0515_SWill_etal.html

On Thursday, March 15, 2018 – agents from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement team (UPSET) raided the couple’s home near Pelkie, MI. UPSET executed a search warrant at the couple’s residence on Puuri Road in Baraga County.

Bergeron’s 34-year-old male partner was jailed in Mackinac County – but is no longer listed as an inmate.

Baraga County is among the growing number of  U.P. counties who refuse to publicly release info on booked suspects – so it is unclear if he is out on bond – or has been transferred.

If you know the other suspect’s name (partner of Bergeron) please contact U.P. Breaking News.

Bergeron is a native of Dearborn Heights, according to her Facebook page.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_0515_SWill_etal.html

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00009/USCOURTS-miwd-2_13-cr-00009-10

UPSET Commander Lt. Timothy “Tim” L. Sholander and the entire UPET team hope you will turn in meth dealers – as it is a scrounge that has ruined thousands of U.P. families – along with the other easy-to-get highly addictive drugs like heroin, fentanyl and cocaine.

Do you have information about illegal drugs in your community?
Contact UPSET at 906-228-1002 or leave an anonymous tip on the UPSET website at http://www.upsetdrugs.com

A convicted sex offender picked up for noncompliance and drunk driving, several people who have past drug charges are arrested again including a Marquette woman accused of meth, fighting police – and bringing drugs to jail – this after being arrested last year in Iron Mountain for meth, several domestic violence or assault cases including one of the Hannahville “cocaine cousins”

Upper Peninsula Breaking News Bulletin – 3-3-18 –3:35 p.m. Update with additional assault booking

Elijah Blu McCoy

19-year-old Elijah McCoy of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 11:11 a.m. ET today, Sat., March 3, 2018. 

McCoy is charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder.
Bond has not been set for McCoy.

McCoy of Marquette, MI was also booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:13 p.m. on Monday night, Dec. 11, 2017 on a felony charge of aggravated assault.

Details on the alleged assault have not been released by law enforcement.

Bond is set at $5,000.

McCoy is a native of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, according to his Facebook page.

McCoy made the news in April 2017 when he was one of three Marquette teens charged with holding a juvenile against his will and assaulting him at a home on the 300 block of County Road 550 in Marquette County.

McCoy has his charged reduced and was released on bond. He was sent to circuit court on charges of felony unlawful imprisonment and misdemeanor assault.

McCoy has been in trouble with the law numerous times and even has a state record and is on probation for a Sept. 2014 second degree home invasion in Chippewa County.

MDOC Number: 956844

9:05 a.m. ET –

Marquette/Escanaba area arrests in overnight and Friday: Marquette woman busted this morning on meth and fighting with police charges, a non-compliant convicted sex offender arrested for drunk driving, one vicious assault and two domestic violence cases including one of the “cocaine cousins” from Wilson

Gregory David Kauppila

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

Hannahville Cocaine Cousins and Jokers including Lucas Sagataw

28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Marquette/Escanaba) – Arrests in the past 24 hours including several assaults – as one of the “cocaine cousins” is charged with domestic violence, a non-compliant convicted sex offender busted for dunk driving, and a Marquette woman charged in meth case is arrested again early today and allegedly fought with police.

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI

A Marquette County woman, already charged in a Dickson County meth bust, was arrested this morning a numerous felonies ranging from several drug charges to assaulting a police officer.

21-year-old Dimon Thompson of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 6:08 a.m. ET this morning Sat., March 3, 2018

Thompson is charged this morning with assault on a police officer, possession of methamphetamine, use of a non-narcotic controlled substance, and furnishing contraband to jail prisoners. Bond for Thompson has not been set.

In July 2017, Thompson was among four people arrested in an Iron Mountain parking lot and charged with the sale/manufacture of methamphetamine.
The four were in a suspicious vehicle that left a local motel and pulled into the parking lot. The others arrested were from Gwinn, St. Ignace, and Rapid River.
Using a Gwinn address at the time, Thompson with two counts of delivery/manufacture methamphetamine and second-offense habitual offender.

Assisting Iron Mountain Department of Public Safety officers in that bust were the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) and a Michigan State Police K-9 from the Iron Mountain Post. Plus Marquette agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) opened an investigation, and some of those involved were on state and federal probation.

Those charges were authorized Dickinson County Prosecutor Lisa Richards.

Meanwhile in Feb. 2016, Thompson, then 18, of Gwinn was sentenced to six months probation for third-degree retail fraud in Marquette County District Court.

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Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI

Hannahville Cocaine Cousins and Jokers including Lucas Sagataw

A Hannahville man very familiar to the feds and not unfamiliar to drug charges has been arrested for domestic violence.
He was one of the infamous jokesters we dubbed “cocaine cousins.”
33-year-old Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 3:16 p.m. on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Sagataw is charged with domestic violence.
In April 2017,
Bond for Sagataw has not been set. He also lists a Minneapolis address.

Lucas Roy Sagataw of Wilson, MI

In July 2008, Sagataw, then 24, was among 19 people arrested on federal drug charges – and was charged with three counts of distribution of marijuana.
In addition, U.P. Breaking News dubbed Sagataw and his cousin – the Hannahville Cocaine Cousins.

The pair were charged with delivery of cocaine on an Indian Reservation – with kids present.

In July 2014, Sagataw was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison during a plea bargain on the cocaine charges.

In April 2017, Sagataw was sentenced to 12 months in prison for two federal courts of consumption of alcohol, that violated his probation from the cocaine case. Federal prison doesn’t have parole, so he must have been given some credit for time served – otherwise he would still be in federal prison until April 2018.

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22-year-old Michael D. Cole of Escanaba, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 3:11 p.m. on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Cole is charged with domestic violence.
Bond for Cole is $500.

If you have a photo of Mr. Cole, please send it privately to U.P. Breaking News.

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28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI

28-year-old Kyle George Fosco of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:19 p.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Fosco is charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder.
Bond for Fosco has not been set.
Fosco got off probation last July for a drug crime – delivery/manufacture of a Narcotic/Cocaine.

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Gregory David Kauppila

Gregory David Kauppila

Gregory David Kauppila

A convicted sex offender on probation for not registering in Marquette County was picked up Friday Night for drunk driving has yet again been charged with failure to register as a sex offender as required by law.

26-year-old Gregory David Kauppila was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 10:22 p.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.

Kauppila is charged with sex offender failure to register and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (OUIL).

In Marquette County Circuit Court during June 2016, Kauppila was sentenced to 180 days jail and five years probation plus about $800 in fines/costs for being a sex offender who failed to comply with the law.

In Sept. 2010, Kauppila was convicted in Marquette of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (multiple variables).

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A downstate man was arrested Friday morning on a felony drunken driving charge in Marquette County.
52-year-old Randy Lee Nagle of Howard City, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 9:17 a.m. ET on Fri., March 2, 2018.
Nagle is charged with felony third-offense operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI).
Bond has not been set for Nagle.

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A Soo woman arrested this morning on assault charges, a convicted Alger County armed robber is busted for drugs plus an Ishpeming man arrested for domestic assault – a man is accused of drunken driving with a minor in the car in Delta County: Just some of the U.P. arrests in past 24 hours

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-23-18 – 5:55 a.m. ET

Two assault busts including one this morning in Chippewa County; and a Marquette man convicted of armed robbery in Alger County is arrested on drugs charges, plus if you drive drunk with a minor in the car – you can be charged under a no tolerance law

Joshua Daniel Gordon

Amber Renee Flowers

Daniel James Rantanen

Amadeus Eugene Glenn

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – A convicted armed robber is in trouble this morning with Upper Peninsula law enforcement plus two assault arrests including this morning in the Soo, and an arrest under a Michigan no tolerance law – drunken driving with a minor in the car.

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Amadeus Eugene Glenn

Amadeus Eugene Glenn

The Marquette County man convicted of armed robbery charges in Alger County was arrested in Delta County on Thursday morning.

Amadeus Eugene Glenn

31-year-old Amadeus Eugene Glenn of Marquette, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 9:05 a.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 22, 2018.

Glenn is charged with possession of cocaine and malicious destruction of personal property valued between $100-$1,000.

Glenn is on parole until April 2024 for two armed robbery-related convictions in Alger County.

Glenn was convicted by a jury of one count of armed robbery and a second count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery for the holdup in March 2004.
Details of the stickup are not known (If you know, contact us).

In Dec. 2004, Glenn was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in state prison.
After serving about 12 years in prison, Glenn was paroled in May 2016. State records do not say to which county he was paroled. Nor does it given any reasons.

MDOC Number: 515116
http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=515116

31-year-old Amadeus Eugene Glenn
Image Date: 11/5/2012

MDOC Current Status: Discharged
Discharge Date: 5/10/2016

ALIASES: Amadeaua Eugene Glenn

PRISON SENTENCES
Offense: Armed Robbery
Sentence: 10 to 20 years
Date of Offense: 3/29/2004
Alger County
Date of Sentence: 12/15/2004
Conviction Type: Jury
Discharge Date: 4/13/2024

Sentence 2
Offense: Conspiracy to commit armed robbery
Sentence: 10 to 20 years
Date of Offense: 3/29/2004
Alger County
Date of Sentence: 12/15/2004
Conviction Type: Jury
Discharge Date: 4/13/2024

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Daniel James Rantanen

Daniel James Rantanen

23-year-old Daniel James Rantanen of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 2:31 a.m. ET on Thurs, Feb. 22, 2018.

Rantanen is charged with domestic assault. Online sites list recent addresses for Rantanen in Harvey and Marquette. Rantanen is free on an undisclosed bond.

In 2015, Rantanen was fined $450 for a Nov. 2014 incident of improper transportation of medical marijuana in Marquette County (Ishpeming) District Court

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We have a booking out of Chippewa County this morning Fri., Feb. 23, 2018 even though the police there do not allow charges to be listed online.

Amber Renee Flowers

Amber Renee Flowers

A Soo woman was booked early today on at least one serious felony.
29-year-old Amber Renee Flowers of Sault Ste. Marie, MI was booked into the Chippewa County Detention Center early today, Fri., Feb. 23, 2018.
Flowers is charged with assault and battery. Bond conditions are unknown.
Details of the incident are not known

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Joshua Daniel Gordon

Joshua Daniel Gordon

An Escanaba man who was sentenced to 80 days in jail during Dec. 2016 has been booked on drugged driving and other offenses.
31-year-old Joshua Daniel Gordon of Escanaba was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 2:22 a.m. ET on Thurs, Feb. 22, 2018.
Bond was not listed.
Gordon is charged with driving with a suspended/revoked license, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana.
About 15 months ago, Gordon was sentenced to 80 days in the DCDC plus almost $500 in fines/costs/restitution after pleading guilty to malicious destruction of property.

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A downstate man has been charged in Marquette County under a zero-tolerance law involving allegedly driving drunk with a minor in the vehicle.
50-year-old Roger Lee Myers of Brighton, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 9:59 p.m. ET on Thurs., Feb. 22, 2018.

Myers is charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor (OUIL) with an occupant (in the car) under 16-years-old.

If you have a photo of Mr. Myers, please contact us.

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A Rock, MI woman was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 8:18 p.m. ET on Wed., Feb. 21, 2018.
30-year-old Molly Jean Jones of Rock, MI was booked for driving with a suspended /revoked license and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance (drugged driving).
Just over a month ago, Jones was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a year’s probation and ordered to pay $1,700 in fine/costs.
Jones was found guilty of attempted obstruction of justice/resisting arrest/assault of a police officer, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Felony arrests in Marquette and Escanaba area in past few days – all different cases – home invasion, stalking, failure to register as a sex offender, and drug busts

URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-21-18 – 9:40 p.m. ET

Separate cases of stalking, home invasion, drug sales, plus a sex offender who did not register – are just some of the accusations in the latest round of arrests in Delta and Marquette counties

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Wesley Allen Cote of Ishpeming, MI

Brenda Childress

Tallen Prisk

Brandon Morcum

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Escanaba/Marquette, MI) – Arrests in Marquette and Delta counties in past few days included a sex offender who failed to register, plus separate cases involving stalking and home invasion – and drug busts.

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54-year-old Brian D. St. Onge of Escanaba, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 8:29 a.m. ET this morning Wed., Feb. 21, 2018.
St. Onge is charged with felony stalking and malicious use of a telephone to make threats.
Bond for St. Onge has not been set.

If you have a photo of Mr. St. Onge please send it to us privately (never reveal sources).

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Wesley Allen Cote of Ishpeming, MI

22-year-old Wesley Allen Cote of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:34 p.m. ET on Mon., Feb. 19, 2018. Cote also has address in Republic, MI.

Cote is charged with third-degree home invasion.
Bond for Cote us set at $50,000.

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Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Curtis of Harvey, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 12:25 p.m. ET on Mon., Feb. 19, 2018.
Curtis is charged with failure to resister as a sex offender.

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Curtis was convicted of third–degree criminal sexual conduct by force or coercion on July 22, 2004 in Marquette County Circuit Court.

Earnest Michael Curtis – Registered Sex Offender

Last known address: 125 Kawbawgam Road Apt 3, Marquette, MI 49855

Aliases: Earnest Michael Curtins; Edub X

Criminal Record of Earnest Michael Curtis
Offense: Third–degree criminal sexual conduct by force or coercion (CSC 3rd) in Marquette County, MI

Date Convicted: July 22, 2004 in Marquette County 25th Circuit Court

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Convicted Michigan sex offender 39-year-old Earnest Michael Curtis of Harvey, MI

Earnest Michael Curtis:
http://www.icrimewatch.net/offenderdetails.php?OfndrID=2026801&AgencyID=55242

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Brenda Childress

Brenda Childress

44-year-old Brenda Lee Childress of Escanaba, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 6:34 p.m. ET tonight Wed., Feb. 21, 2018.
Childress is accused with selling a controlled substance.

Childress was booked on a charge of with delivery/manufacture of a non-narcotic Schedule 1, II, III controlled substance.

In June 2017 – Childress was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to impaired driving of a motor vehicle while using by drugs.

Bond for Childress is $2,500.

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Tallen Prisk

Tallen Prisk

19-year-old Tallen Prisk of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 7:12 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 19, 2018.
Prisk is charged with felony possession of cocaine.
Bond has not been set for Prisk – however if he got a sweet plea bargain – Prisk may have been sentenced on Monday.

In April 2017, Prisk and another Marquette man were charged with two 20-year felonies – delivery/manufacture of cocaine and delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine. They were pulled over in the Wendy’s parking lot in Marquette. In addition to a large amount of cash, police confiscated 12 grams of meth and seven grams of cocaine

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Resisting arrest:

Brandon Morcum

Brandon Morcum

33-year-old Brandon Morcum of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 7:25 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 19, 2018. Morcum also has recent addresses in Negaunee and Ishpeming.

Morcom is charged with second-offense operating a vehicle while impaired, attempted resisting arrest/obstructing police, and second-offense driving with suspended/revoked.

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Probation Violation:

Escanaba:
36-year-old Amy Teeple of Escanaba, MI, DCDC on Wed., Feb. 21, 2018
41-year-old Mara Randall of Escanaba, MI, DCDC on Wed., Feb. 21, 2018

Marquette:
50-year-old Joseph Cornelius of Negaunee, MI, MCJ on Wed., Feb. 21, 2018

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Prominent Escanaba attorney among those arrested in Delta County and Marquette County in past few days including four people charged with domestic assault – plus thefts, drugs, and resisting arrest

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 2-17-18 – 8:20 p.m.

Attorney accused of drunken driving; four charged with domestic assault, plus thefts and drugs

Macalah Marinoff

James Beaumont

Bryce Cain

Attorney Jayne Mackowiak

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Escanaba, MI) – A Delta County Public Defender was among those arrested since Valentine’s Day – and others including three domestic assaults plus theft.

A prominent Escanaba area attorney, known for her work as a court-appointed defense lawyer, was arrested Friday night on drunken driving charges.

Attorney Jayne Mackowiak

Attorney Jayne Mackowiak

Attorney Jayne Mackowiak

58-year-old veteran lawyer Jayne E. Mackowiak of Gladstone, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 9:49 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.

Mackowiak is charged with operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL) per se. Mackowiak remained jailed with no bond on Saturday night.

Recently, Mackowiak was in the news when she was appointed to represent two children found in a disgraceful Rapid River, MI house.

The horrid case began in March of 2017 – when a shivering, naked toddler was found by a neighbor’s dog.

The inhumane conditions in the rodent-infested filthy house included floors coated with feces from several types of animals, dirty diapers, and rotting garbage.

Mackowiak helped getting the girls out of the filth and into a nice foster home setting where they are thriving.

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28-year-old Brent Forsyth of Menominee, MI was booked Friday night on at least three charges.

The charges a similar to a case against him last November – and that indicates he was sentenced on Friday – with a CCW charge dropped.

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/booze-drugs-fueled-violent-weekend-in-marquette-and-delta-counties

Forsyth was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 8:14 p.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.
Forsyth is charged with possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm while under the influence of intoxicants and third-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL, drunken driving).
Its appears the Escanaba media decided not to cover this case. So we did.

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Meanwhile there were at least four brutal assaults in the Escanaba and Marquette area:
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Bryce Cain

Bryce Cain

26-year-old Bryce A. Cain, formerly of Marquette, MI, was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:19 a.m. ET this morning on Sat., Feb. 17, 2018.

Cain is charged with domestic assault.

Cain was being held Saturday night on a $5,000 bond.

A former NMU student, Cain lists his home address as Whitehall, MI.

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James Beaumont

29-year-old James Beaumont of Negaunee, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 7:32 p.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.

Beaumont is charged with domestic assault.

Bond has not been set for Beaumont.

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Accused of a Valentine’s Day assault, 27-year-old Melinda Knight, address unconfirmed, was released on bond from the MCJ at 4:20 p.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.
Knight was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:41 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 14, 2018.
Knight is charged with domestic assault.

If you have information about what happened or a photo of Knight please contact us

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Macalah Marinoff

Accused of a Valentine’s Day assault two days earlier, 22-year-old Macalah Marinoff of Marquette, MI was released on bond at 4:32 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.

She is charged with domestic assault.

Marinoff was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:32 p.m. ET on Wed., Feb. 14, 2018.

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33-year-old Jennifer Estes, address unconfirmed, was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 1:28 a.m. ET on Wed., Feb. 14, 2018.
Estes is charged with second offense operating while impaired (OWI) and resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer.
Estes remained in jail on Saturday night under a$10,000 bond.

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35-year-old Joseph Erickson of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 1:35 a.m. on Thurs., Feb. 15, 2018.

Erickson is charged with larceny (between $200 and $1,000), trespassing/refusal to depart, and possession of an analogue, a controlled substance.

He also has ties to Gwinn, MI.

Erickson remained jail Saturday night under a $10,000 bond.

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19-year-old Noah Moore Hodgson of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 11:30 p.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.
Hodgson is charged with attempt larceny from a building.
Bond for Hodgson is $5,000 and he remained jailed Saturday night.

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25-year-old Lee Wallace of Marquette, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 9:31 p.m. on Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 and released on bond early the next afternoon.
Wallace is charged with possession of a controlled substance (narcotic or cocaine).

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29-year-old Andrew Steeno of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 5:29 p.m. ET on Fri., Feb. 16, 2018.
Steeno is charged with being a “fugitive from justice.”

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Two Gladstone, MI men charged in a violent felony assault; Newlywed Escanaba man arrested Sunday afternoon for DV/taking phone away – plus rape accusations in Marquette County, and a Wilson man caught with a bunch of pain pills and cocaine just over a year ago – is now back in jail

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – Update – 2-11-18 – 2:40 p.m. ET 

Added arrest (scroll down to read the rest):

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Eric Mathieson

30-year-old Eric Scott Mathieson of Escanaba, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 1:02 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 11, 2018.

Mathieson is charged with domestic violence and interfering with electronic communications (phone).

A $2,500 bond was set for Mathieson.

Mathieson just got married on Jan. 20, 2018, according to his Facebook page.

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2-11-18 – 5:48 a.m. ET –

Serious arrests in past 24 hours: felonious assault with a dangerous weapon, rape, and a man caught with a bunch of pain pills and coke in 2016 – is back in jail

 

By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

*If you have photos of people that we do not have a picture (or a better photo) – please send privately. Plus seeking info/photo of Mr. Grant Hill

**as we publish this – reports of a U.P. domestic violence incident involving a man allegedly pointing a gun at his girlfriend – we will post more info providing he is arrested

(Marquette/Escanaba, MI) – Two Gladstone residents – who know each other – are charged with a violent felony attack, while in Marquette a teen is accused of rape.

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18-year-old Grant Hill (address unconfirmed) was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 4:16 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10, 2918.
Hill is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC).
Bond has not been set for Hill.

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Nick Menard

Two Gladstone men – who are at least longtime Facebook friends – are now jailed together both charged in a violent attack.

20-year-old Nicholas Menard of Gladstone, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 2:50 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 10, 2018.

Menard is charged with felonious assault with a dangerous weapon.

Bond for Menard is set at $10,000

Shawn Mason

18-year-old Shawn Mason of Gladstone, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) at 2:17 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10, 2018.

Mason is charged with felonious assault with a dangerous weapon.
Bond has not been set for Mason.

U.P. Breaking News has no information on  the victim or victims.

Police have not released any information on the violent assault – and what kind of dangerous weapon alleged used in the felony.

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Rodney Frye

Rodney Frye

A Menominee County man who was busted in 2016 with cocaine and two kinds of pain pills – is back in jail this morning.

24-year-old Rodney Frye of Wilson, MI was booked into the Delta County Detention Center (DCDC) just before midnight on Sat., Feb. 9, 2018.
Fry is charged with a failure to appear warrant.

The reason for the warrant – apparently a new criminal case has not been released,

In June 2017, Frye, then 23, received nine months in jail (credit for 144 days) on two drug charges – cocaine possession and maintaining a drug vehicle.

Frye and female friend were arrested in October 2016 during a traffic stop in Perkins, MI made by a deputy with the Delta County Sheriff’s Department.

Frye originally faced six drug charges including possession of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, both are considered possession of analogues.

Frye pleaded guilty to two charges. The other charges were dropped under a plea bargain.

Feds Bust Cocaine-Fueled Cruel Bull Dog Fighting Ring in Western Michigan – does it ever happen in the Upper Peninsula? Exclusive With Warning: We have the gross details, horrid federal documents for you to download or read free

URGENT URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 1-30-18 – 7 p.m. ET

Michigan dog fighting ring busted – does dog fighting every happened in the Upper Peninsula?

Read what discover: You can read the federal court documents we paid for – and even download them free – but let us warn you – its is gross, horrible or whatever words in English is worse than those.

(Lansing, MI) – Federal agents this week busted up a cocaine-fueled bulldog fighting ring involving horrid abuse to dogs including hanging – all to take bets and entertain others – and two Lansing men arrested – plus the seizure of 13 pit bulls.

Today one of the men was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.

1-23-18 Charles Miller Criminal Complaint for coke, Michigan dog fighting (1)

1-23-18 Charles Miller Criminal Complaint for coke, Michigan dog fighting (2)

1-23-18 Kian Maliak Miller Criminal Complaint MI dog fighting (1)

1-23-18 Kian Maliak Miller Criminal Complaint MI dog fighting (2)

1-24-18 Kian Maliak Miller first appearance

1-30-17 Charles Miller bond unsecured $10,000

This makes U.P. Breaking News wonder, what is history of dog fighting in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan – and does it happen now in the U.P.?

A lengthy investigation showed cocaine driven suspects had despicable kennels and other dog fighting equipment that was used for “sport, wagering” and “entertainment.”

Who busted the ring?

U.P. Breaking News believes a huge kudos is due for all those agents and bosses and others at the Inspector General folks at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

You can thank all those who helped Jeffery Nichols, a special agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General. Folks like Michigan State Police, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Department and in Eaton and Ingham counties – a bunch of dedicated animal-control workers.

Mugshots of Miller Brothers

Arrested were alleged Lansing area scumbags Charles Joseph Miller and his brother, 40-year-old Kian Maliak Miller – who are accused of running a dog fighting ring in western Michigan for at least a year.

They face animal cruelty related charges, while Charles Miller is also charged with being a felon in possession of a gun – and distributing lots of cocaine.
The federal charge is possession of an animal for participation in an animal-fighting venture.

The charges against the Miller brothers could land the men in state and federal prison for decades. Federal charges carry a minimum sentence of five years in prison, and the feds to not allow early parole.

Info on some of the dogs – many euthanized:

http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/modules.php?name=Public&file=printPedigree&dog_id=589084

URGENT ADDITIONAL:

Read about the 17-count felony state case filed against the men and others last fall:
Stories that will make your gut wrench. The Lansing State Journal has excellent coverage of these guys – and others – have allegedly been in the professional criminal enterprise for a longtime

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/09/06/pit-bulls-seized-lansing-dogfighting-investigationeuthanized/636724001/
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/11/21/new-details-emerge-3-more-arrested-lansing-dogfighting-investigation/884339001/
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2017/08/02/2-charged-investigation-into-professional-dogfighting-ring-expands/532152001/

Plus a excellent story in yesterday’s MLive that provides stories to several Michigan newspapers:

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2018/01/13_pit_bulls_seized_in_west_mi.html

 

 

UPDATE – Marquette County: Men and woman arrested for domestic violence, attempted strangulation, and a myriad of different types of thefts, serious parole violations

ty jail

People pummeling other people – and even attempted strangulation – are among the charges filed against U.P. residents in Marquette County

Men and woman charged with domestic violence related offenses

By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – Even as we wrote this story, Marquette County law enforcement officers were rushing to another domestic violence case in Negaunee Township.

*****Update 6:11 a.m. – we now have the arrest info on that attack that was going on as we posted this story – in an incident in Negaunee Township that reportedly terrified a 7-year-old niece.

There were also several theft, embezzlement, theft from employer, and shoplifting calls today in the U.P.

While those cases are under investigation, at least three people were charged with domestic violence related charges in Marquette County in past few days.

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33-year-old Mark A. Tilly of Negaunee Township, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at about 4:50 p.m. this afternoon, Jan. 11, 2018.

Tilley is charged with felony assault and battery; and second offense driving with a suspended license. He is being held without bond. A photo was unavailable, send us a photo if you have one.

In Feb. 2014, Tilly was driving a sedan that collided head-on with a Negaunee Public Schools bus on North Road near Kivela Road. None of the 12 students were injured nor the 65-year-old bus driver. Tilly was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. He was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.

29-year-old Nicklous McCormick of Gwinn, MI was arrested Wednesday night, Jan. 10, 2017 in Marquette County.
McCormick was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at about 7:30 p.m..
McCormick is charged with felony assault by strangulation.
A Native of Georgia, McCormick is being held without bond.

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36-year-old Matthew Richard Goss of  Gwinn, MI was booked into the MCJ at 2:24 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, 2018 on a charge of domestic assault.  He was released on$5,000 bond about 10 hours later. Photo unavailable – send us one if you have it.

 

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33-year-old Jennifer Marie Estes of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ one minute to midnight on Jan. 10, 2018 on a charge of domestic assault.

Estes was released today, Jan.11, 2018 on $10,000 bond.

In Oct. 2014 in Marquette County District Court, Estes was sentenced to 45 days in jail deferred, 12 months probation and nearly $1,400 in fines for drunk driving with a blood alcohol level of at least .17.

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Thefts arrest at Marquette County Jail this week:

Joshua Todd Kositzke, 26, of Bark River, MI booked Jan. 9 2018, third degree retail fraud. Kositzke served 30 days in jail in Marquette County in Nov. 2017 for trespassing. He is forbidden from entering Elmer’s County Market or Massie’s Store

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Elizabeth Kohtala, 32, of Ishpeming, MI, booked Jan. 9, 2018, larceny between $1,000-$20,000, $10,000 bond is set.

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Desiree Aho, 28, Marquette, MI, booked Jan. 10, 2018, stealing/taking a financial transaction device without permission, $10,000 bond set. Listed online as a employee of the Gwinn middle schools.

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Britni L. Brady, 28, of Marquette, MI; booked Jan. 10, 2018, stealing/taking a financial transaction device without permission. Bond set at $10,000.

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Brock Tanner Colberg, 24, of Marquette, MI (and other addresses like Ramsay, MI) ; booked this afternoon, Jan. 11, 2018; second degree retail fraud and third degree retail fraud. Bond not set.

Colberg, then 19, was arrested in Aug. 2013 and charged with charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver (marijuana, pills) and resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer in Gogebic County

In May 2015, Colberg was sentenced to 10 months county jail time on attempted possession of meth and was paroled in Sept. 2016. The incident involves the Gogebic County arrest with another youth.

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Court Violations in Marquette County:

31-year-old Carli Jean Nevala of Negaunee, MI, booked Jan. 10, 2018, district court probation violation involving banned from drinking alcohol.

In August 2017, Nevala was sentenced to 180 days in jail for second offense operating while impaired plus 24 months probation and a $2,000 fine.

Nevala was paroled from state prison in March 2016 after serving just over a one-year for impaired driving for a Dec. 2017 incident in Marquette County.

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29-year-old  Jennifer Sue Vaughan of Marquette, MI was arrested on a parole violation about 5 a.m. today, Jan. 11, 2018.

Vaughan is being held without bond.

Vaughan was paroled from state prison on June 2016 after serving one year for operating a meth lab  in connection with a March 2015 raid.

Her parole would have ended in March 2018. Her MDOC rap sheet states she has numerous aliases. She has numerous parole conditions set.

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Drugs arrests this week in Marquette County:

35-year-old Chad Dannial-Paul Heikkinen of Marquette,MI was booked into the MCJ at about 9 a.m. today, Jan. 11, 2018.

Heikkinen is charged with possession of Schedule I, II, and III narcotics.

Heikkinen served two years in state prison on two felony cocaine convictions involving a May 2009 arrest in Dickinson County. He was sentenced in March 2012 and released in March 2013.

 

 

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Convicted drug dealer and burglar faces federal gun charges – and probe involves Dickinson County residents, and an Ishpeming drug suspect who allegedly conned an Ishpeming gun dealer

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 1-8-18 8 pm ET

ATF/MSP Bust: A “known” drug dealer and burglar has been busted by the feds on a firearms charge – and probe involves two Dickinson County residents, an Ishpeming drug suspect and gun shop

Bobby Jo Wagner

By Greg Peterson
S.E. Social Justice Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

**This story is a thumbnail sketch on the probe – read or download your copy – hey we paid for it:

2018 Mqt Gun charge 1-6-18 (2)

2018 Mqt Gun charge 1-6-18 (1)

(Marquette, MI) – A convicted Dickinson County drug dealer and burglar has been charged in federal court at Marquette with illegal possession of handgun and ammo – in a lengthy saga involving several U.P. Counties and an Ishpeming gun dealer.

29-year-old Kyle James Murray of Kingsford, MI is named in a felony criminal “information,” an initial charging tool used by federal prosecutors rather than an indictment. While court records show Murray having a Balsam St. address in Kingsford, his Facebook page states he is from Iron Mountain now living in Madison, WI.

Murray was paroled from Michigan state prison in July 2014 after serving five and one half years for two counts of controlled substance – delivery/manufacture of narcotics/cocaine during 2009 in Dickinson County, MI. Using others, Murray allegedly purchased a gun from Wilderness Sports in Ishpeming.

The case was cracked by lots of gumshoe work by Michigan State Police troopers, Dickinson County Sheriff’s department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)

28-year-old Amber Jarvi of Ishpeming, MI

Drug suspect Amber Jarvi of Ishpeming allegedly bought the weapon for Murray, whom one suspect called a Yooper “gun girl.

Jarvi told the ATF that she had test fired the weapon with her father and Murray in June 2017 at the Jarvi camp on a two-track road off Dishno Road – the Peshekee Grade road in the Michigamme area.

Murray is currently jailed at the Dickinson County Jail for felony resisting arrest and obstruction of a police officer. Murray pleaded guilty and was set to be sentenced today, Jan. 8, 2018 on that two-year felony.

During questioning by the ATF, Amber Jarvi “became emotionally unglued and starting screaming, crying and using profanity,” the federal complaint states.

Amber Jarvi was then arrested on an outstanding Marquette County Warrant after trying to leave the interview with the ATF.
Amber Jarvi, who is charged with numerous felonies including one charge involving a minor, has been the subject of a lengthy state and federal probe into alleged meth trafficking.

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/state-and-federal-upper-peninsula-drug-probe-leads-to-more-charges-including-delivery-to-a-minor-for-the-second-time-this-month-a-marquette-county-woman-is-booked-into-the-marquette-county-jail-on-d

https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/upper-peninsula-drug-busts-continue-tonight-from-cities-like-ishpeming-ironwood-gwinn-and-menominee-mi

ATF agents also questioned Jarvi’s father, David Kestila of Ishpeming.
Others drug suspects mentioned as aiding in the case are 43-year-old Joshua Jay Mitchell of Kingsford and 35-year-old Bobby Jo Wagner of Vulcan, MI – who where both busted in the same Iron County hotel room – The Bigfoot Hideaway in Crystal Falls, MI. Troopers first made contact with the trio when someone called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle parked in the rear of the motel.

Bobby Jo Wagner

Wagner is in state prison after being sentenced in Oct. 2017 to 1-5 years for third-degree home invasion in Dickinson County. She pleaded no contest and was found guilty of the July 2015 burglary involving the theft of prescription drugs from a Vulcan, MI home. Wagner has been the subject of numerous U.P. news stories.

Murray was convicted in 2011 of two burglary-related felonies in Marinette County, Wisconsin including theft of movable property/special facts and burglary building/dwelling. Murray was convicted of burglaries in Dickinson and Iron County.

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The weapon Murray allegedly possessed illegally is a Kel-Tech, Model P-11, 9 mm pistol – serial number ATR29 and 9 rounds of CCI 9 MM ammo.
A “mufti-convicted felon,” Murray allegedly “knowingly possessed a firearm and ammunition” despite his criminal convictions and prison time.

The allegations involved the time period June 23-30, 2017. The criminal complaint was sworn to by ATF Agent James Petschke before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley on Jan. 5, 2018.

Other law enforcement who assisted in the case included ATF Agent Aaron Voogd. Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department Detective Lt. Derek Dixon and Michigan State Police Trooper Doug Weesner.

http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=977630
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel-Tec_P-11

MDOC Number: 680462
Name: Kyle James Murray
Image Date: 5/21/2010
MDOC Status: Discharged
Discharge Date: 7/03/2014