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
By Greg Peterson
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(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.
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
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