Alleged drunk driver hits Marquette cop car twice while at fast food drive thru – plus an NMU soccer player is among those charged with violence this weekend in Marquette County – and the latest drug and other busts

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-29-18 – 10:22 p.m. ET – 

Cops car hit by alleged drunken driver in a McDonald’s drive thru; soccer player charged with assault – and many others are charged with domestic violence, plus drug arrests

Jack Alan Orhanen

We’d love to tell you about charges/arrests in the other U.P. counties but the sheriff and prosecutors do not want you to know – so it is not released on Mobile Patrol

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

(Marquette, MI) – A Marquette Police officer seemed bemused when a large pickup truck bumped his patrol car twice early Saturday morning at the Marquette McDonald’s.
The incident happened about 3:30 a.m. ET on Saturday morning, April 28, 2018 – as both the cops and the suspect were in line at the drive thru to get their fast food meal.

“We’re gonna be in the McDonald’s Drive Thru … they ran into the back of our car twice,” the Marquette Police officer radioed to dispatchers at Marquette County 911 Central Dispatch.

Using a police code, the officer also stated he suspected they were struck twice by a dunk driver.
“OK, clear,” answered the dispatcher with a chuckle.

Likely cops across the area were laughing when they heard the unexpected incident.

Arrested was 22-year-old Jerry Nelson Boyer of Skandia, MI.

He was given a portable breath test but the results are not known.

Boyer was driving a black ford pickup truck – that got towed.

Boyer was suspected of drunken driving and no insurance. However the exact charges were never posted on Mobile Patrol.

He was released on bond.

The boss at police headquarters asked the officer over the radio about damage to his patrol car.

“A little scratch on the bumper, but nothing crazy,” the officer radioed Marquette Police Headquarters

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A Northern Michigan University soccer player was among those arrested on violence related charges in Marquette County this weekend – plus the latest drug arrests.

20-year-old Edgar Rene Astorga of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ on Saturday afternoon.
Astorga is charged with assault and battery.
Astorga was released on a $2,500 bond.
Astorga is an athlete at Northern Michigan University who is sophomore majoring in communications
Astorga is a soccer standout from Chicago and is a member of the NMU Men’s Soccer Team.

NMU posted this about Astorga:
2017: Appeared in 18 games, making 15 starts including the first of his career in the season opener on August 31 versus Indianapolis. Astorga’s lone goal of the season came as the game-winner on September 10 versus Marygrove, while he also added a pair of assists on the season. Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
2016: Finished the season in a three-way tie for fourth on the team with five points (2g-1a). Named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 27 after leading the Wildcats to wins over No. 12 Tiffin and Findlay; he netted the game-winning goal in both games and also notched an assist.

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35-year-old Adam Lee Tousignant of Negaunee, MI was booked into the MCJ late Saturday morning on numerous charges.

Tousignant is charged with using a phone for malicious/threatening purposes, possession of a Schedule I, II, III narcotic, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs (OUID), and a jail prisoner possessing contraband.

Bond for Tousignant has not been set.

Tousignant arrested on Thurs., March 8, 2018 and charged with malicious use of a telephone to make threats.

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30-year-old Paul Mitchell Tipton of Gwinn, MI was booked Friday night into the MCJ.
Tipton is charged with second-offense domestic violence/assault, expired license plates, nonpayment of child support and driving with a suspended/revoked license.
Tipton is being held without bond on the domestic assault charge.
In Dec 2015, Tipton, then 28, of 621 Liberator St. in Gwinn – was sentenced to the 26 days that he had served in jail for an Oct. 2015 domestic violence incident.
Tipton pleaded guilty to second offense domestic violence and put on 18 months probation and ordered to pay $1,845 in fines/costs

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19-year-old Gerald William Herbst of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ on Friday morning.
Herbst is charged with domestic assault and contempt of court for bond violations issued by Marquette County District Court
Herbst is being held without bond.

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42-year-old Mark Russell Anderson of (address unconfirmed) was booked into the MCJ Saturday evening and relesed on bond just afternoon Sunday.
Anderson is charged with domestic assault.
Bond for Anderson was set at $5,000.

If you have a photo of Mr. Anderson, please contact us discretely on our news FB page

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23-year-old Michael Thomas Lyons of Negaunee, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail late Saturday night, March 28, 2018.
Lyons is charged with domestic assault, illegal entry and driving an unregistered ORV.
Bond for Lyons is set just over $3,200.

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35-year-old Nakeesha Sharee Briggs of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ late Friday night.
Briggs is charged with possession of a Schedule I, II, III narcotic.
Bond for Briggs has not been set.
In Sept. 2017, Briggs was arrested by UPSET and Marquette Police
Briggs was charged with possession of cocaine, four counts of child endangerment, weapons violation, and maintaining a drug house.
UPSET seized nearly 30 grams of cocaine, a firearm and evidence of drug distribution – this after investigation at a residence in the Sunnyside Estates mobile home park in Ishpeming Township.
Brigg’s four children were placed into protective custody with Michigan Child Protective Services.
Briggs was sentenced on March 9, 2018 to a year and a half in prison for possession of cocine.
It is unclear if she was beginning a jail sentence or busted on new charges. She was released on a suspended sentence last month and is listed as an MDOC Michigan probationer assigned to Marquette, MI.
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=448863

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Jack Alan Orhanen

Additional charges have been filed against 35-year-old Jack Alan Orhanen of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ early Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Orhanen is charged with felony third offense impaired drunken driving.

He is also charged with resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer, fourth degree fleeing and eluding, and joyriding/unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

A bond has not been set for Orhanen.

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41-year-old Robert Allan Wade of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the MCJ Friday night.
Wade is charged with resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer.
Wade has previous addresses in Gwinn and Palmer.
Bond for Wade has not been set.

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26-year-old Jamie Steven Corkin of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ Friday evening.
Corkin is charged with resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer.
Bond for Corkin has not been set.
In Nov. 2015, Corkin, then 24 years old, of Ishpeming, MI pleaded guilty to the four-year felony larceny in a building involving an incident in Ishpeming.

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23-year-old Austin John Pierce of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ Friday morning.
Pierce is charged with illegal entry.
Pierce was released on a $2,500 bond.

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Other arrests:
Vanessa Lee Green, 34, larceny between $200 and $1,000.
Wenona Kayan Hemmila, 39, second offense operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI)

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Domestic violence cases across the Upper Peninsula continue to increase – along with other violent crimes: Domestic incidents in west Marquette County, city of Marquette, and moments ago in Escanaba, MI – Arrests from past 24 hours in Marquette County as the other U.P. counties keep it secret

URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-26-18 – 6:20 p.m. ET – 

The ugly truth: Domestic violence cases not only happened daily in the U.P. – but sometimes up to 50 victims a day (3 cases in each of the 15 counties)

Heather R. McEntire

Robert Dale Helsten

Jack Alan Orhanen

Heather McEntire and John Gray

John Gray

Heather R. McEntire

Robert Dale Helsten

Jack Alan Orhanen

Heather McEntire and John Gray

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

(Marquette County, MI) – There were numerous domestic violence arrests in past 24 hours plus other felonies arrests in Marquette County involving a concealed weapon and even felony drunken driving – and breaking in Escanaba – a woman charged with DV in January calls 911 from a place she is not supposed to be.

As we were about to post this story, a domestic dispute erupted in the city of Escanaba – that shows domestic violence aggressors can be any sex – and sometimes jilted love drives some people to become repeat offenders.

Heather McEntire and John Gray

43-year-old Heather R. McEntire of Escanaba, MI called 911 just before 5 a.m. ET Thursday morning and claimed she was assaulted by a man she was not supposed to see.
During this morning’s melee, McEntire was out on bond for a Jan. 15, 2018 arrest for domestic violence in Delta County.

John Gray

The victim in that assault – 47-year-old John Robert Gray of Escanaba, MI – told 911 this morning that Heather and her brother attacked him.

As part of McEntire’s pretrial bond, she was ordered to stay away from Gray and not to visit his home.

Heather’s brother 46-year-old Jason Parker McEntire of many addresses in Delta County.

McEntire is also known as Heather Sirois; and she used to live in Bark River, Green Bay and Knoxville, TN.

Gray claimed that the siblings McEntire illegally arrived as his apartment at 416 First Avenue South “came in and assaulted him,” the dispatcher told responding officers.

Heather McEntire circa 2012

About 5:30 a.m. today, Heather McEntire and John Gray wre both arrested on several charges including domestic violence – and both are lodged in the Delta County Detention Center.

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Marquette Police responded just after 10 p.m. ET Wednesday night to a report of a possible domestic violence situation turned into hit and run.
The incident was reported at 700 Homestead St in Marquette, MI.
“Responded to a domestic situation that has now turned into a hit and run PDA (property damage accident),” the dispatcher told police headed to the scene not far from Grove Street and the bypass.
In the rear parking lot, a witness told 911 dispatchers that “a male and a female were involved in a domestic situation,” the officers were told via radio from HQ.
The blonde female ‘got in a white Jeep” and “sped out of the parking lot to get away from the male,” officers were told.
The male got into an older red passenger car and “was leaving in a hurry,” a 911 dispatcher to responding officers
The male, now a suspect, “apparently struck a black in color car in the parking lot,” he said, adding that due to darkness the exact make and model of the red car was not visible.
The red car should “have front and rear damage,” the dispatcher said.
The witness told police that the couple was involved in a previous domestic situation about one month ago.
On the east side of the apartment building, police found a damaged red Ford Taurus.
Its is unclear what became of the investigation.

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A Marquette man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, April 25, 2018 on domestic assault charges.

56-year-old Christopher Lee Mathews of Marquette, MI was arrested on a two-count domestic violence warrant.

Mathews was booked into the Marquette County Jail.

He was arrested by police at about 3 p.m. ET, Wed., March 25, 2018.

Details of the alleged assault have not been released.
Mathews is a former NMU employee, who studied hotel management in New Mexico, according to his Facebook page.

He was released on bond about an hour after booking.
Details of the incident have not been released by police.

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32-year-old Randy James Tuominen of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the MCJ Wednesday afternoon.
Touminen is charged with domestic assault and stalking.
Bond for Tuominen is not listed.
Details of the incident have not been released by police.
If you have a photo of Mr. Touminen please send it privately to our FB page

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39-year-old Michael Patrick Donahue of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the MCJ Wednesday morning.
Donahue is charged with domestic assault.
A bond for Donahue is not listed.
Details of the incident have not been released by police.
If you have a photo of Mr. Donahue please send it privately to our FB page

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33-year-old Michael Polkki of Ishpeming is charged with domestic assault and interfering with telephone communications.
U.P. Breaking News covered the arrest in a Wednesday article:
https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2018/04/25/ishpeming-police-officers-tasered-a-man-this-morning-bloody-hammer-attack-in-southern-up-plus-early-today-ishpeming-man-arrested-for-domestic-violence

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Robert Dale Helsten

Robert Dale Helsten

31-year-old Robert Dale Helsten of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 1:16 a.m. ET early Wednesday morning, April 25, 2018.

Helsten is charged with carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), and attempted resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer.

Bond totals $10,000 on two charges.

Bond is not listed on the first.

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Jack Alan Orhanen

35-year-old Jack Alan Orhanen of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ early today, Thursday April 26, 2018.

Orhanen is charged with felony third offense impaired drunken driving.

A bond has not been set for Orhanen.
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27-year-old Andrew Richard Koepp of Marquette, MI was booked into the MCJ about 11 p.m. ET Wednesday night.
Koepp is charged with attempted resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer.
Bond has not been set for Koepp.

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Other arrests in past 24 hours in Marquette County:

Dennis Gordon Tourville, 27, use of marijuana, addresses in Marquette and Denver, Colorado, bond not listed

Britton Marie Nurmi, 43, illegal entry, addresses in Marquette, Champion, $2,500 bond

$300,000 bond: Three jailed this morning in Marquette after big meth bust – one suspect made the news when arrested for felonious assault in pool cue, bat attack two years ago in Marquette; Two suspects from Muskegon, MI

URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-25-18 – 4:30 a.m. ET – 

Crystal methamphetamine: Three held in Marquette jail after meth bust; one bond is $300,000 – one suspect was involved in a pool cue and bat assault in Marquette in 2016

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

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

(Marquette, MI) – High bonds have been set for three people who remain jailed in Marquette, MI this morning after being busted on meth distribution and operating a drug house charges.

Ebonie Latrice Burns

28-year-old Ebonie Latrice Burns of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail early Tuesday morning, April 23, 2018.
Burns is charged with the delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine.
Jail records do not state a bond for Burns.

Burns attended Northern Michigan University, according to her Facebook page.
Burns made the big news in 2016 when she was arrested in Marquette for an felonious assault in the parking lot of the Admiral gas Station (scroll down for details).

44-year-old Bradley Joseph Hancock of Muskegon, MI was booked late Tuesday night and is being held on a $300,000 bond.
Hancock is charged with the delivery and manufacture of meth, possession of meth, and possession of a firearm (felony firearms charge).
Hancock has online addresses listed in Muskegon, MI and Daytona Beach, FL.

42-year-old Kareen Shanton Robertson of Muskgeon, MI was booked late Tuesday night and is being held on a $110,000 bond.
Robertson is charged with the delivery and manufacture of crystal meth and maintaining a drug house.
Robertson has prior addresses in Grand Rapids and several cities in Arizona.

Details of the raid have not been released. If you have photos of the males suspects, please contact U.P. Breaking News.

Ebonie Latrice Burns

Ebonie Latrice Burns

On March 14, 2016, Burns made the news after confessing she was part of a late night violent attack of two people in the parking lot of the Admiral Gas Station on W. Washington Street in Marquette.

Marquette Police responded to the scene but the victim and suspects had left.
An investigation lead to the discovery of two people who were attacked by a pool cue and a make-shift bat – and treated and released from the Marquette hospital..
Charged with felonious assault were Ebonie Burns and her companion then 38-year-old Kowayne Terrelle Burns of Marquette.

Ebonie Burns pleaded guilty the next month to assault with dangerous weapon (felonious assault) – and was sentenced to one-year-in jail – with her sentence suspended/delayed with credit for the short time served.
Burns was on probation until March 2017.

After getting a sweet plea bargain on drug charges in Delta County a couple of years ago, a Marquette man is back in jail tonight on four charges including two felonies – like carrying a concealed weapon in his car

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-21-18 – 10:40 p.m. ET

A Marquette man who got a deal on four drug charges in Gladstone, MI about two years ago – was arrested again Saturday night in Marquette County on charges that including felony carrying a concealed weapon and felony fraudulent license plate

MDOC Mugshot of Gregory Scott Ogea of Marquette, MI

40-year-old Gregory Scott Ogea of Marquette, MI

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

(Marquette, MI) – A Marquette man who skated on drug charges in Delta County was arrested on two felonies including a gun offense Saturday night during a traffic stop in Marquette County.

He is already a convicted of being a second-offense habitual offender.
40-year-old Gregory Scott Ogea of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail

40-year-old Gregory Scott Ogea of Marquette, MI

Ogea is charged with felony carrying a concealed weapon (CCW) in a motor vehicle, felony fraudulent use of a license plate, driving with a suspended license and driving with no insurance

Ogea was arrested about 9 p.m. ET tonight, Sat., April 21, 2018 during a traffic stop on M-553 near Silver Creek Road near Teaching Family Homes in Marquette County

On August 20, 2015, Ogea, then 37, was busted in Gladstone, MI on four felony drug charges and was released on a bond of $30,000 (10 percent).

In Delta County, Ogea faced numerous drug charges including three four-year felonies – two counts of possession of less than 25 grams of narcotic Methylphenidate, and possession of less than 25 grams of narcotic Hydrocodone, and possession of less than 25 grams of the narcotic Clonazepam (two-year felony); and driving on a suspended license (93-day misdemeanor).

MDOC Mugshot of Gregory Scott Ogea of Marquette, MI

In Feb 2016, Ogea, then 38 years old, was sentenced to six months in jail, had his driver’s license suspended 60 days/and then restricted for over 300 days; plus about $200 in fines/costs.

Ogea got a super sweet plea bargain in Delta County as most of the felonies were dropped after he pleaded guilty to second-offense habitual offender involving possession of drug analogues.

Two men arrested today for allegedly attacking others in U.P. domestic violence cases – One in Chippewa County and another in Marquette County – but U.P. officials keep arrest secrecy lid in place.

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-19-18 – 9:40 a.m. ET

Authorities keep trying to hide DV info from you, however U.P. Breaking News reveals two arrests (out of many) for domestic violence and attacking several victims – Cops and prosecutors hate us revealing this to you

Troy Allen Schwiderson

Austin James Rivard

 

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

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – Numerous violent domestic disputes have occurred in past 24 hours across the U.P. – however police and prosecutors are hiding information on the cases.

However, U.P. Breaking News has put together information on two of the cases – as we continue our no tolerance stories on domestic violence.

Sadly for your safety, its becoming harder to get that info, as all the U.P. sheriffs and prosecutors recently stopped giving information on DV arrests.

Troy Allen Schwiderson

Troy Allen Schwiderson

32-year-old Troy Allen Schwiderson of Brimley, MI is jailed in Chippewa County this morning in connection with the assault after he alleged beat up a woman.

About 1:22 a.m. ET this morning April 29-2018, law enforcement authorities in Chippewa County were called about a domestic assault in a room at the Mini Motel at 12190 W. Lakeshore Drive in Brimley, MI.

A woman called Chippewa County 911 to report the man allegedly “beat up (the caller’s) granddaughter” and another person.

“There is a ton of screaming in the background,” the dispatcher warned police cars en-route to the scene.

At about 1:29 a.m, police on the scene requested Bay Mills EMS for “assault” victim. Bay Mills Emergency Connection EMS Alpha One responded.

The victims were reportedly 22-year-old Dale Lehman Teeple, Jr. and female (Sierra) whose full name we are temporarily withholding, both of Bay Mills.

The victims were treated on the scene by Bay Mills paramedics/EMTs and neither were taken by ambulance to the hospital. However, officers investigating the case went to War Memorial Hospital – not sure why.

Austin James Rivard

Austin James Rivard

Meanwhile, there was also a domestic violence case reported this morning in Ishpeming, MI.
Early today, a Marquette County man was arrested in a domestic violence/assault investigation.
About 1:30 a.m ET this morning, April 19, 2018, police arrested 25-year-old Austin James Rivard of Ishpeming, MI.
The exact charges against Rivard are being hidden by police

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Reference all Upper Peninsula arrests and suspects – corrupt U.P prosecutors and sheriff’s (all U.P. counties as of recently) have decided

The charges exact against the DV suspects are not 100 percent clear, as all U.P. sheriff’s and prosecutors have now stated no information will be released on jailed suspects unless they decide you have the right to know (while keeping others secret from public for political reasons) – including those locked up for rape, domestic abuse/assault and other violence.

They are also hiding recent arrests for embezzlement, theft, and a long list of other criminal incidents.

U.P. law enforcement pulled the plug on all mobile patrol information that showed arrests about two weeks ago.

U.P. prosecutors and sheriff’s apparently have deiced they are the self-appointed gatekeepers of all public information – which U.P. Breaking News thinks is horrendous for public safety – but they simply do not care.

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Saturday night courthouse bash in Marquette, MI: Man with history of violence and hit-and-run illegally took his grandparent’s vehicle, crashed the car into another in Marquette, flees on foot – but surrenders an hour later; Last month the same man was arrested in two separate domestic violence cases

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin: – 4-7-18 – 10:22 p.m. ET

After crashing grandma’s car that he illegally snatched, a man fled on foot from the wreck site at the Marquette County Courthouse – he surrendered an hour later – and last month was arrested twice for domestic violence

Richard Patrick Voet

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

(Marquette, MI) – A Marquette County man is jailed on numerous charges for the third time in a month after taking his grandparent’s car without permission tonight, crashing it near the Marquette County Courthouse – and then fleeing on foot.

22-year-old Richard Patrick Voet was booked into the Marquette County Jail about 9 p.m. on numerous charges including hit-and-run/leaving the scene of an accident, driving repeatedly on a suspended/revoked license and unlawfully driving an automobile (UDAA).

In March 2018, Voet was arrested in two separate domestic violence cases.

The suspect was driving a gray Pontiac and when he crashed into a red Ford Ranger – heavily damaging both vehicles.

Voet took foot bond and left his grandparent’s smashed vehicle in the middle of the intersection – at Third Street and Baraga Avenue in Marquette, MI.

“The guy took off on foot,” said an Marquette Police department officer investigating the crash.

The hit and run crash happened just after 7 p.m. ET tonight, Saturday, April 7, 2018.
The crash is just feet from the steps of the Marquette County Courthouse – the same courthouse the man will be prosecuted.

Voet was last seen walking west along Washington Street from Third Street wearing a hoodie and carrying a big bag. About an hour after the wreck, Voet called 911 and told police he wanted to surrender.

The Pontiac he crashed belongs to Rose Maki of K.I. Sawyer

No one was hurt in the wreck. The name of the owner of the other vehicle was not immediately available.

Both vehicles were towed by Marquette Detailing wrecker service.
Voet has addresses listed in several Marquette County cities including Ishpeming and Negaunee.

When the crash happened, Voet was out on $10,000 bond in connection with two domestic violence cases.
Voet was booked into the Marquette County Jail on Fri. night, March 10, 2018 on a charge of second-offense domestic violence/assault.
A week earlier, Voet was booked into the MCJ on Sat. night, March 3, 2018 for domestic assault in the first case.

In July 2015, Voet, then 19, of Negaunee ultimately served three days in jail for assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer and failure to stop after collision.

He was also placed on a year’s probation and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines/costs

22-year-old Richard Patrick Voet
https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/six-serious-assault-arrests-in-the-marquette-escanaba-areas-in-36-hours-including-that-ishpeming-kidnapping-and-the-man-allegedly-armed-with-a-knife-who-led-cops-on-a-manhunt-after-he-took-off-on-sn/

2018 Easter and Passover did not stop numerous assaults across the U.P. this weekend – We report on just a few of the assaults – one left a Texas man in jail Sunday night

 

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-2-18 – 6:40 a.m. ET –

Numerous domestic violence and other assaults reported across U.P. this holiday weekend including one that left a Texan jailed

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

(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – There were numerous assaults reported to Upper Peninsula law enforcement over the 2018 Easter/Passover holiday weekend including one that left a Texas man jailed in Marquette.

A Texas man – with a history of assault – is jailed this morning for an alleged Easter night attack at a Marquette, MI Bar.

A 911 hangup call lead to the reported assault at the Third Base Bar about 8:45 p.m. ET Sunday night, April 1, 2018 in Marquette.
“It was a 911 hangup, and then when we called back, the bartender said someone threw a pint, a glass, and started a fight.
When police arrived, they found the victim but the suspect had left in a tan Toyota with Texas license plates.
32-year-old Adan Andres Ocon of El Paso, Texas was booked into the Marquette County Jail about 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday night.

The victim of the assault at the Third Base Bar is Marquette resident Jordy Maki, who had never met the suspect or the suspect’s friend before Sunday night.

Maki tells U.P. Breaking News that the suspect “chucked a glass against the back of the bar and scared everyone.”
“He then rushed at me and started swinging. I defended myself and the fight was broke up. I followed him and his friend Paco outside to take a picture of the license plate of the van they where trying to drive off in,” Maki said.

The suspect’s friend Paco “attempted to block the license plate as Adan rushed out of the vehicle to fight me again.”

“My jaw is really soar from being punched but for the most part I’m alright,” Maki said, adding he was pleased with the help from Marquette Police in making an arrest.

About 9:50 p.m., the suspect was located on the 1000 block of Cleveland Avenue in Marquette.

At 10:06 p.m. Sunday night, Marquette Police requested that the suspect be checked over for minor injuries he received in the fight and called the Marquette Fire Department and U.P. Health System-Marquette (East) EMS

Ocon has “minor lacerations” on a hand and head that were “patched up by EMS.”
The suspect was described as “highly intoxicated” but refused a PBT on scene of arrest at 1001 Cleveland Ave. in Marquette, MI.

A married father of one, Ocon has several arrests dating back to 2003 including assaulting a family member, robbery, resisting arrest, harassing a public servant, and criminal mischief.

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Scott William Stewart

Police responded to a domestic violence call late Saturday night at K.I. Sawyer, after a woman and child fled from their home in fear.

The called was dispatched about 11 p.m. Saturday night, March 31, 2018.

The suspect was booked into the Marquette County Jail on unknown charges.

He is 49-year-old Scott William Stewart of K.I. Sawyer.
Stewart has addresses listed online in Ishpeming, Gwinn and Marshal in Michigan; Milwaukee and Fitchburg, WI; and Decatur, IL.

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About a half an hour earlier Saturday night, Marquette Police were called to an irate man who was causing a loud and aggressive disturbance at his daughter’s home, wanted to commit suicide by cop – and allegedly assaulted his daughter’s boyfriend.
“Her father is out of control and wants to be shot by officers,” the dispatcher radioed responding officers.
Police were called about 10:34 p.m. ET on Saturday night, March 31, 2018 to a residence at the Birch Grove Trailer Park at 500 Pioneer Road in Marquette.
Firefighters and paramedics were asked to stage at a nearby animal food and supply store.
The suspect agreed, then refused to come out with his hands up. Its not clear how, but he was taken into custody a short time later.
The upset suspect surrendered without incident, but could be heard yelling in the background as officers radioed to have hospital security meet their patrol car when they arrived at U.P. Health System-Marquette.
U.P. Breaking News is withholding all names from the incident because the man is undergoing mental health treatment, rather than being immediately arrested.

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U.P. Breaking News Investigation: Marquette County Health Department covers up restaurant inspection records (on .com) website – and so do some of the other U.P. health departments – and allegations made against The Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette, MI: Where “Tea for Two” means “A Tea for All” – as previous customers have discarded the tea that you were just served; You are drinking used tea – and we mean used – plus oft-cited and closed for health violations – the Marquette, MI restaurant allegedly re-heats buffet food more than once

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin and Special Investigation:

To see an unpublicized .com website that the records are quietly kept at – you can now read about the health department violations at Hong Kong Buffet.

Its odd that Marquette County would not advertise the links – or better yet publish the records on their own government website as would be proper.
You can read inspection details about restaurants in about half the U.P.:

The info for some of the U.P. is now available through “Sword Solutions.”

http://www.swordsolutions.com/inspections/pgesearchresults.asp?County=39

Search Restaurant Inspection Reports

http://www.wupdhd.org/environmental-health/food-protection-program/search-restaurant-inspection-reports/

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3-31-18 – 10:19 p.m. ET

No saliva in my tea please: Hong Kong Buffet again accused of shoddy and even gross food and tea practices – like serving you the same tea left over by previous customers in their cups and pots – plus U.P. health departments guard restaurant inspections records – and media also doesn’t care

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

(Marquette, MI) – Upper Peninsula Health Departments are covering up restaurant inspection records – and the U.P. media doesn’t challenge the departments for reasons that include it will anger their advertisers who own restaurants.

The Hong Kong Buffet in Marquette, MI is back up to its past alleged shenanigans, according to insiders.
Previous owners have closed the restaurant after a crackdown by the health department.

But that brings up something this reporter has been fighting for decades, U.P. health departments use all sorts of excuses on why the restaurant inspection reports should not be revealed including their rating system – they are kind of like the bridge inspection warnings – just because something is “critical” do not worry – it means little (they say).

Did you know your tea at the Hong Kong Buffet – was allegedly in the cups and pots of previous customers?
Yummy – talk about “Tea for Two.”

U.P. Breaking News even saw a written conversation in which one of the owner’s admits they re-use their tea.

Our sources believe the owners are all about business and making money – and may not share traditional food service values expected in America – they call it a cultural differences.

Waitresses are allegedly told to gather all tea – what remains in cups and pots – and pour it into a larger container of tea.

The restaurant also allegedly reheats its buffet food, sometimes more than once.

Insiders also seriously question the temperature of the food in the buffet pans. Silverware cleanliness is another issue that a insider questioned because unused silverware at the tables is not washed – rather it is recycled back into the system.

Our insider said waitresses are told to quickly wipe off tables – and it doesn’t matter if the table is spotless for the next customer.

We’d Love to be Proven Wrong – but We Aren’t Wrong!

U.P. Breaking News welcomes any U.P. health department to say we are wrong – and then cough up the restaurant records for the past year or two.

A restaurant tip we leave for you who inspect restaurants: Don’t worry the media in the U.P. Is unlikely to ask.

To ask about restaurant inspections would go against the financial bottom-line U.P. TV stations, newspapers and radio stations – as restaurant advertising is valuable.

The real bottom line is neither restaurants or the public health officials want you to know what is found during inspections – after all they think you may get wrong idea just because feces or other violations are found (Always remember we live in Michigan, where the absolute top person who is charged with protecting your health is still in office after being arrested for killing taxpayers in Flint – you can thank our criminal governor sticky Ricky Snyder for that and much more).

I tried to access restaurant inspection cross while working at WLUC TV-6 and at the Mining Journal but was shut down by my bosses – this after Marquette County health department officials whined to my bosses and – and basically ordered the media to just worry about vaccinations not your food.

If you listen long enough, you get to believe their BS about why records should not be posted on their website. Just like U.P. counties do not put public records on their websites (Like all bigger cities downstate). The reason is because they get rich selling public records – charging 100 times what the feds charge for public records.

Public records are the Yooper government version of the cash cow – as are jail incarceration charges (prisoners must pay the county more than it would cost at nice local hotel and without terrible food), and a thousand fees that are tacked onto everything.
And in some of the dark U.P. counties it all about knowledge, power and protecting the wealthy when it comes to court, police and other records that should be made public under the law.

Some of the good guys:

On the opposite side, we have heard great things about the cleanliness of some Marquette restaurants – and generosity:

For example, we heard great things about clean kitchen and food at the Rice Paddy in Marquette.

We have no connection to the restaurant in any way – in fact its owned by wife of a WLUC TV-6 mainstay anchor (and you know what we’ve said about TV-6 and the rest of the lapdog U.P. Media). So no motive – just what we have heard.

We also think it is really neat that the Marquette Red Lobster immediately freezes its seafood and other goodies – and donates to local food giveaway. That treat means a lot when you have no food, I know it personally. I do have friend that works there, and I know that since they are dealing with seafood – they are super crazy clean.

Arrests in past 24 hours in Marquette County, MI: Marquette woman arrested for felonious assault – and in 2007 she was a victim in one of the most gut-wrenching and highly-publicized double fatal crashes in recent U.P. history – plus a Gwinn woman is busted for meth possession after a traffic stop – an Ishpeming woman is arrested for misdemeanor fourth-degree child abuse and a Marquette area teen is charged with larceny from a building

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-27-18 – 5 p.m. ET – 

Marquette County arrests since Monday include felonious assault, fourth-degree child abuse, possession of methamphetamine, attempted joyriding and a teen is charged with larceny from a building

Rebecca Ann Denny

Jordan Thomas Vanlerberghe

Ellen Jomarie Hebert

Jessica Amber Slavik

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

(Marquette, MI) – In the past 24 hours, arrests include a Marquette woman charged with felonious assault – who was a victim injured in one of the most shocking and gut-wrenching fatal accidents in recent U.P. history – plus an Ishpeming woman is charged with misdemeanor child abuse and Gwinn woman is busted for meth during an arrest for driving while suspended/revoked.

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Jessica Amber Slavik

38-year-old Jessica Amber Slavik of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail (MCJ) at 1:35 p.m. ET this afternoon Tues., March 27, 2018.
Slavik is charged with felonious assault.

Bond has not been set for Slavik.

Details of the assault case have not been released.

She was a victim in a crash a decade ago that shook the U.P. religious community.

Slavik, then 27, was injured in a three-vehicle crash in June 2007 near Shingleton, MI on M-28 in the Seney Stretch portion of Alger County – that claimed the lives of two men including beloved Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan Bishop James Kelsey, 54, of Marquette, MI.

The driver of the pickup truck Slavik was riding in was also killed – Michael Charles Wiita, 58, of Lake Linden, MI.
Bishop Kelsey’s SUV hit the Wiita vehicle.

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Ellen Jomarie Hebert

21-year-old Ellen Jomarie Hebert of Ishpeming, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:27 a.m. ET this morning,Tues., March 27, 2018.

Hebert is charged with fourth-degree child abuse.

Hebert was released on a $5,000 bond at 11:41 a.m.

She is the mother of two young girls.

Fourth-degree child abuse is one-year misdemeanor.

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34-year-old Rebecca Ann Denny of Gwinn, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 12:17 a.m. ET early today Tues., March 27. 2018.

Denny is charged with possession of methamphetamine and driving with a suspended/revoked driver’s license.

The drug charge has no bond, and a $2,500 bond is set for Denny on the driver’s license charge.

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18-year-old Jordan Thomas Vanlerberghe of Marquette/Harvey, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 9:04 a.m. on Mon., March 26, 2018.

Vanlerberghe is charged with larceny from a building .

Bond has not been set for Vanlerberghe.

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26-year-old Farrah Noelle Schiiller was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 11:36 a.m. ET on Mon., March 26, 2018.
Schiiller is charged with a circuit court probation violation.

She has recent addresses in Powers, Iron Mountain, Ironwood, Wakefield and Bessemer.

Bond has not been set for Schiiller.

Details of the case are not known.

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A man who has twice served time in the Marquette County Jail for attacking police was arrested late Friday on a charge of attempting to joyride.

34-year-old Steven Thomas Taylor of Marquette, MI was booked into the Marquette County Jail at 11:16 p.m. ET on Mon. night, March 26, 2018.
Taylor is charged with attempted joyriding

He has past addresses in past of Gwinn and Gladstone.

In Feb. 2016, Taylor, then 32, of was sentenced to 87 days in jail (time served) and ordered to pay about $1,100 in fines/costs for Dec. 2015 Marquette County incident of attempted assault on a police officer/resisting arrest/obstruction of a police officer.
He had only been out of jail three months when the Dec. 2015 attempted assault occurred

In Sept. 2015, Taylor was sentenced to 78 days in jail (time served), one year probation and ordered to pay about $1,100 in fines for a June 2015 assault on a police officer/resisting arrest/obstruction of an officer/justice.

Two Ishpeming residents charged with domestic violence in separate cases, A Gwinn woman is arrested on embezzlement charges, a Negaunee woman arrested for fourth degree child abuse, and a downstate man runs from cops in Harvey but is arrested and held on $100,000 bond on a contempt charge and no bond weapons charge

URGENT URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 3-25-18 – 4:15 p.m. ET –

Arrests in Marquette area for domestic violence, embezzlement, fourth-degree child abuse, possession of analogues and a man is held on a $100,000 for contempt

Joseph Dean Pennala 2013 mugshot

April Lynn Cox

Delta County arrests later as sheriff, prosecutor go soft on domestic violence

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

(Marquette County, MI) – In the past 36, hours, two west Marquette County residents are busted on domestic assault charges, a Gwinn woman on an embezzlement charge, and a Negaunee woman is charged in a fourth degree child abuse case – plus a downstate man is held on a $100,000 contempt of court charges and held without bond in Marquette County on a weapons charge.

fyi – Delta County goes dark and turns soft on DV, like 13 other U.P. Counties – who do not want to admit the crime in their area and thus protect men who commit domestic violence – we believe everyone and especially women have the right to know this information even if their Boss Hogg leaders are asleep at the wheel.
U.P. Breaking News used to provide the detailed arrests in Delta County, but county officials this week stopped revealing charges even in domestic violence cases – because they did not like our editorial accusing them of giving good deals to male abusers. We do not want to miss a DV or assault arrest – so we are now force to print all names – we will be printing all the Delta County arrests later today – a lot of them since Friday.

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Joseph Dean Pennala 2013 mugshot

Joseph Dean Pennala

33-year-old Joseph Dean Pennala of Ishpeming, MI as booked into the Marquette County Jail at 12:48 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Pennella is charged with domestic assault.
Bond has not been set for Pennala.

In October 2013, Pennala was charged with a felony and pair of misdemeanors after his early morning drunken crash into the Ishpeming High School – and fled on foot.

Pennala, then 29 years old, was charged with felony resisting arrest/obstructing a police officer, and the two misdemeanors – failure to stop at a personal injury accident and operating a motor vehicle while impaired (OWI).

Pennala crashed his Jeep Cherokee into the building and his SUV became stuck in the north side wall of Ishpeming High School. The outcome of that case is not known.

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April Lynn Cox

April Lynn Cox

A Marquette County woman was released on bond Sunday afternoon after being arrested for an assault on Saturday night.
28-year-old April Lynn Cox of Ishpeming, MI as booked into the Marquette County Jail at 8:08 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 24, 3018.
Cox is charged with domestic assault.
Cox was released on a $10,000 bond at 12:02 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon.

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A man remains jailed on a $100,000 bond of a contempt of court and a weapons charge.
29-year-old Aaron Andrew-Paul Cole (address unconfirmed) s booked into the Marquette County Jail at 10:04 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 24, 3018.
Cole is charged with felony carrying a concealed weapon and contempt of court.
It is not clear why the extra high bond of $100,000 is set for the contempt of court charge – and no bond on the weapons charge.
However, it appears he is wanted by other jurisdictions.
He was arrested by Chocolay Township Police Saturday night after they spotted him in a parking lot of a business on County Road 480.

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

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A Marquette County woman charged Saturday night with embezzlement was released on a $10,000 bond late Sunday morning.
32-year-old Megan Marie Codd of Gwinn, MI as booked into the Marquette County Jail at 9:32 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 24, 3018.
Codd has ties to Gogebic and Marquette counties – with past recent addresses listed online in Ishpeming, Bessemer, Ironwood, Wakefield, Marquette, and Skandia.
Codd is charged with felony embezzlement by an agent or trustee between $1,000 and $10,000.
Codd was freed on bond at 11:36 a.m. ET on Sunday morning.

If you have a photo of Ms. Codd, please send it to U.P. Breaking News

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26-year-old Kichiri Malia Rodrick of Negaunee, MI released from the MCJ on bond at 2:57 p.m. ET on Friday afternoon, March 23, 2018.

Rodrick was booked into the MCJ at 10:52 a.m. ET on Friday.

Rodrick is charged with fourth-degree child abuse.

Details of the alleged abuse have not been released, fourth degree is the least charge you can get in that type of case..

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19-year-old Shawn Dale Hakkarinen, Jr. of Ishpeming, MI was booked at 7:45 p.m. ET on Friday, March 23, 2018.

Hakkarinen is charged with possession of an analogue.

Bond has not been set for Hakkarinen.

Details have not been released.

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