Heart-wrenching audio from today’s May Day 2018 fatal crash that claimed one person’s life – and injured a Marquette Police Officer

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 5-1-18 – 9:31 p.m. ET

**Warning the first time you listen to this audio it may shock you – so people who are easily upset should avoid the audio/video

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

This is the police audio of the terrible crash that killed one person and injured Marquette Police Officer Jackie Sweeney.

The head-on crash happened just after 4 p.m. ET, Tues., May 1, 2018.
On the audio, you will hear dispatchers, firefighters, EMS and the officer tell a dispatcher that she needed help

Sgt. Jacqueline “Jackie” Elaine Sweeney
Marquette PD unit 5974
“Help me… Central I need EMS,” the officer said. “I am starting to get in a little bit of shock here.”
“This is a head-on collision,” said the female officer who arrived on the scene first (Not 100 percent positive with strained voices so could be the Sgt.).
Sgt. Jackie Sweeney survives crash, while somber for the victim.

Our other coverage:
https://upperpeninsulabreakingnews.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/a-fatal-accident-has-closed-m-553-in-marquette-mi-and-involves-a-marquette-police-officer-on-routine-patrol-who-is-doing-generally-ok

Did sod on the road cause terrible wreck?: A fatal accident has closed M-553 in Marquette, MI and involves a Marquette Police officer on routine patrol who is doing generally OK

U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 5-1-18 – 5:08  p.m. ET – 

Marquette Police officer has been involved in an fatal accident with other vehicle – female officer taken to hospital in shock

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

(Marquette, MI) – A Marquette Police officer has been involved in fatal accident near the ski hill that has closed M-553 in the city limits.
The female officer radioed the dispatcher that she was in bad shock while generally OK she likely has injuries. She has been rushed to U.P. Health System-Marquette.

There are reports that a huge amount of sod was on the roadway and may have contributed to the wreck.

The officer’s name is Sgt. Jacqueline “Jackie” Elaine Sweeney – who survived the crash.
She is 45 years old and recently was involved in the nomination of officers for a lifesaving award.
The crash was reported about 4:09 p.m. ET this afternoon, Tuesday, May 1, 2018.

The crash is on M-553 in the curves near the Marquette Mountain ski hill.
At least one other person is pinned in a second vehicle.

It apparently was a head-on collision.
The Marquette Fire Department extrication team was called to the scene.
Numerous police agencies are blocking traffic on all ends of M-553 including at Division Street.
Off-duty Marquette Fire firefighters have been called in to man the stations because the on-duty firefighters are on the scene.
The road will be closed for many hours.

The Marquette Police department said this about Sweeney when she was promoted to Sargent in May 2016:
A graduate of Lake Superior State University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice-law enforcement, Jackie Sweeney was recently promoted to patrol sergeant. Sweeney joined the department in 1995, and is an assistant Law Enforcement Information Network terminal agency coordinator and is in charge of the city’s bike patrol. Sweeney worked with the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office prior to coming to MCPD.

Cold water diving tragedy Saturday afternoon on Lake Superior in Marquette, MI

URGENT URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-28-18 – 3 p.m. ET – 

Rescuers respond Saturday afternoon to Lake Superior divers in distress at Mattson Lower Harbor Park

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

(Marquette, MI) – A cold water diving tragedy on Lake Superior is being investigated at the Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette, MI.

The incident was reported at about 2:25 p.m. ET, this afternoon Saturday, April 28, 2018.

At last report, CPR was being administered to a female victim:

“Respond to the Mattson Lower Harbor Park, 200 N. Lakeshore Boulevard, for divers in distress – one in cardiac arrest – CPR is in progress,” the dispatcher told responding firefighters and paramedics.

“All the swimmers are out of the water,” a dispatcher told responding emergency crews.

Details about the incident have not been released. When appropriate, U.P. Breaking News will update this story.

Among those on the scene are officers and detectives with the Marquette Police Department, trained water rescuers from the Marquette Fire Department and paramedics with U.P. Health System-Marquette.

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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

USCG Marine Investigators heading to Marquette today; Oberstar told it must remain in port; Officials believe a “bollard” on the dock broke off as it was connected to the ship by a cable – Sailor treated and released, is fine – Cable/bollard accident injures sailor aboard the Oberstar ore boat while in Marquette, MI

URGENT URGENT URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-26-18 – 7:07 a.m. ET

Many questions have been cleared up a knowledgeable reader on our FB newspage:
Jordan Pilarski  says about sailor:
Hes fine, Bruised and sent home.

Pilarski added:
Its not a “baller” like some basketball player. Its a spile or bollard. It took so long because the dock is a very tight and inconvenient place to maneuver down.

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Marine investigators from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Soo are being sent to investigate the accident that injured an ore boat sailor in Marquette, MI.

However, the USCG says it can not comment on the most important detail – the condition of the sailor. The sailor was taken to the Marquette trauma center – where is condition has not been released. His identity and hometown have not been released.

The USCG spokesman Lt. Junior Grade Officer Sean Murphy confirmed the investigators from the Soo will conduct the usual investigation when a sailor is injured in an accident.

Murphy told U.P. Breaking News that little information will be released publicly until the accident probe is completed. And maybe not then.
In the meantime, the Oberstar has been ordered to remain in port in Marquette.

In past accidents, urine and other drugs testing is conducted. The USCG investigative team is expected to arrive in Marquette sometime today.

The coast guard says preliminary information is that a “bollard” broke loose from the dock – and it and a cable apparently hit a sailor in the back, said Petty Officer Johnathon Lackey at USCG Sector Soo command.

Bollard is described as one of the points the ship is connected to the dock

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4-25-18 – UPDATE 10:30 p.m.

Emergency officials spent about an hour and a half on the scene. Firefighters went back in service about 10:15 p.m., the ambulance was headed to the trauma center. We have no further details on the condition of the victim.

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9:30 p.m. ET 

Tragedy on the Oberstar: A sailor was seriously hurt during an accident tonight on the Hon. James L. Oberstar while in port at Presque Isle dock in Marquette, MI

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

(Marquette, MI) – A terrible accident has left one sailor seriously injured aboard an ore boat at the Presque Isle Ore Dock after a cable apparently struck the man.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Soo is expected to send investigators to probe the violent accident that was reported just before 9 p.m. ET tonight, Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

It happened aboard the Honorable James L. Oberstar, a 710-foot ship capable of hauling 25,400 tons of iron ore pellets.

Marquette firefighters and paramedics were called to the ore dock by officials manning the guard shack.
The exact nature of the accident is not known.

However, its apparently involved “a cable that came loose” hitting a sailor, a 911 dispatcher told responding paramedics aboard U.P. Health System ambulance.

Extra off-duty firefighters were called in to man one of the Marquette Fire Department halls – as the on duty firefighters are expected to be tied on the rescue.

Once removed from the freighter, the victim will be rushed to the trauma center at U.P. Health System-Marquette.

We will continue to update this story as details become available.

The USCG is expected on scene by morning.

$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.

Police hold man with long drug and violence history on probation violation, plus his girlfriend on DV charge in connection with that domestic dispute that turned into a alleged meth lab components bust

URGENT URGENT U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 4-20-18 – 8:30 p.m. ET –

Domestic violence case involving female suspect turns into a meth probe at a Sands Township mobile home park – with two arrested including boyfriend of DV suspect who has a long police record involving assaults an drug sales

Charles ChristopherRobin Reed – MDOC Mugshot

Samantha Mae Kukla

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

(Sands Township, MI) – A Sands Township man and his girlfriend are being held in jail tonight in connection with that domestic violence case turned meth lab, and the man with a length record of drug sales plus assaulting police and prison employees.

The two are being held in an investigation into a meth lab that was allegedly discovered in their trailer at 553 Mobile Estates in Sands Township.

Charles ChristopherRobin Reed mugshot

Samantha Mae Kukla

Arrested were Chuck Reed and Samantha Kukla (scroll down to see more about suspects). The pair were arrested today, Friday, April 20, 2018.

It started when a 911 call said there was a domestic assault at the mobile home, and when police arrived the man tried to convince officers there was nothing wrong and stated he was alone. But following protocol, Marquette County Sheriff’s Deputies searched the trailer – thus found the female domestic violence suspect and an alleged component to manufacture crystal methamphetamine.

Domestic violence involving men and women have risen to an epidemic rate across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with many being beaten up and assaulted every single night. There was another domestic dispute this afternoon in Gwinn, MI involving a knife. Plus the former Finlandia University Football Coach Bob Moss was arrested for aggravated domestic violence today. These cases were among at least 7 monitored in past 12 hours by U.P. Breaking News.

The Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement team (UPSET) was called to conduct and investigation and remove hazardous substances.

34-year-old Charles Christopherrobin Reed aka “Chuck Reed” is being held without bond in the Marquette County Jail.
He is charged with a Marquette County District Court Probation Violation.

Reed has been convicted of assaulting police and prison employees plus was sentenced in at least two drug sales cases dating back to 2005, however most of his arrests have been in the past few years (scroll down to see his record).

Reed is a Marquette native, according to his Facebook profile.

Samantha Mae Kukla

32-year-old Samantha Mae Kukla is being held without bond in the Marquette County Jail.
Kukla is charged with domestic assault.
Both are being held in connection with the investigation of today’s meth bust in Sands Township, MI.

“I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments,” Kukla said on April 18, 2018 on her Facebook page.

Kulka is a National Mine native who attended Westwood High School, according to her FB profile.
Assisting at the meth bust were the Sands Township Volunteer Fire Department, Sands Township EMS, and the Marquette County Rescue Squad Unit 131.

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Charles ChristopherRobin Reed – MDOC Mugshot

Michigan Department of Corrections info on 34-year-old Charles ChristopherRobin Reed aka “Chuck Reed” – Charles Christopher Reed, Charles Robin Reed

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=521812

Offense: Police Officer – Assaulting/Resisting/Obstructing
Minimum Sentence: 1 year 4 months
Maximum Sentence: 2 years
Date of Offense: 5/28/2015
Marquette County
Date of Sentence: 7/28/2016
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 9/14/2017
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

Sentence 2
Offense: Assault Of Prison Employee
Minimum Sentence: 2 years
Maximum Sentence: 5 years
Date of Offense: 2/03/2011
Marquette County
Date of Sentence: 5/20/2011
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 4/30/2014
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

Sentence 3
Offense: Controlled Substance-Delivery/Manufacture, Nar/Cocaine <50 Grams
Minimum Sentence: 1 year 6 months
Maximum Sentence: 20 years
Date of Offense: 9/13/2005
Marquette County
Date of Sentence: 11/10/2005
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 2/24/2010
Discharge Reason: Offender Discharge

Offense: Police Officer – Assaulting/Resisting/Obstructing
Maximum Sentence: 1 year 6 months

Date of Offense: 5/28/2015
Marquette County
Date of Sentence: 7/17/2015
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 7/28/2016
Discharge Reason: Probation Violator Technical Violation

Offense: Controlled Subs-Del/Man, Schedule 1,2,3 except Marihuana/Cocaine
Maximum Sentence: 2 years
Date of Offense: 1/14/2010
Marquette County
Date of Sentence: 1/14/2011
Conviction Type: Plea
Discharge Date: 5/26/2011
Discharge Reason: Discharged Without Improvement

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/

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.