U.P. Breaking News Exclusive – It Goes Both Ways: Federal Native American Domestic Violence Crack down by federal prosecutors results in non-native female charged with assaulting a Native American man on tribal property

 U.P. Breaking News has been focusing on the problem of habitual domestic violence involving Native American Males and female victims – and this is first we’ve found to this point with a female suspect up on federal charges

 

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

(Grand Rapids, MI) – In the past two years, federal prosecutors have been making cases against male domestic violence suspects on Native American reservations across northern Michigan and now a non-native female has been charged with assaulting a Native American man on tribal lands.

Marissa Nicole Sherlock, a non-native, is accused of a Class B federal misdemeanor for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend on June 26, 2016 in Calhoun County “in Indian Country” on “lands held in trust Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians.” The tribal lands are located within Calhoun County.

The victim is “an adult Indian male” identified only as “L.D.”

A non-jury trial is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on August 30, 2016 at federal court in Grand Rapids. The final pretrial conference is August 23.

Sherlock is charged in a federal criminal information filed by Asst. U.S. Attorney Jeff J. Davis, the federal prosecutor in the case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The federal misdemeanor charge carries a much lesser sentence than the federal felony habitual domestic violence cases that require three previous convictions in state or tribal court.

The case has also been assigned to Nancy A. Bogren, the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribal Prosecutor and a Special Asst. U.S. Attorney

Sherlock is free on personal recognizance bond and must abide by several court conditions including not to contact the victim.

She was freed after entering a not guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ray Kent. Sherlock’s defense attorney is Asst. Federal Public Defender Richard D. Stroba, according to federal court documents.
The Nottawasepe Potawatamie Reservation is located in Athens Township in southwestern Calhoun County in southwestern Michigan. The tribe has purchased an additional 230 acres of land for its use and operates a gaming casino in Battle Creek, according to Wikipedia.

Related links:

Marissa Nicole Sherlock, Asst. Public Defender aka defense attorney

Richard D. Stroba

https://www.westmichigandefender.org/defenderContact/Dick_Stroba_Assistant_Federal_Defender.php

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Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians

Huron Potawatomi Inc.

2221 1 1/2 Mile Rd.

Fulton, MI 49052

(269) 729-5151

http://nhbpi.com

www.facebook.com/NHBPI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottawaseppi_Huron_Band_of_Potawatomi

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Asst. U.S. Attorney Jeff J. Davis

U.S. Attorneys Offices:

Grand Rapids, Michigan HQ Office

616-456-2404

Marquette

906-226-2500

Lansing

517-377-1577

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/community-outreach/indian-country-initiatives

https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/miw/news/2011/2011_0628_CFrazier.html

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2014_1209_LLaVictor.html

http://www.sooeveningnews.com/article/20150513/NEWS/150519663

https://www.fbi.gov/detroit/press-releases/2010/de032910a.htm

http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/sault-ste-marie-man-gets-355-months-prison-term-for-sexual-assault-on-american-indian-woman/

http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/iloc/report/files/Appendix_C.pdf

Nancy A. Bogren

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi Tribal Prosecutor

Special Asst. U.S. Attorney

Paw Paw, MI

 

nbogren@nhbpi.com

269-704-8417

269-657-5357

 

Paw Paw Office

303 East Paw Paw Street

Suite 6

Paw Paw, MI 49079

 

http://nhbpi.com/sovereignty/tribal-prosecutor-2/

http://nhbpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Young-Child-Wellness-Council.pdf

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2016/05/05/tribe-now-can-prosecute-non-natives-domestic-violence/83554052/

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/01/20/nhbp-tribal-council-swears-4-judiciary-seats-158775

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/tags/nancy-bogren

http://www.robotywysokosciowe.lublin.pro/attorney-general-v-carter.html

http://www.fedbar.org/Image-Library/Sections-and-Divisions/Indian/Newsletter/Fall-2010.aspx

http://hastingsbanner.com/terpening-denied-extra-athome-parental-p2934-87.htm

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Upper Peninsula Breaking News Exclusive: Alleged Hit and Run Driver nabbed by Ishpeming Police; the Van involved seized

Shame on Ishpeming hit and run driver who put this female victim in so much agony and pain – and left the scene

Agony for a Ishpeming hit and run female victim; police quickly nab driver and van
https://youtu.be/D2QCNABO-aQ

Busted! Van Impounded!

By Greg Peterson

News Director, Owner

Upper Peninsula Breaking News

(Ishpeming, MI) – Ishpeming Police Friday night seized the van used in a hit and run about two hours earlier that injured a female pedestrian.

The victim, a younger female, was in screaming in pain while being treated for her injuries by paramedics on the scene.

As Upper Peninsula Breaking News was taking photos and video of the suspect’s van – a broken driver’s windshield was obvious. It’s not clear if the cracks are connected to the case.

The victim was struck Friday (June 10, 2016) about 9 p.m. by a van on Division Street just east of Seventh Street – near where local residents are familiar with – a big dip and curve at start of County Road – the back road between Ishpeming and Negaunee.

The victim was laying on the south side of the road along the east bound shoulder.

The victim, who was in obvious agony, was taken to the hospital in an ambulance by U.P. Health System Bell paramedics.

The names of the suspect and victim have not been released

Though painful the victims injuries did not appear life threatening.

The Ishpeming Fire Department assisted on the scene.

Ishpeming Police have not yet issued a release on the hit and run.

Update: Ishpeming woman arrested when her SUV flips after her vehicle hits and breaks a utility pole in Ishpeming, MI; Thankfully driver receives minor injuries

UPDATE on Friday morning accident in Ishpeming

UPDATE: Friday, August 15 9:13 p.m.

The Ishpeming Police told ABC 10 they have arrested the driver involved in the single-vehicle accident.  They say she is a 38-year-old Ishpeming woman and is charged with OWI.  Her name will be released after her arraignment.

Photos, Video, script by Greg Peterson/Upper Peninsula Breaking News

http://www.UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews.com

http://abc10up.com/woman-crashes-suv-into-utility-pole

http://youtu.be/uSL0F88omyE

By Greg Peterson/Upper Peninsula Breaking News

http://www.UpperPeninsulaBreakingNews.com

(Ishpeming,MI) – An Ishpeming woman was lucky to escape serious injury this morning after the car she was in flipped, after striking and breaking a utility pole.

Ishpeming Police say the woman has been charged with Operating While Impaired (OWI) and her name will be release after her arraignment.

The wreck happened about 2:45 this morning on South Pine Street near Lake Angeline in Ishpeming.

The car was apparently traveling south and lost control – striking a utility pole – and then rolled over.

Wires from the utility pole were draped across the car.

A wrecker was called to flip the car over – and remove it from the scene.

The woman was treated on the scene for minor injuries.

The accident is being investigated by Ishpeming City Police.

Others assisting on the scene were Michigan State Police, the Ishpeming Police Department, and paramedics from Bell Hospital EMS.

We are waiting to see if police list alcohol as a factor in the accident, because the unidentified woman appeared intoxicated.