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Thursday, April 25, 2024
SAULT STE MARIE, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Sault Ste. Marie Post is proud to welcome Trooper Christopher Huntley to the post after he graduated from the 139th Trooper Recruit School. Trooper Huntley, originally from San Dimas, California, moved to the Eastern Upper Peninsula area several years ago. Prior […]
At about 6:00 pm on Monday, August 16, Chippewa County Sheriff Mike Bitnar held a Facebook Live video conference, assisted by Sault Ste Marie Police Chief Wes Bierling and Sault Tribe Police Chief Robert Marchand, to announce the arrest of three men on Friday, August 13, as the result of […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan law that prohibits intimidation based on gender covers people who are transgender, the state Court of Appeals said Thursday. The court ruled in the case of a transgender woman who was shot in the shoulder after being confronted by a man at a Detroit gas station. The […]
UPDATE – On August 11, Jacob Russell Mckerchie, a 28 year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, was released from the War Memorial Hospital and lodged at the Chippewa County Correctional Facility by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department. On August 12, Jacob Mckerchie was arraigned in the 91st District Court on […]
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES – Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested an individual in connection with what is now determined to be a homicide in the area of Fenelon Falls. On the morning of July 11, 2021, officers responded […]
The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol focused on the easy targets. Dozens in the pro-Trump mob openly bragged about their actions on Jan. 6 on social media and were captured in shocking footage broadcast live by national news outlets. But six months after the insurrection, […]
BARAGA, MICH. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is announcing the arrest of Kyle Ross Moilanen, 25 of Baraga, for possession of child sexually abusive materials. Moilanen was arrested following an investigation which stemmed from a National Center for Missing and Exploited […]
On 6-29-2021 Sault Ste Marie PD had received information involving an assault and an underage drinking party involving a Sault Ste Marie Fire Fighter. The Chippewa Co Sheriff’s Office was then requested to investigate the complaint. It was reported that during a MIP party, at the suspects house, the suspect […]
Former 40th Circuit Judge Byron Konschuh will be suspended without pay for six years after the Michigan Supreme Court on Friday adopted a Judicial Tenure Commission report recommending disciplinary action. Mr. Konschuh pleaded no contest to a crime in 2016 and later made false statements about whether he had done […]
n 2020 Kinross PD investigated a CSC complaint involving a victim, child 13-17 year old. During the time of the investigation the suspect fled the area. The investigation resulted in a warrant for multiple Felony charges. Later in 2021 the Chippewa Co Sheriff’s Office investigated another incident involving another victim. […]
