Tag: State Police

Child Kidnapper Sentenced to Prison

SAULT STE MARIE, MI – Dale Pavlat Sr. was sentenced on August 31, 2021 to 7-30 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for kidnapping a special-needs, non-verbal child last year. On April 29, 2020 the child wandered from her home and law enforcement and the community came together to […]

State Police to Hold U.P. Wide Recruiting Event

NEGAUNEE, MICH.    The Michigan State Police will be hosting a U.P. wide recruiting event on Friday, September 10 and Saturday, September 11 from 11am until 7pm each day.  Every post in the Upper Peninsula will be participating in this event, including the Manistique Outpost.  Sergeants will be on site to […]

Fatal Fall at Sturgeon River Gorge

At approximately 12:15 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were dispatched to a hiker who had fallen off a cliff at the Sturgeon River Gorge in Houghton County, Laird Township.  Investigation indicated that while hiking near the water fall a 75-year-old male, […]

20-year-old dies after single-vehicle crash in Newberry

LUCE COUNTY, MI – A 20-year-old man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in the Upper Peninsula. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post, Jaden Caswell of Luce County was killed in the crash, which occurred on M-123 near Charcoal Grade Road in Luce County’s […]