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POLICE BLOTTER

Recent activity by law enforcement agencies in Northeast Michigan. This has been only lightly edited.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

For the period of May 1-7

Deputies made 45 traffic stops, issuing 38 warnings and 7 citations.

They received 34 complaints and made 18 police runs.

House/business checks: 52

People Investigated: 192

Average response time: 13 minutes.

May 3

4:30 p.m.: Deputies responded to an assault between juveniles in Millersburg. The case remains under investigation.

May 5

3:40 p.m.: A vehicle was reported to be fully submerged in water in the Ocqueoc River at U.S.-23 and N. Ocqueoc Rd. The driver, who was able to escape the vehicle before deputies arrived, registered a blood alcohol level of 0.17 and was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated.

May 7

3:10 p.m.: Deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at the angled intersection of U.S.-23 and Petersville Rd. A female Rogers City resident, stopped at a stop sign on Petersville Rd., failed to observe a vehicle travelling north on 23 before entering the roadway, resulting in the crash. Four individuals — the Rogers City resident and a passenger, and a married couple from Brighton in the area to work on their summer cottage in the second vehicle — were transported to MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena with non-life-threatening injuries. Two Rogers City ambulances, one ambulance from Hillman, and the Rogers City Fire Department assisted at the scene, as did the Presque Isle County Road Commission, which directed traffic.

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