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POLICE BLOTTER: DNR

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

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

May 131-June 13

MONTMORENCY COUNTY

CO Sidney Collins visited a citizen she assisted a month ago. CO Collins responded to a welfare check on an elderly woman. The woman did not attend her doctor’s appointment. Knowing this was unlike the woman, the doctor called and had officers check on the woman. CO Collins and a Montmorency County Sheriff’s deputy found the woman on the bottom of her stairs outside. She had fallen four days earlier and could not move. The woman was unconscious but breathing when the officers arrived. Her dog was laying at her side, keeping her warm throughout the nights. CO Collins heard the woman was back to her residence after her dog was picked up from the shelter. The woman was in the hospital for a month and a half. Knowing the woman had no family, CO Collins visited her. She was in good spirits and very thankful to still be alive.

CO Dan Liestenfeltz was patrolling in Montmorency County when he observed a vehicle in front of him drive off the roadway multiple times. CO Liestenfeltz eventually initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle. It was determined that the driver of the vehicle had a statewide warrant out of Ingham County. CO Liestenfeltz placed the subject into custody and lodged him at the Montmorency County Jail.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY

CO Jon Sklba responded to a complaint of an unoccupied vessel in Bell Bay. Upon investigating the scene, several personal items, including a fishing license, were located. CO Sklba, Presque Isle County Sheriff’s deputies, and MSP troopers responded to the scene and began searching the area for the missing boater. One of the deputies was able to locate the subject at his residence. The subject fell out of the vessel the night before and walked several miles back to his residence. The subject was suffering from hypothermia and had several lacerations from walking over rocks and through thick brush. The subject was turned over to medical staff and transported to the hospital.

ALPENA COUNTY

CO Jon Sheppard was second on scene of a personal injury accident. CO Sheppard assisted with CPR and deployed an Automatic External Defibrillator. Unfortunately, the subject did not recover and was pronounced dead. CO Sheppard assisted the MSP with the scene investigation and traffic control.

CO Jessie Curtis assisted MSP troopers with a domestic assault complaint near Ossineke. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the suspect had an active arrest warrant out of Montmorency County. The suspect was arrested and lodged by MSP troopers.

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