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POLICE BLOTTER: Conservation officers reunite child, fawn with parents

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

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

June 27-July 10

MONTMORENCY COUNTY

CO Sidney Collins received a call from Montmorency County Dispatch of a distressed fawn swimming in a local lake. A family out fishing picked up the fawn after they watched it swim in circles for several minutes. The family did not see the doe in sight. CO Collins arrived at the scene and assessed the fawn. CO Collins asked the family where they picked the fawn up out of the water and then patrolled to that location. CO Collins knew the doe was in the area as the fawn appeared to be in good shape and not dehydrated. CO Collins was unsure where exactly the doe was, so she played loud fawn bleats on her truck loudspeaker over and over from her phone. After 20 minutes of calling, CO Collins heard the doe snort in the woods. The fawn was returned to its mother safely.

COs Sidney Collins and Dan Liestenfeltz assisted Montmorency County deputies with a search for a wanted subject. The COs were in the area looking for the subject near a state land lake where it was rumored he was staying. A deputy spotted the subject’s vehicle after searching the area. The wanted subject took officers on a 17 minute vehicle pursuit through the woods on two-tracks. The COs assisted the deputies once the subject was apprehended. The subject was lodged in Montmorency County Jail without incident. Once a vehicle search was conducted, the COs and officers found evidence of drug paraphernalia.

COs Sidney Collins and Dan Liestenfeltz made a traffic stop on a side-by-side in Montmorency County. The driver was driving in the middle of the road, above 25 mph. After field sobriety tests and a PBT was given, the driver was arrested for OWI.

ALPENA COUNTY

CO Jessie Curtis was patrolling Lake Huron on a boat in Alpena County for the fireworks display on the Fourth of July. CO Curtis received a report of a missing child. The child had been missing for hours and had last been seen on the beach. CO Curtis was able to locate the child safe and sound swimming in the water and arrange to get the child reunited with their family.

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