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

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Aug. 7-20

MONTMORENCY COUNTY

COs Sidney Collins and Dan Liestenfeltz received a complaint of campers staying too long at a dispersed campsite in Montmorency County. The COs contacted several subjects at the campsite. The subjects stated they were recently homeless and had no place to go. Two of the subjects had warrants for their arrest and were transported to jail. The COs gave the others an adequate amount of time to leave the area.

CO Sidney Collins followed up with a serious boating accident that happened in Montmorency County. A family was boating on East Twin Lake when a child was struck by the propeller of the motor. The child was airlifted to a Grand Rapids hospital in critical condition. The child is now stable but has a long road to recovery, having already undergone nine surgeries.

CO Sidney Collins responded to a RAP complaint of a dead deer on private property in Montmorency County. CO Collins met with the landowner who stated his home was broken into and several items were stolen, including three guns and an ORV. The homeowner found a piece of venison in the back of one of his side-by-sides and a deer carcass in his field. There have been several break-ins in the area, and this one seemed to be related to the others. CO Collins did a necropsy on the deer in the field and was able to find a bullet in the deer. The bullet matched the caliber of one of the guns stolen from the residence. Later, the suspects were identified and confessed to the killing of both deer, along with several other deer over the summer.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY

CO Paul Fox was just finishing his shift and checking out of service when a call came out over central dispatch regarding a personal injury ORV crash near Black Mountain. CO Fox loaded his ORV and responded to the scene. It was determined that the rider was operating on a multi-use trail when his ORV collided with a downed tree leaning into the trail. The tree wedged between the rider’s leg and the fender of the ORV, resulting in the rider’s leg being broken. The rider was located by a Cheboygan County Sheriff’s deputy prior to CO Fox’s arrival. CO Fox assisted medical personnel in removing the victim. CO Fox investigated the crash scene and assisted responding park rangers with removing and securing the ORVs.

CO Paul Fox was on patrol in Presque Isle County when a local sheriff’s marine deputy advised that a vessel on Grand Lake was failing to stop for him. The marine deputy attempted to stop a vessel for a registration violation when the operator became irate and took off toward their residence on the lake. CO Fox, along with sheriff deputies, responded to the residence and contacted the irate subject. The subject stated he did not think marine deputies had enforcement authority. He was reminded that they do in fact have enforcement authority as the marine deputy issued the man a ticket.