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Richards releases October report

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Prosecutor Lisa M. Richards has released her department’s activity report for November.

The office received 60 police reports from the five area law enforcement agencies and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

From those reports, the office authorized 16 felony and 29 misdemeanor warrants. There were 26 warrant requests reviewed and denied and one was resubmitted to the investigating agency for further investigation.

Warrants authorized included eight for domestic violence or assault offenses, 11 for alcohol offenses, five for theft or property offenses, seven for drug offenses, 13 for traffic offenses, two for criminal sexual conduct offenses, one for a sex offender registration act violation, one for a wildlife conservation violation, one for false report or threat of terrorism, two for child abuse offenses, two for weapons offenses, and one for lying to a peace officer.

The office also drafted and submitted two juvenile delinquency petitions to the probate court.

Throughout the month, the office had 16 preliminary examinations resulting in nine defendants being bound over to the circuit court for further proceedings, 12 circuit court sentencing hearings, 16 circuit court pre-trial conferences and 16 circuit court arraignments.

The office also conducted numerous bench trials, motion hearings, probation violation and show cause hearings in the district, probate and circuit courts.

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