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

The office received 87 police reports from the five area law enforcement agencies and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

From those reports, the office authorized 23 felony and 26 misdemeanor warrants. There were 25 warrant requests reviewed and denied and two were resubmitted to the investigating agency for further investigation.

Warrants authorized included eight for domestic violence or assault offenses, 11 for alcohol offenses, four for theft or property offenses, 18 for drug offenses, 13 for traffic offenses and three for fugitive from justice.

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

Throughout the month, the office had nine preliminary examinations resulting in three defendants being bound over to the circuit court for further proceedings, 13 circuit court sentencing hearings, 21 circuit court pre-trial conferences, 16 circuit court arraignments and one probate court bench trial.

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