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Prosecutor details February activity

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Prosecuting Attorney Lisa M. Richards has released her department’s activity report for February.

The office received 71 police reports from the five area law enforcement agencies and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

From those reports, the office authorized 15 felony and 22 misdemeanor warrants. There were eight warrant requests reviewed and denied – two were resubmitted to the investigative agency with a request for further investigation to be completed.

Warrants authorized included six for domestic violence and assault-related offenses, nine for alcohol offenses, seven for theft or property-related offenses, eight for drug offenses, 13 for traffic offenses and one for a witness intimidation-related offense.

The office also drafted and submitted one abuse and neglect petition and four juvenile delinquency petitions to the probate court.

During the month, the office had 15 preliminary examinations resulting in 10 defendants being bound over to the circuit court for further proceedings, nine circuit court sentencing hearings, 16 circuit court pre-trial conferences and 13 circuit court arraignments.

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

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