On 7-24-13 at approximately 1:30 pm the Clare County Sheriff Department responded to Jay’s Sporting Goods in Grant Township for a retail fraud complaint. Upon arrival Deputies found that two males had stolen fishing equipment, estimated to cost $1460, by removing fishing reels from the boxes and leaving the empty boxes in a corner area of the store. Taken were: 1 Swimano Stella 2500FE Fishing Reel estimated value $730; 1 Swimano Sustain 3000FG reel estimated at $330; 1 Swimano Stradic C14 Fishing Reel estimated at $200; and 1 Flueger Fishing Reel estimated at $200. The younger male is approx. 6’00 [...]
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Fishing Reel Theft at Jays
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A Call leads to arrest for Breaking and Entering
On 7-27-13 at approximately 10 pm Clare County Central Dispatch received a call of a suspicious situation / possibly a breaking at entering at a home on Pointview Drive in Hayes Township. Authorities were advised by the homeowner that nobody was supposed to be in the residence. Upon arrival Deputies found a 37 year old male from Lake, a 57 year old male from Harrison, and a 29 year old female from Harrison inside the home. The three had entered the home illegally, were arrested, and lodged in the Clare County Jail. On 7-29-13 the following were arraigned in 80th [...]
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Arrests made
On 7-26-13 Clare County Sheriff Deputies made contact at a residence on Knollwood Road in Hayes Township regarding the apprehension of a fugitive absconder. Upon making contact Deputies learned that the absconder was present in the home. Deputies were denied access to the home and the fugitive fled out the back door of the home to avoid capture. Deputies apprehended the fugitive in the backyard after a 45 year old male attempted to stop Deputies from making the arrest. Deputies arrested the absconder, a 25 year old male [...]
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Graham charged with embezzling over $100K from Fair Salvage
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 45-year-old Farwell man is behind bars on charges of embezzlement from Fair Salvage Company, in northern Isabella County’s Vernon Township. Todd James Graham was arrested Tuesday when the embezzlement was discovered. According to a release from Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski, Graham was an office employee at the company for between six and eight years. “The theft was discovered Tuesday and reported Tuesday,” the Sheriff said. “The dollar amount of the embezzlement is still being investigated,” Mioduszewski added, “but it is quite likely the amount will actually be much higher.” Graham was arraigned Wednesday afternoon [...]
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Judge throws book at Smith – $1.5 million bond
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Melvin Smith, 25, and his father Melvin Smith, 45, were both arrested July 26 at a home on Knollwood Road in Hayes Township. The younger Smith was called a “fugitive absconder.” And when Clare County Sheriff Department Deputies attempted to access the home where he was reportedly hiding, they were denied access. Meanwhile the younger Smith made an attempt to elude capture by fleeing out the back door of the home. He was apprehended there on multiple warrants while his father Melvin Smith attempted to stop Deputies from making the arrest. The older Smith was also [...]
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Who is this guy?- Jays robbed for a second time
By Pat Maurer Correspondent For the second time in less than a month, Clare County Deputies are looking for people who have stolen items from Jay’s Sporting Goods just north of Clare. Two men are still being sought in connection with the theft of a compound bow on June 28: a man in his mid-30s with a medium build with short brown hair, partly bald and a woman in her late 20s or early 30s with shoulder length brown hair. They were driving an older blue minivan. The store was hit once again on July 17, when employees said more [...]
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Three arrested for Hayes break-in
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Two men and one woman were arrested for illegal entry after they broke into a home on Pointview Drive in Hayes Township last Saturday night. Deputies were called to the residence around 10 p.m. after being advised of a possible breaking and entering. The homeowner said no one was supposed to be in the residence. When they arrived, Deputies found a 37-year-old Lake man, a 57-year-old Harrison man and a 29-year-old Harrison woman in the home. All three were arrested and arraigned in 80th District Court Monday on Illegal Entry. Corey Lane, 37, of Lake had [...]
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Clark points gun at salesman
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Kurt Clark, 46, of Farwell, is facing assault charges after he allegedly pointed a gun at a salesman who came to his door. Clare County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Surrey Township home near Riley and Hatchery Roads around 4:30 July 31. The salesman had also called at Clark’s neighbor’s, according to a release from the CCSD. Clark was arrested for felonious assault and taken to the Clare County Jail. He was arraigned in 80th District Court August 1 by Magistrate Karen Willing on the charge of felonious assault and bond was set at $2,500, [...]
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BrewFest raises funds for K-9 dog
By Pat Maurer Correspondent The Clare BrewFest, which began in Clare in 2011 as part of the events during the Old 27 Classic Car Tour, has grown so much that this year it will be a stand-alone event planned, organized and presented by the Clare Rotary Club. The adults-only BrewFest is scheduled for this Saturday, August 10 from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Fourth Street across from the Clare water tower. The location is also the future site for the historic old Clare Railroad Depot. The BrewFest’s goal is to provide craft beer tasting and education to the Central Michigan [...]
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Arsonists sought in Isabella
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Isabella County Sheriff’s Department officers are searching for two men they believe set vehicles on fire in two incidents August 3. According to Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski, the arsons happened between 3:30 and 4:10 a.m. the first vehicle fire, a red 2001 Pontiac Grand Am four-door, was on private property near the northeast corner of Baseline Road and Crawford Road. The second incident, involving a white 1992 Buick Regal four-door, happened in the parking lot of Rosebush Estates on Mission Road. Both fires happened within 35 to 40 minutes and officers think the arsons were committed by [...]
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Hit and run driver sought
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Clare County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for the owner of an older, maroon Oldsmobile Cutlass in connection with a hit-and-run accident Monday. According to a release from Undersheriff Dwayne Miedzianowski, two people, Diana Backus, 64 of Harrison and her 16-year-old passenger received minor injuries when Backus’s 2012 Chevrolet was hit by the driver of the Cutlass, which then left the scene of the accident. Backus was southbound on Clare Avenue at Bass Lake Road in Hayes Township when the Cutlass hit her car. Backus and her passenger were taken to MidMichigan Medical Center – Clare by [...]
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Thieves caught after search
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Clare County Deputies were able to stop a break-in at a Hamilton Township residence Wednesday. Deputies responding to a “possible break-in” at the home in the 6000 block of Mostetler Road arrived to find the break-in in progress. One of the suspects spotted the deputy and three ran from the scene. The deputy identified two of the men and described the third and after a two-hour seach of the area, all three were arrested while attempting to leave the area in a vehicle. All three suspects, an 18, 19 and 20 year-old, were arrested and are [...]
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Prisoner commits suicide in County jail
By Pat Maurer Correspondent Edwin Simpson, 42, a Federal inmate from southern Michigan being housed at the Clare County Jail, died Monday after he used his sheet to hang himself at the jail September 12. Sheriff John Wilson said Simpson was discovered in his cell around 4:30 p.m. by officers after another inmate notified them. Corrections staff immediately initiated CPR and Mobile Medical Response Ambulance Service was summoned and continued treatment. Simpson was taken to MidMichigan Medical Center – Clare where he was listed in critical condition. “On September 16 we were informed that he had passed away early in [...]
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Just Thinking– Long farewell
Dr. Ray Augenstein One of the most beautiful Sunsets, I have ever seen was not seen through my eyes but through the eyes of my Mother-in-Law, as we were taking them to our Son’s home for a vacation. We lived in Ohio at the time, and our son lived near Manistee. It was close to evening when we came over a small hill, and suddenly the sun was visible in the west as it was settling down on the horizon. Now I have noticed Sunsets before and just summarily dismissed them without really looking at them. But at this juncture [...]
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Ballas charged in 3 B&Es- 5 cases pending
By Pat Maurer Correspondent After posting bond more than once, only to be arrested again on breaking and entering charges, Michael Anthony Ballas, of Clare, is back in jail with a $251,300 cash bond set this time. According to information from police and Clare County Prosecutor Michelle Ambrozaitis, there are five active cases against Ballas at this time including breaking and entering in three different incidents, driving with a suspended license and issuing non-sufficient funds checks. Ballas, who was out of jail on bail for another offence and had just been taken off probation, was found early last Saturday morning [...]
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Dispatchers working hard to improve 911 services
By Pat Maurer Correspondent “I want to thank the citizens of Clare County for continuing to trust in this dispatch center to support them and help provide for their security,” said Dispatch Supervisor Tom Brubaker. “Our job is making sure the community is safe. We want to make improvements that are a benefit to them.” “We are trying to improve our operations and rectify some problems we have had in previous years,” he said. With that in mind, Brubaker said they have developed a new survey on www.clareco.net/911. “The public is encouraged to go to the site and fill out [...]
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Chapman charged with harboring fugitive
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A 17-year-old Lake man is facing charges for harboring a runaway teenager. Christon Chapman was arrested September 25 at his Freeman Township home for harboring Kaylee Smith-Sanders of Farwell after officers discovered he knew she was a runaway. Smith-Sanders was not at the home at the time of the arrest, but was found hiding in the area of Chapman’s home later on September 25. She had been missing for two days. Chapman was arraigned in 80th District Court on the charge of Harboring a Runaway. His bond was set at $2,500/10 percent. He has since been [...]
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Not 1, not 2, but 3 banks robbed by pair caught in Harrison
By Pat Maurer Correspondent A Harrison man and a Cadillac woman are behind bars and facing multiple charges after they allegedly robbed two banks in Harrison last Friday. Clinton Cole, 57, and Ruth Loomis, 56, of Cadillac were apprehended Friday afternoon after they allegedly fled from the second bank robbed that day. According to a release from Undersheriff Dwayne Miedzianowski, Central Dispatch received a call about an armed robbery at the Chemical Bank on Second Street in Harrison around 1:45 p.m. The release said a man “walked into the bank, displayed and black and gray handgun and threatened to go [...]
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Girlfriend stabs man with screwdriver
On 10-3-13 at approximately 5:20 pm, State Police troopers responded to a report of a domestic assault involving a screwdriver as a weapon. Troopers were dispatched to an address in Rolland Township, Isabella County, where a 51 year old male had been stabbed with a screwdriver by his 50 year old live-in girlfriend. The two have shared a residence since July, 2013. The two had been in an argument over finances, when the female subject attempted to remove the registration plate from a vehicle in the yard. The vehicle is in her name, but is driven by the male. The [...]
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Canadian man dies in 2-car U.S. 10 accident
On 10-09-2013 at 11:46 a.m. Deputies from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office were called to the intersection of US-10 and 170th Avenue (Hersey Township) on the report of a 2 vehicle crash involving fatal injuries. Investigation revealed that an east bound pick-up truck driven by Lawrence Jarrett, an 84 yr old male from Sault Saint Marie, Ontario Canada, crossed the centerline and collided with a west bound tractor trailer. The driver of the pick-up received fatal injuries, and the driver of the tractor trailer was treated at a local hospital. US-10 was closed from 165th Ave to 175th Ave. The [...]
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