Houghton Lake Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Houghton Lake, MI or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Ultra-light plane crashes in Bay County; 1 dead

  Yesterday | via WNEM-TV Saginaw 

  Authorities say a girl was being held over the water on Houghton Lake on Monday night to urinate when a wave hit the pontoon boat and she fell into the water.

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  Related Topix: Bay County, MI, Houghton Lake, MI, Huron County, MI

• Dayton-area Taco Bell customer goes loco

  Yesterday | via WTVG-TV Toledo 

  It can be frustrating when your drive-thru order gets messed up, but police say a man in the Dayton area got really angry when workers at a taco bell forgot a taco.

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  Related Topix: Lucas County, OH

• Sheriff: Girl dead, man missing in boat accident

  Yesterday | via WTVG-TV Toledo 

  Authorities say a 3-year-old girl is dead and a 39-year-old man presumed drowned after the child fell from a boat in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula and the man tried to save her.

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  Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Michigan, Roscommon County, MI, Houghton Lake, MI

• Dog warden ready to start pit bull adoptions

  Yesterday | via WTVG-TV Toledo 

  Wednesday is a historic day for the Lucas County Dog Warden. For the first time, the office is adopting out pit bull type dogs.

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  Related Topix: Monroe County, MI, Houghton Lake, MI

• Inmate's escape leads to security changes in Arenac,...

  Tuesday | via WJRT 

  We're told he was found Monday morning in Roscommon County's Backus Township. Troopers report Robinson was A fugitive on the run for a week was captured Monday in a hunting blind, bringing relief to residents and vacationers in Roscommon County.

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  Related Topix: Roscommon County, MI

• Robert (Bob) Jean Meredith, 81

  Saturday May 26 | via Star-Press 

  Robert "Bob" Jean Meredith, 81, died at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, May 24, 2012 at his residence.

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  Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

• Police warning travelers of escaped inmate

  Friday May 25 | via WJRT 

  Monday, an inmate escaped with a deputy's gun in Roscommon County. The fugitive is believed to be contained in a six-square mile area of Backus Township, southeast of Houghton Lake.

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  Related Topix: Roscommon County, MI, Houghton Lake, MI, Prudenville, MI

• Almost 700 pounds of prescription drugs turned into ...

  Thursday May 10 | via MLive.com 

  The Michigan State Police took in almost 700 pounds of drugs on the semi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 28.

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  Related Topix: Drug Enforcement Administration