Shumate lodged in jail

ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Police Department announced that Chloe Jazmine Shumate, who was wanted on a five-count felony warrant by the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office, has been located and lodged in the Marquette County Jail.

Shumate, 22, is charged with assault with intent to commit murder; two counts of unlawful imprisonment; assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than murder or by strangulation; and interfering with electronic communications, causing injury or death.

The felony charges stem from an alleged assault at a motel along Palms Avenue in Ishpeming that was reported around 7 a.m. Jan. 21.

Shumate fled before officers arrived at the scene, police said. The 36-year-old victim of the assault was treated at UP Health System-Bell.

19-year-old arrested for larceny

MARQUETTE — Marquette police on Thursday arrested 19-year-old Marquette resident Sigurd John Utych on warrants authorized out of the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office on six counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, two counts of breaking and entering of a building with intent, one count of larceny in a building and one count of safe breaking.

The arrest is the result of a joint investigation by the Marquette Police Department and the Michigan State Police Newberry Post, according to a press release from city police. The arrest stems from incidents that occurred in 2016 and 2017, which included the theft of numerous LED lights and several radios taken from city of Marquette public works vehicles and two breaking and entering cases involving a local Marquette business.

Utych was unable to post bond and was lodged at the Marquette County Jail. The total amount of the bond was set at $395,000.

Snowmobilers fall through ice

MUNISING — The Alger County Sheriff’s Department reported it received a 911 call at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday of four snowmobilers who had broken through Lake Superior ice near the east channel of Grand Island.

The report indicated that all subjects pulled themselves from the water and made it to Grand Island. The Alger County Sheriff’s Rescue 21 unit extricated the subjects from Grand Island using a hovercraft.

The subjects were treated by Alger EMS and released without any injuries.

Responding agencies included the Alger County Sheriff’s Department, Alger County Rescue 21, Alger EMS and the Pictured Rocks National Park Service.

The sheriff’s department is warning people that the ice conditions near Grand Island and the east channel are very weak and urges anyone going on the ice to use extreme caution.

1 injured in snowmobile crash

MANISTIQUE — Michigan State Police troopers from the Manistique detachment responded Friday afternoon to a report of a personal injury snowmobile accident in Inwood Township on Schoolcraft County Road 449.

State police said the snowmobile driver and his party left the scene and went to Shingleton where the driver was stricken with a severe headache. He lost consciousness and was subsequently transported to UP Health System-Marquette for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash, according to police.

The incident is under investigation. Assisting the state police were the sheriffs departments from Alger and Schoolcraft counties.