2nd man charged in MC home invasion

A 23 year-old Kalkaska man is in custody for breaking into a Kasson Township home in February 2013.  After a lengthy investigation by the Leelanau County Sheriff's Office and the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office, Nicholas C. Perkins was arrested for 2nd Degree Home Invasion.

Perkins is the second man arrested for the daytime break in where a safe containing $1200 cash was stolen.  Taylor J. Yaster, 22, of Traverse City, has already pleaded guilty to Entry Without Breaking, a 5 year felony, in the case and was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections.  He was originally charged with 2nd Degree Home Invasion.

The home invasion was not a random act as the suspects were acquainted with the homeowners son and were believed to have known about the safe.  They took the safe to a rural location in Grand Traverse County and broke into it.  None of the stolen money was recovered by law enforcement.

Perkins waived a preliminary examination last Friday and remains jailed in Grand Traverse County on unrelated charges.  2nd Degree Home Invasion carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in Prison. 

Yaster also pleaded guilty to Breaking and Entering with Intent to Commit a Felony for breaking into Pleva's Meats in Cedar in December 2012.  He has already served the 68 day sentence received.  Approximately $600 was stolen in the break in.

                                      Lake Leelanau man injured in afternoon crash

A 43 year-old Leland Township man sustained serious injuries when his vehicle left E Duck Lake Road and crashed Tuesday at 2:16 pm.  Jeffrey W. Gleason was taken to Munson Medical Center by Suttons Bay Rescue following the crash.

Motorists following Gleason told Leelanau County Sheriff's deputies that he was going too fast and was all over the road before crashing.  The vehicle was headed west and left the road just past Macksey Road, where it hit a snowbank, went airborne for 50 feet before hitting the ground and rolling over.  Gleason's dog had to be euthanized as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

The driver was restrained and alcohol is believed to have been a factor.  The crash remains under investigation.

Kewadin woman arrested on GTB warrant

41 year-old Arissa F. Shananaquet was arrested in Grand Traverse County Tuesday on a Grand Traverse Band Tribal Police bench warrant.  Shananaquet failed to appear involving 2 counts of Resisting and Opposing Police and Failure to Comply with Tribal Sex Offender Registration requirements.

Shananaquet was taken to the Leelanau County jail where she remains held on $1500 cash bond.

Maple City man arrested for OWI

A 50 year-old man was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated after going into the snowbank on E Traverse Highway near Bright Road in Kasson Township.  A passerby reported the incident at 8:41 pm and a Leelanau County Sheriff's deputy responded.

The lone occupant appeared intoxicated as soon as he exited his vehicle.  He failed field sobriety tasks and was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated.  His Datamaster blood alcohol result was .18%.

The suspect remains jailed pending a bond being set and District Court action.

Leelanau County jail count at 43

Thanks to 18 inmates being boarded for Grand Traverse County, the jail count is at 43 today.  Leelanau County receives $ 30 per day for each prisoner boarded for GT, meaning $540 additional revenue daily.  No extra staff is required to monitor the increased inmate population.