Sheriff?s report
Undersheriff Bob Paschke says the sheriff?s department has received a number of complaints involving people dumping trash, including large items such as freezers and other appliances, on rural roads and in wooded areas. Paschke said people dropping off garbage, if caught, face ?pretty good fines.? The latest complaint was called into the sheriff?s department last Thursday from a Road Commission employee who found garbage on Bolton Road, south of Clinton Lake Road. No names were found in the trash to identify a possible perpetrator.
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A 75-year-old Onaway man reportedly drove his vehicle off the road at the intersection of River Road and Ocqueoc Falls Highway. Sheriff?s deputies learned of the accident last Thursday at 10:23 p.m. Upon arriving at the scene officers found a vehicle owned by Frederick Harstead, but the driver couldn?t be found. Investigation revealed the driver was northbound on River Road and didn?t stop at the stop sign at Ocquoec Falls Highway. His vehicle traveled across the road and continued into the ditch, where it crashed into some trees. Harstead was later located at home in bed.
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Central dispatch received a call at 12:18 a.m. Sunday from someone reporting what they thought were minors near the post office on Michigan Avenue in Posen. The caller said some of the individuals also were shouting at drivers as they went by. Nobody was there when officers arrived.
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The sheriff?s department also was investigating a malicious destruction of property complaint Monday at Onaway High School. Apparently someone poured pop onto computers. It was reported to the sheriff?s department shortly after the close of the school day last Friday. No damage estimate was available.