Teens arrested after crime spree
Four teenagers have been charged in connection with a ten–day crime spree in Dickinson County.
The Dickinson County Prosecutor’s Office says a number of breaking and entering incidents that took place in late July and early August from garages and vehicles in the Kingsford, Iron Mountain, and Norway areas.
Cody James Howorth, age 17, of Norway, has been charged with three counts of breaking and entering a building with intent, a 10 year felony; six counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, a 5–year felony; three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, a 2–year high court misdemeanor; one count of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, a 2–year felony, and several related misdemeanor charges.
Three juveniles charged in connection with these crimes include Jonathan Andrew Mitchell, age 15, and Jacob Michael Mitchell, age 16, both of Williston North Dakota and Dakota Chase Paquin, age 16, of Quinnesec, Michigan.
Jonathan Mitchell is charged with three counts of breaking and entering a building with intent, six counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, one count of breaking and entering a vehicle with damage to the vehicle, three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and various related misdemeanor charges.
Jacob Mitchell is charged with five counts of larceny from a motor vehicle and three counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle. The Mitchells appeared before the honorable Judge Thomas Slagle in the Circuit Court’s Family Division on Thursday for a preliminary hearing. Both boys are currently being detained at the Sault Tribe Youth Facility in St. Ignace.
Dakota Paquin is scheduled for preliminary hearing in the Family Division on August 22, 2013 at 4 p.m. Paquin is charged with two counts of breaking and entering a building with intent, three counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, and one count of breaking and entering a vehicle with damage to the vehicle. Paquin is on an electronic monitoring tether pending further proceedings.
The Dickinson County Prosecutor’s Office says arrests were due to the combined efforts of area law enforcement agencies.