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Andrew Howard, a 63-year-old man from Frankfort, Michigan, was convicted this week on two federal charges after he diverted the Platte River by hand through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan.

GRAND RAPIDS — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced Thursday that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Richard Anthony Reyna Densmore, 47, of

EMPIRE (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors. Andrew Howard of

The northern Michigan man wanted easier boat access to Lake Michigan. But his dredging altered the natural power of the water.

A Michigan man has been convicted of vandalism and tampering of a national park after he redirected a river by hand, creating a channel that became 200 feet wide. (pictured: after)

Andrew Blair Howard was found with a shovel at the site of a newly created channel at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, prosecutors said.

A man has admitted to sexually exploiting a West Michigan minor after being extradited from Spain to face federal charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan.

A Frankfort man has been convicted for diverting the flow of the Platte River at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in August 2022.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

The Platte River was illegally diverted in August 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Western District of Michigan.