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Judge Ed Black in the 26th Circuit Court sentences Jeremiah McLean at the Alpena County Courthouse in February. McLean spent at least seven months at the Alpena County Jail on sexual assault charges to which he eventually pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
ALPENA People go to jail accused of small crimes but stick around accused of big ones, according to data from the Alpena County Jail.
Some will return again and again, accused of new crimes one of the reasons we’ll always need jails, according to Alpena County Sheriff Steven Kieliszewski, who oversees jail operations.