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ESCANABA Shoppers and employees at Walmart in Escanaba are safe after an evacuation for a false alarm on Tuesday night.
Officers from the Escanaba Department of Public Safety responded to Walmart, located at 601 N. Lincoln Road, for reports of a man entering the store with a rifle.
Officers searched the store while employees and civilians evacuated, and the building was locked down, according to a news release.
Police searched the business and found no concerning safety issues. After reviewing store surveillance footage, it was determined that store merchandise was mistakenly identified as a rifle as a subject was entering the store, police said.
BRIAN HELFERT
MENOMINEE A former Menominee County Sheriff’s Office sergeant who served as a school resource officer has been accused of sexually assaulting an individual over a six-year span.
Brian Helfert, 57, of Menominee, was arraigned Friday in the 95-A District Court on charges of child sexually abusive activity, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison; four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, punishable by life or any number of years in prison; three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, a 15-year penalty; two counts of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration, a 10-year felony; and gross indecency between males as a sexually delinquent person, a felony punishable between one day and life in prison.
Former U.P. sheriff’s deputy facing 11 more felony sex assault charges
Updated 11:56 AM;
MENOMINEE, MI – A former Upper Peninsula sheriff’s deputy who was sentenced to jail last year related to sexual assault accusations is now charged with 11 more felony sex crimes, WLUC reports.
Brian Helfert, former sergeant with the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office, was arraigned Friday, April 30 on 11 felony counts: four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, which involves penetration and comes with a max penalty of life in prison; three counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct; assault with intent to commit penetration; child sexually abusive activity; and gross indecency between males, the TV station reports. A sexually delinquent person notice was also filed against him.
MENOMINEE, MI Two people were arrested in Menominee and Marinette counties on charges related to a break-in and stolen goods.
Last Tuesday the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint that someone had broken into a storage unit. A joint investigation with the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office led detectives to a residence in Marinette County on Wednesday. Stolen property was identified at the home and a search warrant was executed. A 45-year-old man was arrested and lodged at the Marinette County Jail.
Information then led detectives to a Menominee residence, where another search warrant was executed. A 37-year-old man was arrested for possession of stolen property, possession of meth, and maintaining a drug house. He was lodged in the Menominee County Jail.