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Bradley Avery, bottom, appears virtually in the 26th Circuit Court in March in this News file photo.
ALPENA Increasing COVID-19 numbers nixed two trials scheduled to begin Wednesday in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court.
As of Tuesday, defendants and attorneys were ready to proceed with jury trials for Teresa Kortman, facing a pair of drug charges, and Shane Velasquez, accused of assault, carrying a concealed weapon, and resisting a police officer.
Judge Ed Black offered apologies to both defendants as he said their trials would have to wait. Alpena County’s positive COVID-19 test rate was over that recommended by the State Court Administrative Office as a cutoff for conducting in-person court.