Northern Michigan man chased pair with ax, state police say
A northern Michigan man was charged Monday after allegedly chasing people with an ax last week in Cheboygan County, state police said.
Troopers with the Gaylord Post and Tuscarora Township police officers were dispatched to a home in Walker Township at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. On the scene, they found Chance Earl-Church Leese with injuries to his face and hands and appearing to be intoxicated, Michigan State Police said in a statement.
Witnesses reported the 21-year-old had started arguing with another man and assaulted a woman, then chased them with a splitting maul as they tried to leave, according to the release.
Northern Michigan man arrested for assault, accused of chasing people with axe
Police say Chance Earl-Church Leese got into an argument with a man, assaulted a woman
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CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. – An Afton man was arrested for assault after he was accused of chasing people with an axe.
Michigan State Police said that at about 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, troopers with the Gaylord Post as well as the Tuscarora Township Police Department were dispatched to an assault in progress at a home on Montgomery Road in Walker Township.
The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Chance Earl-Church Leese. Police said Leese had injuries to his face and hands and appeared to be intoxicated.
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man has been charged with several crimes after he allegedly threw an ax at a car with a woman and several children inside. According to troopers from the Michigan State Police Gaylord Post, the incident occurred at a residence on Montgomery Road in Cheboygan County’s Walker Township at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 27. Officers from the Tuscarora Township .