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Judge Ed Black presides over Alpena s 26th Circuit Court on Monday.
ALPENA An Alpena County man who turned his life around once should have a chance to do it again, Judge Ed Black said in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court on Monday.
Though he planned to sentence Jason Obuchowski, of Ossineke, to two years in prison for multiple drug possession charges, Black told the court he was moved to keep the defendant in county jail after an impassioned plea by defense attorney Mike Lamble.
Convicted of crimes in the past, Obuchowski moved past assaultive behavior and addiction before falling into methamphetamine use and getting caught in possession of the drug in fall of 2020, Black said as he contemplated what sentence to impose.
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ALPENA An Alpena man should have considered his family before pursuing his drug habit, Judge Ed Black said Tuesday in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court.
Telling the court he wants to get clean after 20-some years of drug addiction, Kyle Kortman, 34, asked Black to consider his children when sentencing Kortman for drug charges.
Defense attorney Mike Lamble told the court his client can’t get better without help, and Black said he wants Kortman to get that help but he’ll have to do it after serving 19 months in prison after police found methamphetamine, morphine tablets, and baggies in Kortman’s possession, along with a sizeable amount of cash Kortman said was his recently received federal stimulus money.