The body of an Interlochen man missing since early December was found Saturday in the East Creek Reserve in Paradise Township.
Dean Nicholas Barnes, 51.
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If someone sexually assaults you, yell, “Fire!,” Abbey Podbielski learned growing up.
“If you yell ‘rape,’ nobody will do anything,” said Podbielski, an Alpena resident and a survivor of childhood sexual assault.
Every year, Alpena County sexual assault survivors disclose dozens of rapes and other sex crimes to police, advocates for sexual assault survivors, family members, and others. If national statistics hold true, those reports represent only a fraction of the assaults actually occuring in the county.
In recent years, Alpena County leaders secured grants, provided training, and collaborated with other agencies to more effectively care for survivors and hold perpetrators accountable.
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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.