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Learn how to safely paddle these St. Clair County rivers
Port Huron Times Herald
While temperatures are warming, officials are asking paddlers to review their safety plans before hitting St. Clair County s waterways. Paddle sports are extremely accessible to tons of people who may not have experience with the water and don’t understand how deadly it can be, said Senior Chief Kyle Thomas, officer in charge at U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Huron.
Safety first
St. Clair County Sheriff Sgt. Marty Stoyan said kayaks and paddleboards are considered vessels, and the requires paddlers to wear a life vest, or have one stored somewhere onboard. Anyone under the age of 6 is required to wear one.
Photo: Joshua Louis Brotherton
A Gamaliel man whose criminal record goes back 21 years returned to Baxter County Circuit Court to face new charges Thursday.
Forty-year-old Joshua Brotherton entered a not guilty plea to charges of theft of property and domestic battery.
He was booked into the Baxter County jail Feb. 26 with bond set at $7,000.
According to the probable cause affidavit, just after 2:30 a.m. Dec. 3, Baxter County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address along Arkansas Highway 101 where a woman was reported to need assistance.
The deputies found the woman standing along the driveway at the Highway 101 residence.
The victim told the lawmen she had been assaulted by Brotherton. She reported being “hit all over her body.”