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Click on Read more for more information on these stories: Indiana man killed in rollover in Florence County. Niagara man sentenced for break-in.....
AN INDIANA MAN DIED IN A ONE VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT IN FLORENCE COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 41 YEAR OLD RICHARD KUMIEGA TRAVELING ON US-2 NEAR SECOND CROSSING ROAD WHEN HIS VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY, ROLLING OVER AND PARTIALLY EJECTING HIM. KUMIEGA WAS PINNED UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE WAS EXTRICATED BUT PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER. THE ACCIDENT OCCURING AT 12:30 TUESDAY MORNING. THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ****************************************************************************************************** A NIAGARA MAN WILL SPEND 2 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO BURGLARY CHARGES. ANDREW GIGUERE ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO A NIAGARA HOME AND STEALING A SAFE LAST SEPTEMBER. GIGUERE WAS ALSO GIVEN 4 YEARS SUPERVISED RELEASE AND WILL ALSO HAVE TO PAY COURT COSTS. AN ACCOMPLICE, SHERYL SWIONETEK OF NORWAY PLEAD GUILTY TO SIMILAR CHARGES. SHE’LL BE SENTENCED APRIL 12TH. ******************************************************************************************************* A DOWNSTATE KALKASKA WOMAN HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN A CASE INVOLVING A TWO VEHICLE CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN GLADSTONE MONDAY NIGHT. 51 YEAR OLD CARIEN ERTL ACCUSED OF RUNNING A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF US-2 AND 41 AND STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS TREATED FOR INJURIES. ERTL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH OWI BUT ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA AT HER ARRAIGNMENT TUESDAY. ************************************************************************************************************ 17 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN SNOWMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN MICHIGAN SO FAR THIS SEASON. STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE NUMBER IS THE SAME AS THOSE RECORDED DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST SEASON. SPEED, INEXPERIENCE AND ALCOHOL WERE FACTORS IN MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 23 DEATHS THE ENTIRE SEASON, WHICH RUNS FROM DECEMBER 1ST TO APRIL 1ST.
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