Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RALPH ANSAMI
Hurley — A sentencing hearing scheduled for Monday for James Lussier, 20, of Woodruff, on a murder-related charge was delayed in Iron County Court.
Court officials said Lussier’s attorney, Marty Lipske, requested the delay for his client. No new date had been set as of Monday morning.
A pre-sentence investigation, ordered by Iron County Judge Patrick Madden, was filed with the court on Oct. 24.
Lussier is one of five men charged in the beating and shooting death of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., whose body was found near Mercer on New Year’s day.
The five took Valliere for a drug-fueled drive and shot him on Dec. 22, depositing the body off a seldom used tote road.
Richard Allen and Joseph Lussier were sentenced to life sentences earlier this year after being convicted by an Iron County jury as the shooters in the homicide.
James Lussier, who is charged with being a party to conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of aiding a felon, entered guilty pleas to amended counts on Aug. 2.
Assistant Wisconsin Attorney General Richard Dufour is prosecuting the case for Iron County.
