Jury convicts Iowa escape artist of 7 felonies

By JAN TUCKER

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ONTONAGON — An Ontonagon County jury in Circuit Court Wednesday convicted an Iowa man of seven felonies in an incident which occurred in mid January 2018.

Paul Smith, 26, was convicted of one count illegal entry, one count of home invasion, and counts of possession of a weapon (metallic knuckles), receiving and concealing property (a vehicle), lying to a police officer, use of methamphetamine, and leaving lawful custody.

The incident began when a car was found stuck in a ditch in Stannard Township. Police discovered the car was stolen from another state and S...