Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
BESSEMER — A shoplifting complaint at a local store has led to the arrest of three people on local drug charges.
The Michigan State Police and Gogebic County Sheriff’s Department responded to a shoplifting complaint at the Ironwood Walmart on Aug. 17 involving two people — a man who was arrested on the scene and a second who had fled on foot.
During the investigation, law enforcement personnel learned both individuals were staying at an Ironwood motel, according to a Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team news release.
The man arrested at the store was...