Post by ppat324 on Feb 13, 2011 6:39:56 GMT -5
2/13 - Cheboygan, Mich. – A Sault Ste. Marie man who owns three derelict vessels currently trapped in the ice at Duncan Bay at Cheboygan waived a preliminary examination last Monday in Cheboygan County 89th District Court.
Scotlund Stivers, 50, was represented by Sault Ste. Marie attorney Charles Mallette. Stivers is facing four charges associated with the Duncan Bay ghost fleet – one felony and three misdemeanors that could lead to a two year prison sentence upon conviction.
Charges against Stivers, brought by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, include:
* Discharging oil into Lake Huron and the Cheboygan River, violating the Water Resources Act a felony charge punish able upon conviction by two years in prison and/or a fine of $2,500 to $25,000.
* A misdemeanor charge of altering or modifying bottomlands by anchoring a 300-pound mushroom anchor without a permit from the DEQ punishable upon conviction by a year in jail plus a $1,000 fine.
* Littering from a vessel and discharging oil and debris upon the beach at Cheboygan State Park a 92-day misdemeanor that could also result in a $500 fine upon conviction.
* Discharging oil from a watercraft, also in Duncan Bay a 92-day misdemeanor that could also result in a $500 fine upon conviction.
According to Assistant Prosecutor Aaron Gauthier, all charges are related to the tug formerly named William Hoey, the most mobile of Stivers’ three craft at Duncan Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Laboratory has confirmed the Hoey as the source of discharged oil samples found on the beach at Cheboygan State Park, in the waters of Duncan Bay and in a slip at the Durocher Dock on the Cheboygan River where the tug rode out a late summer storm, Gauthier said.
Stivers also owns the abandoned car ferry Joelle AnnMarie and the sunken tug Jenny Lynn. He remains free on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. A circuit court arraignment has been set for Feb. 15.
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Scotlund Stivers, 50, was represented by Sault Ste. Marie attorney Charles Mallette. Stivers is facing four charges associated with the Duncan Bay ghost fleet – one felony and three misdemeanors that could lead to a two year prison sentence upon conviction.
Charges against Stivers, brought by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, include:
* Discharging oil into Lake Huron and the Cheboygan River, violating the Water Resources Act a felony charge punish able upon conviction by two years in prison and/or a fine of $2,500 to $25,000.
* A misdemeanor charge of altering or modifying bottomlands by anchoring a 300-pound mushroom anchor without a permit from the DEQ punishable upon conviction by a year in jail plus a $1,000 fine.
* Littering from a vessel and discharging oil and debris upon the beach at Cheboygan State Park a 92-day misdemeanor that could also result in a $500 fine upon conviction.
* Discharging oil from a watercraft, also in Duncan Bay a 92-day misdemeanor that could also result in a $500 fine upon conviction.
According to Assistant Prosecutor Aaron Gauthier, all charges are related to the tug formerly named William Hoey, the most mobile of Stivers’ three craft at Duncan Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Laboratory has confirmed the Hoey as the source of discharged oil samples found on the beach at Cheboygan State Park, in the waters of Duncan Bay and in a slip at the Durocher Dock on the Cheboygan River where the tug rode out a late summer storm, Gauthier said.
Stivers also owns the abandoned car ferry Joelle AnnMarie and the sunken tug Jenny Lynn. He remains free on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. A circuit court arraignment has been set for Feb. 15.
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News