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3/31/2025

  • jesse4430
  • Mar 31, 2025
  • 1 min read

MARENISCO TOWNSHIP - A Marenisco Township man faces multiple felonies in relation to a Wednesday night crash that killed one person.  57-year-old Brian Austin Berquist, was arraigned in Gogebic County District Court Friday, according to Gogebic County Prosecutor Nic Jacobs.  Berquist is charged with three felonies: two counts of operating under the influence causing death and one count of manslaughter. The OWI charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. The manslaughter charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison and/or a fine of $7,500.  He was arrested Wednesday night after the Michigan State Police and Gogebic County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on M-64.  As of Friday, Berquist was still being held in Gogebic County Jail on a $5,000 cash bond.

 
 
 

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