UPDATE: Police say Ochoa was located, arrested, and lodged in Florence, WI without incident. They say further information will be released next week.
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ISHPEMING, MI-- Ishpeming Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a resident charged with a felony and three misdemeanors.
Officers are looking for Kurt Ochoa, 49, following a Saturday night incident on the 300 block of North 6th Street. Police were called for a domestic dispute. As they walked up the driveway they said Ochoa got into his vehicle, ignored officers’ commands to stop, and fled the scene through a neighbor’s yard. The vehicle was later found abandoned in the woods at the end of New York Street.
Ishpeming officers searched the area with the help of Michigan State Police and a K-9 team, Negaunee Police, and sheriff’s deputies.
Ochoa is charged with resisting/obstructing a police officer, possession of a controlled substance, reckless driving, and malicious destruction of property.