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Man charged after threatening to "shoot up" Menominee County Courthouse

MENOMINEE, MI— A Menominee man has been charged with terrorism after he threatened personnel at the Menominee County Courthouse.

Dakota Davies, 29, is accused of calling staff around 8 a.m. Friday and making death threats. He had been ticketed earlier that morning for trespassing at the Circle K gas station. Davies allegedly told personnel several times he was going to “shoot the place up.”

Officers from the Menominee Police Department arrested him at his residence around 9 a.m.

Davies was charged Friday with making terroristic threats. He remains lodged at the Menominee County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

A probable cause conference is set for July 10 and a preliminary exam for July 25.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.