WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP, MI— A Gwinn man was arrested on various charges, including shooting at a vehicle, on Friday.
A trooper from the Michigan State Police Negaunee Post was dispatched around 8:30 p.m. to a single-vehicle crash on County Road 545 near M-94 in West Branch Township. Jeffrey Johnson, 56, was arrested for operating while intoxicated and lodged in the Marquette County Jail.
The next day, residents of a home near where the crash happened reported the front and back windows of their vehicle had been shot out. Nobody was injured.
Troopers determined Johnson had apparently fired a rifle at a vehicle parked outside of a residence before crashing his truck the night before. The rifle was found concealed in a bush near the crash site.
Johnson was additionally charged with felonious malicious destruction of property, discharging a firearm at a residence, and felony firearms. He was arraigned Monday in Marquette County District Court. His bond is set at $30,000.
A probable cause conference is set for January 23.
