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Sawyer man arrested for robbing store

SAWYER, MI--   A Sawyer man is in custody for armed robbery at the Sawyer Village Shoppette. 

WLUC-TV reports police were notified around 6:15 p.m. Thursday a man had tried to steal items from the store. The suspect allegedly pulled a knife when the clerk confronted him outside the building. The suspect then fled the scene and entered a house.

Forsyth Township Police and Michigan State Police arrested the man at the residence for armed robbery.

The suspect remains lodged at the Marquette County Jail.

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.