On Nov. 21 Stephanie Rochelle Fish, a 34-year-old from Weidman, was found dead in her home located in the 900 block of North Rolland Road in Sherman Township. Stephanie’s husband, Jason Lantz Fish, also a 34-year-old from Weidman, was arrested by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department on an open murder charge.

Jason Lantz Fish was arrested and charged with the open murder of his wife Stephanie Rochelle Fish the morning of Nov. 21, 2011.

Before her body was discovered in the crawl space of the couple’s home, Stephanie was reported missing.

The case began as a missing persons investigation Nov. 20, when an Amber Alert was issued for the couple’s four-year-old son Brody Fish. Mioduszewski said Brody and Jason were located in Genessee County on the evening of Nov. 21 by a deputy, who saw Jason’s green 2011 Ford Explorer at a rest area.

On Dec. 15 Fish was ordered to stand trial for the murder.

Cheryl Kristine Reen, a former Central Michigan University employee, was found dead April 1 and her husband, Gary John Reen, was charged with open murder.

Gary Reen, 56 of Chippewa Township, was charged April 2 after turning himself over to police and telling them he shot his wife. On Dec. 8 Gary Reen was sentenced in Isabella County Circuit Court to a maximum of 72 years in prison for the second-degree murder. Cheryl Reen worked as an administrative secretary for the School of Health Sciences as recently as 2005.

Deputies found the body of the 51-year-old woman in a pole barn at a residence located at 7120 E. River Road, where Gary Reen told deputies he had shot her, said Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.

Investigators determined Cheryl Reen was shot at least two times with a handgun.

Reen is also charged with felony firearm possession. He has asked for a court-appointed attorney to represent him.

The alleged homicide stemmed from a domestic dispute at the home, about a mile and a half north of the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort, 6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.

“They were having marital problems at the time,” Mioduszewski said.

Sheriff’s deputies and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police arrived at the scene after Reen turned himself in.

The Reen’s 15-year-old son was also staying at the residence prior to the incident.

She was found dead in the home she shared with Jason, located in the 900 block of North Rolland Road.

Stephanie and her 4-year-old son Brody Fish were first reported missing Friday, and an Amber Alert was issued for Brody.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said Brody and Jason were located in Genessee County Sunday night by a deputy, who saw Jason’s green 2011 Ford Explorer at a rest area.

“He knew that was the Amber Alert vehicle. He made contact with both Jason Fish and Brody,” Mioduszewski said. “He indicated they were both fine and Brody did not seem to be in any kind of distress.”

Jason and Brody were brought back to the Isabella County Jail, where Jason was interrogated.

Jason said Stephanie had run off with another man and he was very upset and thinking about suicide, an affidavit stated.

He said he did not know where Stephanie was, but that she left her phone at the residence and she must have acquired a phone through her new boyfriend.

Chad Paulsen, Stephanie’s boss at Blanchard Lanes Bowling Alley, received a phone call from Jason at about 10 a.m. Saturday morning. Jason said he was taking Stephanie to rehab for finding needles in her purse, and she would not be at work for 30 to 45 days.

Paulsen said Stephanie was at his house Friday evening visiting with his girlfriend Deanna Page. While there, Stephanie’s husband Jason Fish kept calling her, wanting her to come home.

Jason said he argued with Stephanie about leaving with Brody while she was intoxicated. During the interrogation, Jason said he drove Stephanie’s Jeep behind the house and got it stuck in the mud, preventing her from leaving.

When he walked back into the house, Stephanie had a 22 cal. rifle pointed at him, he said. He then got into a fight to grab the rifle from her, resulting in Stephanie being shot in the head, he said during the interrogation.

Brody was sleeping in the bedroom across from the bathroom during the gunshot.

“Daddy put Mommy in the bath tub and shot her with a gun bang, bang,” Brody said to Todd Graham, the forensic interviewer.

Jason said he then dragged the body from the bathroom into the northwest bedroom and put Stephanie’s body down in a crawl space and covered her up with gravel, the affidavit stated.

The rifle was found on the shelf behind the bar in the recreation room. Blood was found on the kitchen floor, kitchen door to the recreation room, in the bathroom, on the barrel of the rifle and on the carpet in front of the crawlspace.

The suspect had scratches on his left shin and on his left cheek. He also had bruises on both of his shins.

Jason is being held without bail on one count of homicide, open murder, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts of felony firearms.

Jason Lantz Fish was arrested and charged with the open murder of his wife, Stephanie Rochelle Fish, Monday morning.

A missing persons case has concluded with the death of Stephanie Rochelle Fish, and the arrest of her husband.

Jason Lantz Fish, a 34-year-old from Weidman, was arrested by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department Monday morning on an open murder charge. Stephanie, a 34-year-old from Weidman, was found dead in the home she shared with Jason, located in the 900 block of North Rolland Road in Sherman Township.  The Isabella County Sheriff’s Department got a search warrant at around 3 a.m. Monday.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said they were able to locate Stephanie through several interviews with friends and family.

“It was a combination of several different factors. We got some information through those types of individuals as well as Jason Fish,” Mioduszewski said. “We had enough information to know that it wasn’t just a missing person case.”

According to a press release sent out by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, the arrest stems from a domestic dispute that took place Friday at the couple’s home.

“We do know that there were some issues between him and her,” Mioduszewski said. “We don’t know what sparked the problem Friday night. They had some marital problems, no question about that.”

Stephanie was last seen at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday at a friend’s house, Isabella County Sheriff Leo Moiduszewski said Sunday evening before Stephanie’s body was discovered.

“(Her friend) just said, ‘Hey I haven’t been able to get a hold of Stephanie,’” Mioduszewski said.

A .22 caliber rifle was taken as possible evidence in the case. The press release stated an autopsy for Stephanie will be scheduled for Monday or Tuesday. Mioduszewski said they cannot confirm the cause of death because the Michigan State Police Crime Lab is investigating the scene.

“The reason we don’t know for sure is we didn’t touch the body at all,” Mioduszewski said. “It appears there’s a good chance she might have sustained a gunshot.”

The case began as a missing persons investigation Sunday, when an Amber Alert was issued for the couple’s four-year-old son Brody Fish. Mioduszewski said Brody and Jason were located in Genessee County Sunday night by a deputy, who saw Jason’s green 2011 Ford Explorer at a rest area.

“He knew that was the Amber Alert vehicle. He made contact with both Jason Fish and Brody,” Mioduszewski said. “He indicated they were both fine, and Brody did not seem to be in any kind of distress.”

Jason was brought back to Mount Pleasant for questioning. Brody is currently staying with a relative. Mioduszewski said he is not sure where the child is going to end up.

“What’s going to happen is the courts are going to determine what’s going to be best for Brody in the long run,” Mioduszewski said. “Whether it’s a family member or some sort of placement.”

A press release from Isabella County Undersheriff John Tellis stated Jason Lantz Fish was arraigned at 3:30 pm Monday  in the 76^th Judicial District Court for the State of Michigan.

He is being held without bail on one count of homicide, open murder, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts of felony firearms.

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The woman, 34-year-old Stephanie Rochelle Fish, is a white female. She was last seen at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Friday at her friend’s house.

In a press release, the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department named Stephanie’s husband Jason Lantz Fish as a person of interest.

“(Her friend) just said, ‘Hey I haven’t been able to get a hold of Stephanie,’” said Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski. “We’ve got local law enforcement trying to locate him so we can figure out what is going on. Right now, we’re just treating it as missing person until we can determine if there has been a crime committed or they’re all safe.”

Their son, four-year-old Brody Fish, was also reported missing in an Amber Alert.

Central Dispatch said the Amber Alert for Brody was called off Sunday evening after the child was located with his father.

No other updates were available.

Anyone with knowledge of Stephanie Fish is encouraged to contact the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department at 989-772-5911 or the Isabella County Central Dispatch at 989-773-1000.

According to a press release from the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department, information was received on Thursday about a subject possibly selling marijuana. A search warrant was obtained Friday morning for Nelsen’s house.

Recovered from the 58-year-old man’s home were 56 Vicodin pills, 2.1 pounds of packaged marijuana, a 12-gauge shotgun with shells and vehicle picks for gaining entry into vehicles.

Nelsen is charged with delivery/manufacture of a schedule 3 controlled substance, a 7-year felony, and delivery/manufacture of marijuana, a four-year felony.

“It’s not uncommon for the sheriff’s department to arrest people for delivery of marijuana,” Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said.

He was also charged with a two-year felony for the possession of the shotgun, a one-year misdemeanor for possession of marijuana and a 90-day misdemeanor for the possession of the vehicle pick.

Isabella County Undersheriff John Tellis said marijuana cases are pretty common, and a lot of people who use and distribute marijuana are in violation of state law.

“Marijuana is a very common drug, and we see a lot of that,” Tellis said. “I think there’s a ready market for marijuana. I think the Michigan (Medical) Marihuana Act that was passed recently has clouded the rules in terms of what’s legal and what’s not legal. That would explain why it’s a fairly common thing we see a lot of.”

The press release states Nelsen was arraigned in the 76th Trial Court. His bond was set at $50,000 cash or surety. Nelsen remains in the Isabella County Jail.

Nicholas Corniuk, a 20-year-old sophomore from Cadillac, was transported by ambulance to Central Michigan Community Hospital for injury treatments after being stabbed during a fight at around 3 a.m. at 3400 E. Deerfield Road.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said it is very rare for a stabbing crime to happen in Isabella County.

“As far as the stabbing goes, it is very, very unusual,” Mioduszewski said.

According to a press release sent out by Isabella County Undersheriff John Tellis, Corniuk told police he and his friends were driving near Deerfield Road when a car behind them began flashing its headlights.

Both Corniuk and the car behind pulled over to the side of the road.

The two occupants of the car behind Corniuk got out of their car and walked toward Corniuk as he got out of the car. Once the two suspects were within close range of Corniuk, they proceeded to fight Corniuk and knocked him to the ground.

The press release stated once the fight ended, Corniuk noticed blood dripping down from his left arm. He became disoriented and was driven by one of the car’s occupants to Deerfield Village Apartments, 3516 E. Deerfield Road.

After telling the police what happened, Corniuk was taken to the hospital.

While the deputies were investigating the area, officers from Central Michigan University Police Department stopped what Tellis described as a mid-sized, Pontiac G6 with two people in it. The two were later identified as the suspects responsible for the stabbing.

Both suspects were taken to the Isabella County Jail for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder.

Tellis said the two suspects’ identities were not released since they have not been arraigned yet.

“This a very serious assault. More serious than most (of) the assaults that we respond to,” Tellis said. “That is pretty high up on the scale. It is outside the norm.”

Tellis said he doesn’t understand the suspects’ motives and believes it was a random act of violence.

“I don’t believe the suspects and the victim knew each other,” Tellis said. “Nothing indicates that they had any knowledge of one another.”

The MSA elected Mioduszewski to act as Secretary-Treasurer on its Board of Directors beginning in January 2012.

“I’m very happy and honored to help form legislation to help keep officers safe in the field,” Mioduszewski said.

Mioduszewski said his inspiration to join the MSA came from his fellow deputies who encouraged him to represent their interests, while working with the Michigan House of Representatives in their creation of new legislation.

Such legislation can directly affect officers in the field of duty, he said.

“I’d like to accomplish funding issues with the state to establish payment plans that ensure realistic budgets for our jail systems,” he said.

According to the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department website, Mioduszewski has over 22 years of law enforcement experience and is a graduate the FBI National Academy and the National Sheriff’s Institute. He has also earned an Advanced Police Training certificate from the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards.

He is a trained K-9 Handler and has been for eight years with K-9 Lizzy. Additionally, Mioduszewski is active in many professional associations such as the National Sheriff’s Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

He is active in community clubs including the Mount Pleasant Kiwanis Club, the Mount Pleasant Optimist Club, Mount Pleasant Lions Club and the Mount Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce.

Detective Sgt. David Patterson of the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department said Mioduszewski tries to be a voice for all officers around the state.

“He believes in training and educating officers in Michigan in order to ensure safety for both officers and citizens alike,” Patterson said. “He’s always looking out for all officers and he’s well-liked around the state. Leo was a good choice for the position.”

“The Board of Directors represents the core values of this organization,” said Michigan Sheriffs’ Association Executive Director Terrence L. Jungel. “Their leadership comes at an important time in the association’s and state’s history, when all of our budgets have been stretched to the breaking point. Their contributions will continue to have an impact for years to come.”

The oath of office for the board was administered by Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Young at the MSA’s Fall Training Conference.

The Michigan Sheriffs’ Association is the oldest law enforcement organization in Michigan. It was established in 1877 to represent the state’s 83 elected Sheriffs.

The bill is part of a new package of three bills, passed in the Michigan Senate Oct. 4 and is waiting on a vote by the Michigan House of Representatives.

“After having 31 years in police work, I saw firsthand the victims of violent crimes,” said Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge. “I want Michigan residents to have another way to protect themselves.”

If the legislation passes, Michigan would join 43 states that allow citizens to carry Tasers, Jones said.

The bill passed in the senate with a lot of bipartisan support with a vote of 35-3, he said.

Carrying a Taser has been banned in Michigan since 1976, with the exception of police and correctional officers.

The bill includes restrictions on when a Taser could be used. The only times a citizen could use a Taser against another person would be in cases when their life is in immediate danger, if someone is causing a person great bodily harm and in defense against rape, Jones said.

“If they can carry a firearm as long as they have a proper permit, I don’t see how this will become a huge problem,” said Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski.  “My understanding is that the Tasers will not be providing as much of a shock as police Tasers.”

The same laws that applies to handguns, will apply to Tasers as well, Jones said.

If a citizen purchases a Taser, he or she needs to have a clean background check and complete an eight-hour concealed weapons course, Jones said.

“I saw a lot of support for the bill,” Jones said. “Many women said they agree with the legislation and there was a lot of bipartisan support.”

Jones said that there isn’t a good common sense argument against the legislation, since Tasers replace bullets with electricity.

Mioduszewski said Tasers deliver .02-.04 amps of electricity and have one to two joules of power. A vacuum provides 12 amps of electricity and 300 joules of power, he said.

“The voltage isn’t what’s important,” he said. “The ampage is what kills.”

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said the accident happened about 1:38 p.m. on E. River Road.

Karen Reeves was driving a U.S. Postal Service truck when Patrick Murphy attempted to pass her. When Reeves tried to make a left turn on Stoney Creek Lane, Murphy’s Chevrolet Silverado pickup collided with the U.S. Postal Service truck.

“The mail carrier was westbound and was either trying to make a left turn or u-turn,” he said. “While she was making the turn, a westbound Chevy Silverado hit the driver side of the mail carrier’s vehicle.”

According to a press release from the Isabella County Sheriff’s office Reeves was ejected from her vehicle as it overturned. Both Reeves and  Murphy were transported to Central Michigan Community Hospital, 1221 S. Drive, by Mobile Medical Response.  Reeves was then flown by Aero Med to Spectrum Health Systems in Grand Rapids as a result of head trauma.