Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

June 14 jury trial set in Bear Trap fire case

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — A jury trial has been scheduled for June 14 for a Saxon woman who’s charged with aiding a felon as a party to a crime in connection with the March 12 fire at the Bear Trap Inn that resulted in the death of Lisa Waldros.

The 12-person trial for Jessica Carli, 41, of Saxon, was scheduled Tuesday in Iron County Court. It’s planned for two days.

The count against Carli, of Church Street, is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or a $25,000 fine.

The criminal complaint alleges Carli knew Donald Rick had killed Waldros, of...