Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Sentencing moved back in Iron murder-arson case

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — The Donald Rick sentencing hearing in the Bear Trap murder-arson case has been changed from today to June 1 at 10 a.m.

Rick, 45, of Saxon, admitted to murdering Lisa Waldros of Kimball in the fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn in Saxon on March 12, 2016, and will be sentenced in Iron County Court.

Rick previously entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder and five additional counts were dismissed, but will be read into the record at the sentencing hearing.

A jury trial had been scheduled, but Rick gave up that right with his guilty...

 
 
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