Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Rick sentenced to life in Saxon murder-arson

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY - Donald Rick agreed Thursday morning he shouldn't be eligible for parole in the 2016 fire that destroyed the Bear Trap Inn, killing Lisa Waldros, of Kimball.

"If I was you, I'd give me no choice, either," Rick told Judge Patrick Madden, who sentenced him to a mandatory life sentence, without the possibility of parole.

Madden could have made Rick eligible for extended supervision, or parole, after 20 years in prison or thereafter, but denied that option, citing the "heinous" nature of the crime.

Rick, 45, had previously pleaded guilty to ki...

 
 
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