Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
BESSEMER — An Ironwood Township man who had a standoff with police officers last year pleaded guilty to two felonies in Gogebic County Circuit Court last week.
Leonard John Hellier, 49, pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon — or felonious assault — Nov. 6 as part of a plea agreement.
The agreement calls for Hellier’s sentence be limited to probation and the time served since his May 16, 2017, arrest.
Hellier was taken into custody after a standoff at his Vanderhagen Road property, north of Airport Road.
The rou...
