Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Township man gets 25 years for sex crime

By RICHARD JENKINS

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BESSEMER - Jason Elliot Irvine will spend the next 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor after he was sentenced in Gogebic County Circuit Court Wednesday.

"What you did, sir, is heinous. It's despicable and you are a monster - and you should be punished for that. You will be punished for that," Judge Michael Pope said as he imposed his sentence.

Irvine, 47, of Ironwood Township, received sentences of between 25 to 100 years on each of the two first-degree criminal sexual conduct charges he pleaded guilty to.

Irvine's plea agreement st...