March 4, 2025

GW:  I spoke to the main ranger for campgrounds such as Ess Lake, Avery Lake and others in the northern Lower Peninsula about such crimes in his jurisdiction.  They got their man, too.  Surveillance cameras:  not just for hunting anymore.  Mr. Spitzley now becomes the most recent entry into my shameful “poachers” category.

An Eaton County man is scheduled for an upcoming circuit court appearance in Luce County on 13 charges, including a dozen felonies, stemming from an investigation into state forest campground pay pipe thefts that occurred over the past two years.

Justyn Mark Spitzley, 36, of Sunfield was arrested on a 13-count warrant and arraigned Feb. 14 in Luce County District Court. He is charged with felony larceny of $1,000 to $20,000, 11 felony counts of breaking and entering a coin-operated device and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked license. Read more