An Eaton County man was sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay thousands in restitution and reimbursement for money he stole from state forest campgrounds last fall.
That case concluded just weeks after conservation officers arrested a Grayling man for a similar scheme following a multi-year investigation. Justyn Mark Spitzley, a 36-year-old from Sunfield, faced a restitution hearing in Luce County District Court recently after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of larceny between $1,000 and $20,000, and a misdemeanor for operating a vehicle on a suspended license.
Officers arrest two men for pay pipe thefts at Michigan campgrounds
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