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Kuopus sentenced for stalking, fleeing

HOUGHTON, MI--   A man who led Houghton Police on a high-speed chase in April has been sentenced. 

In a July deal Travis Kuopus, 27, pleaded guilty to fleeing a police officer and attempted stalking.  Charges of aggravated stalking and two counts of assaulting a police officer were dismissed. 

Wednesday Kuopus was sentenced to 12 months in jail with credit for 129 days already served. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.