MARQUETTE, MI-- Eight people who were arrested for trespassing at Governor Rick Snyder’s Northern Michigan office were sentenced Monday.
Last Wednesday ten people entered the Marquette office and refused to leave when it closed at 5 p.m. Two people left when threatened with arrest. State Police took the remaining eight into custody. They were cited with trespassing and released on their own recognizance.
Each person was ordered to pay $375 in fines and costs.
The group was at the office to protest Governor Snyder’s recent signing of a bill making Michigan a right-to-work state.
Those arrested are Todd Aschmitz, 48, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Susan Cameron, 50, of Manistique; Todd Flath, 44, of Escanaba; Michael Johnson, 45, of Escanaba; Janet Bea-Maslotti Joswiak, 65, of Marquette; William Joswiak, 65, of Marquette; Barbara Michael, 66, of Marquette; and Zelda Ziemer, 63, of Gwinn.
