BARAGA (AP) — A Michigan man can't go home again — maybe for as long as nine years.
The unusual restriction was upheld last week by a federal appeals court. When Eugene Rantanen is released from prison this year, he can't step foot in his home county, Baraga County, while on probation.
Rantanen admits that Baraga in the Upper Peninsula isn't a good place for him to deal with addiction problems. He doesn't want to live there, but he objects to being banished for years.
Rantanen says he won't be able to visit his elderly mother or attend funerals and family events. He's a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community.
Federal Judge Paul Maloney said he might revisit Rantanen's supervised release after five years.
- Posted April 03, 2017
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Man barred for years from visiting county in Upper Michigan
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