ESCANABA — A Gladstone man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault charges after being accused of holding a female against her will in April, then fleeing downstate. Hunter Grizz Gallagher, 24, and attorney Diane Kay-Hougaboom appeared virtually Monday in the 47th Circuit Court before Judge John Economopoulos for what originally was to be a final pre-trial conference. Delta County Prosecutor Lauren Wickman was present in court. Gallagher is currently lodged in the Delta County Correctional Facility.

As part of the plea agreement, Gallagher entered the guilty plea to kidnapping, punishable by life or any term of years in prison; assault with intent to due great bodily harm less than murder of by strangulation, punishable by up to 10 years; assault with a dangerous weapon, punishable b

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