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January 28, 2006
Sgt. Mike Lamb of the Leelanau County Sheriff’s Department walks into the Leland Public School Friday afternoon. The school, empty of students due to teacher in-service training, was still in lockdown as authorities searched for a student who allegedly attempted to abduct a fellow Leland High student from her home on Thursday night. Police seeking armed youthLeland student allegedly tried to abduct girl
Kinske
"I moved up here from Detroit and people would say, 'Why are you locking your doors?'" said Gene Golab. Golab lives on Lime Lake Road in Cleveland Township, near where an armed teenager allegedly attempted to abduct a Leland High School classmate from her home late Thursday. "Well, from now on I'm being extra careful," Golab said. Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Oltersdorf said Dean Michael Kinske, 18, of Suttons Bay, allegedly forced his way into the house on Lime Lake Road shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday carrying an AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle. Kinske remained at-large late Friday. Another area resident, Grace Novak, who has had her home burglarized, called the incident "scary." "It causes a lot of concern, makes you think about where you live, because we normally feel safe in our area," she said. Oltersdorf said Kinske, masked and dressed in full camouflage, held the women at gunpoint. He bound the mother in one room and allegedly prepared to abduct the girl. The girl recognized Kinske's voice and he pulled off his mask and spoke with her, Oltersdorf said. At about the same time, Oltersdorf said the girl's father returned home and the mother broke free. The parents confronted Kinske, who they said panicked and fled. Oltersdorf said it's believed Kinske could have at least one handgun as well as the assault rifle he purchased last week in Traverse City. The sheriff's department issued a national and state-wide alert. Leland School and Traverse Bay Intermediate School District's Career Tech Center, which Kinske also attended, were locked down on Friday while other area schools alerted staff and kept students in at recess. Leland High School was not in session Friday because of a teacher in-service day. School superintendent Michael Hartigan said classes will resume on Monday but doors will be locked, police will be present, and staff assigned to admit only students and parents. Classes at the Career Tech Center went on as scheduled Friday but police were present and all doors were locked. Oltersdorf, however, said he had reason to believe Kinske left the area and is now "well out of this region." Oltersdorf said Kinske had "no relationship prior to the incident" with the female student. He said they never dated nor had he ever harassed the girl. He declined to release the victims' names. Hartigan said Kinske, who transferred to Leland this year from Suttons Bay, had a normal circle of friends and no known conflicts or incidents of being harassed. It was the same at the Career Tech Center, Principal Jason Jeffrey said. Oltersdorf said until now Kinske didn't even have a traffic ticket. "This was a very serious and violent undertaking," Oltersdorf said. "That's the strange thing. There was no foreshadowing that this was to come." Police said Kinske is driving a red 1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport with U.S. Marine stickers in the rear window and on the rear bumper. Its Michigan license plate is ADW2026. "We want to resolve this with a safe ending," Oltersdorf said. "If anyone has any information where he might be, please call us at 231-256-8800." See related story:
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