Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Baraga County, Michigan, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Baraga County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Baraga County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Baraga County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Baraga County
The Baraga County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Baraga County. It reported 38 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- L'Anse, 1,916 residents: 23 arrests reported for 2025.
- Baraga, 1,795 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2020.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Baraga County: the Baraga County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Baraga County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Baraga County Sheriff's Office: 38 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 1 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- L'Anse: 23 for 2025 and 0 for 2020; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Baraga: 0 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 61 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 38 in 2025 against 6 in 2024.
Through September 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 54 arrests, against 49 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Baraga County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Baraga County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 14 people, down from about 23 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 26 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Baraga County Sheriff's Office at misheriff.org/sheriffs-offices/baraga-county (page title: Baraga County | Michigan Sheriffs’ Association), phone (906) 524-6100, 940 US Highway 41 L’Anse, MI 49946, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Baraga County
An arrest in Baraga County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Baraga County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at courts.michigan.gov/search/?searchQuery=baraga); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at baragacounty.org/government/departments/prosecuting-attorney, phone (906) 524-6100).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Baraga County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Baraga County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (906) 524-6100.
- An arrest in L'Anse or Baraga: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Baraga County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (906) 524-6100, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Baraga County Circuit Court, through the court records page at courts.michigan.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Baraga County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Baraga County: L'Anse and Baraga.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Baraga County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Baraga County each year?
The Baraga County Sheriff's Office reported 38 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 61 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Baraga County?
Ask the Baraga County Sheriff's Office at (906) 524-6100; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at misheriff.org/sheriffs-offices/baraga-county.
Where are people arrested in Baraga County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Baraga County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Baraga County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Baraga County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Baraga County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Baraga County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.