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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Luce County, Michigan, has about 6,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Luce County Sheriff's Office 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 Luce 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: Luce County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Luce County
The Luce County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Luce County. It reported 94 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Luce County: the Luce County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests The Luce County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Luce County Sheriff's Office: 94 for 2025, 64 for 2024, 66 for 2023, 71 for 2022, 48 for 2021 and 51 for 2020.
The Luce County Sheriff's Office's 94 arrests in 2025 were up 47 percent from 64 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Luce County Sheriff's Office reported 32 arrests, against 48 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Luce County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Luce County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Luce County Sheriff's Office at lucecountymi.com/sheriffs-department (page title: Sheriff's Department | luce-county), phone (906) 293-8431, 411 West Harrie Street Newberry, MI 49868, Monday- Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm, 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 Luce County
An arrest in Luce County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Luce County Circuit Court, kept by the County Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lucecountymi.com/prosecutor, phone (906) 293-3277).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courts.michigan.gov/publications/statistics-and-reports/performance... (page title: Luce County Court Records | Michigan Courts), belongs to a lower court, not to the Luce County Circuit Court.
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 Luce County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Luce County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (906) 293-8431.
- An arrest by the Luce 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) 293-3277, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Luce County Circuit Court it is kept by the County Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at courts.michigan.gov, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Luce County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Luce County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Luce County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Luce County each year?
The Luce County Sheriff's Office reported 94 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Luce County?
Ask the Luce County Sheriff's Office at (906) 293-8431; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lucecountymi.com/sheriffs-department.
Where are people arrested in Luce County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Luce County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Luce 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 Luce County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Luce 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 Luce 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.