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.
Roscommon County, Michigan, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Roscommon County Sheriff's Office, three 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 Roscommon 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: Roscommon County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Roscommon County
The Roscommon County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Roscommon County. It reported 222 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Roscommon County: the Roscommon County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Roscommon County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Roscommon County Sheriff's Office: 222 for 2025, 234 for 2024, 218 for 2023 and 187 for 2022.
- Richfield Township: 38 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 28 for 2022, 8 for 2021 and 8 for 2020.
- Gerrish Township: 18 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 37 for 2022, 25 for 2021 and 28 for 2020.
- Denton Township: 15 for 2025, 28 for 2024, 8 for 2023, 1 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 10 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 293 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 293 in 2025 against 312 in 2024, down 6.1 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 201 arrests, against 186 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Roscommon County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Roscommon 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.
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 46 people, down from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 96 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Roscommon County Sheriff's Office at roscommoncounty.net/199/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Roscommon County, MI), phone (989) 275-5101, 111 S. Second St Roscommon, MI 48653, Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm, 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 Roscommon County
An arrest in Roscommon County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Roscommon 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=roscommon); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at roscommoncounty.net/188/Prosecuting-Attorney, phone 989-275-5233).
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 Roscommon 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 Roscommon County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (989) 275-5101.
- An arrest by the Roscommon 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, 989-275-5233, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Roscommon 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 Roscommon County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Roscommon County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'. The FBI's list also carries the Gerrish Township Police Department, the Denton Township Police Department and Richfield Township Police Department, Roscommon County as city agencies in Roscommon County; Gerrish Township, Denton Township and Richfield Township are not among the cities above.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Roscommon County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Roscommon County each year?
The Roscommon County Sheriff's Office reported 222 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 293 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Roscommon County?
Ask the Roscommon County Sheriff's Office at (989) 275-5101; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at roscommoncounty.net/199/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Roscommon County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Roscommon County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Roscommon 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 Roscommon County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Roscommon 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 Roscommon 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.