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.
Tuscola County, Michigan, has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office, nine 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 Tuscola 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: Tuscola County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tuscola County
The Tuscola County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tuscola County. It reported 313 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside nine 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:
- Caro, 4,262 residents: 186 arrests reported for 2025.
- Vassar, 2,692 residents: 43 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cass City, 2,484 residents: 37 arrests reported for 2025.
- Reese, 1,261 residents: 2 arrests reported for 2025.
- Millington, 1,014 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mayville, 906 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Kingston, 393 residents: 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Akron, 368 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Gagetown, 318 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 Tuscola County: the Tuscola County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Tuscola 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.
- Tuscola County Sheriff's Office: 313 for 2025, 340 for 2024, 380 for 2023, 311 for 2022, 286 for 2021 and 244 for 2020.
- Caro: 186 for 2025, 192 for 2024, 240 for 2023, 257 for 2022, 204 for 2021 and 212 for 2020.
- Vassar: 43 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 26 for 2023, 18 for 2022, 32 for 2021 and 44 for 2020.
- Cass City: 37 for 2025, 68 for 2024, 33 for 2023, 20 for 2022, 24 for 2021 and 14 for 2020.
- Kingston: 9 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 4 for 2023, 10 for 2022, 10 for 2021 and 10 for 2020.
- Reese: 2 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 3 for 2022, 1 for 2021, 2 for 2020 and 3 for 2019; 2023 is missing months.
- Millington: 1 for 2025, 6 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 5 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 3 for 2020.
- Akron: 0 for 2025, 1 for 2024, 1 for 2021, 4 for 2020 and 11 for 2019; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Mayville: 0 for 2025, 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Gagetown: 0 for 2020 and 0 for 2019.
Together, the nine agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 591 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 591 in 2025 against 650 in 2024, down 9.1 percent.
Through May 2026, the seven agencies with every month so far on file reported 261 arrests, against 238 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tuscola County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscola 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 46 people, down from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 92 beds, and it ran at 87 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 Tuscola County Sheriff's Office at tuscolacounty.org/sheriff/visit.php (page title: Tuscola County Sheriff's Office), 420 Court St. STE 1 Caro, MI 48723, 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 Tuscola County
An arrest in Tuscola County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tuscola County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at micourt.courts.michigan.gov/CourtDisplay/Display/public/nVOyoxVU0E-...); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at tuscolacounty.org/prosecutor, phone 989-672-3900).
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 Tuscola 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 Tuscola County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Caro, Vassar, Cass City, Reese, Millington, Mayville or another of the cities listed above: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Tuscola 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, 989-672-3900, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tuscola County Circuit Court, through the court records page at micourt.courts.michigan.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Tuscola County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for nine of the 11 cities in Tuscola County: Caro, Vassar, Cass City, Reese, Millington, Mayville, Kingston, Akron and Gagetown. Fairgrove and Unionville have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Tuscola County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tuscola County each year?
The Tuscola County Sheriff's Office reported 313 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the nine agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 591 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tuscola County?
Ask the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tuscolacounty.org/sheriff/visit.php.
Where are people arrested in Tuscola County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tuscola 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 Tuscola County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tuscola 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 Tuscola 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.