ANOKA COUNTY, MN - An Upper Peninsula firefighter who is being held responsible for the deaths of two of his fellow firefighters is now facing additional charges. Micheal Allen Johnson of Baraga is said to be the man behind the wheel on August 27th, 2016, when the Beartown Fire Department bus he was driving suddenly struck the median, killing Alan Schwartz, 25, and James Shelifoe Jr., 23.
A Michigan firefighter is facing additional charges in a Minnesota crash that killed two of his colleagues last year.
Micheal Allen Johnson, 28, originally faced two charges of criminal vehicular homicide, but is now facing 10 felony counts. The charges were recently added after his toxicology report, which revealed that Johnson had cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system, was returned and reviewed by the Anoka County Prosecutor’s Office.