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A Gwinn woman is in custody after allegedly attempting to break into a Forsyth Township home with an axe.
Police say 46-year-old Joie Lee Graves damaged a window, picked up an axe, and tried to chop her way into the residence of a male subject who refused to let her in.
The incident happened Saturday morning at around 2:00.
When police arrived, they found Graves reaching through a hole she had made in the door.
Graves was arrested and taken to the Marquette County Jail without incident.
She is charged with malicious destruction of property to a building and illegal entry.
Both of these charges are misdemeanors.
