Wanted man arrested after fleeing Michigan State Police near Traverse City

Michigan State Police say a traffic stop on US-31 near Kozy Court in Green Lake Township turned into a brief fugitive chase when Jeffery Boyer, 41, of Birch Run, ran from troopers and was later arrested. Boyer was already wanted on an outstanding felony warrant before the stop began, and he now faces fleeing and eluding and resisting police charges.

Troopers from the Michigan State Police Traverse City Post stopped a Chevrolet SUV on May 30. When Boyer fled on foot, the enforcement stop shifted from a roadside check to a pursuit on one of Grand Traverse County’s busiest north-south corridors. Police said he was taken back into custody, keeping the incident from growing into a longer search across the area.

The stop landed in a stretch of road that is already carrying major construction and detour traffic. The Michigan Department of Transportation says its US-31 project covers nearly 7.8 miles from Sullivan Road in Green Lake Township to Reynolds Road in Inland Township and is part of a $32.5 million rebuild and safety effort. That makes the location especially familiar to drivers moving between Traverse City, Green Lake Township and points south into Benzie County.

The case also shows how the Michigan State Police works across the northern Lower Peninsula. The Traverse City Post operates under MSP’s Seventh District, which covers the region and handles enforcement along major county routes as well as state highways. In situations like this, a routine traffic stop can quickly become a warrant arrest when a wanted driver is already on officers’ radar.

MSP also directs residents to its mobile app for breaking news, arrests, traffic crashes and investigation updates from local posts. In this case, that broader system of patrol and public notification helped turn a roadside stop near Traverse City into a fast arrest on a wanted felony warrant.