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Motorcyclist who led police on high-speed chase receives delayed sentence 

March 12, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor  LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Custer woman who led police on a high-speed chase with a motorcycle last fall received an 11-month delayed sentence in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 10. Katlin Marie Hammond pleaded guilty Jan. 13 to two felony counts of third-degree fleeing a police officer and a misdemeanor of reckless driving,…

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Police news, published March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, March 9, 2026: 7 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road north of Freeman Road, Free Soil Township. 7:09 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle rear-end crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway…

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Habitual offender sentenced to prison

March 11, 2026

LUDINGTON — A 52-year-old man was sentenced to two to 30 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 10, for convictions of methamphetamine/ecstasy possession, felony firearm, receiving and concealing stolen property $1,000-$20,000 and fourth-offense habitual offender, according to court records. Benjamin Carl Meyer pleaded no contest to the charges, Jan. 13. Two additional counts of felony…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, published March 11, 2026

March 11, 2026

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced Tuesday, March, 10, in  Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: Cora Jean Libby, 57, pleaded guilty Jan. 13 to methamphetamine/ecstasy possession and and third-offense habitual offender was sentenced March 10 to one year in jail with credit for seven days served; three years probation; and $398 in fines and costs. She was found guilty of…

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Investigation into tugboat worker’s death turned over to coast guard, OSHA

March 9, 2026

LUDINGTON — The investigation into the death of a maintenance worker following an industrial accident on a docked tugboat, March 2, has been turned over to the U.S. Coast Guard and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Mark Allen died at Corewell Health Ludington Hospital following the accident on the articulated tug/barge Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 while it was docked at…

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