LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: Dillon James Swinney, 26, pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to third-offense operating while intoxicated, driving while license suspended and transporting an open intoxicant in a vehicle and was sentenced March 24 to concurrent terms of 30 months to 20 years in prison with credit for 298 days…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Thursday, March 26, 2026: 3:12 a.m., a 21-year-old Ludington man was arrested for domestic violence following a 911 call reporting a disturbance, Wildwood Crossing, Amber Township. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail. 3:14…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 43-year-old Scottville man faces 12 felony counts in two separate criminal cases involving child abuse and assault. Michael Reece Herndon was recently arraigned on eight of those charges in Mason County’s 79th District Court: two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder; two counts of second-degree…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The 31-year-old Wellston man who was tackled by a Mason County sheriff’s deputy to stop him from allegedly fleeing from police Wednesday, March 25, was arraigned on seven charges in Mason County’s 79th District Court. Joseph Wade Conrad is charged with felonies of third-degree fleeing and eluding police, assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and possession of…
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 23, 2026: 7:34 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 and Brye Road, Amber Township. 8:40 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road north of Sugar Grove…
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