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, April 13, 2026: 8:34 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Free Soil Road west of Larson Road, Meade Township. Tuesday, April 14, 2026: 5:40 p.m., (Ludington Police Department) a 25-year-old…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 52-year-old Fountain man was arrested after he was found to be in possession of over 28 grams of suspected methamphetamine following a traffic stop Thursday, April 16, at 9:55 p.m. on US 10 near Stiles Road, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. He was charged with possession with intent to deliver meth and was lodged in…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old Scottville man, who was walking along US 10 near the US 31 freeway with a 9 mm pistol in his waistband and suspected fentanyl, was arrested Thursday, April 16, around 1:15 p.m. after Mason County sheriff’s deputies stopped him, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The man, who was wanted on warrants, was charged with…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — April 16, 2026, marks seven years since William and Denita Buchanan’s 32-year-old son, Billy, was murdered, and the man who was accused of killing him remains free. “We’re going into the seventh year, and we’re no further than the day it happened,” said Denita. The murder, assault and weapon charges against Corey Ryan Beekman,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 41-year-old Mason County man was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court by Judge Susan K. Sniegowski Tuesday, April 14, to 28 months to seven and a half years in prison after burning down a camper trailer. Brandon Joseph LeClair, 41, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree arson, aggravated stalking and second-offense habitual offender,…
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