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Repeat offender sentenced to prison for meth

September 3, 2026

LUDINGTON — A 50-year-old man was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison for a conviction of methamphetamine/ecstasy possession Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Justin Charles Knapp was prosecuted as a fourth-offense habitual offender, court records show. Judge Susan K. Sniegowski gave Knapp credit for 192 days served in jail and ordered $198 in fines…

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Thief/thieves break into cabin, steal boat from Tallman Lake

September 3, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering of a cabin in the 2100 block of Tallman Lake Road that was reported Wednesday, Sept. 2, around 9 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The complainant reported…

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Man sentenced to prison for armed robbery conspiracy

September 3, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old man was sentenced to a minimum of 80 months (six and two thirds years) to a maximum of 15 years for a conviction of conspiracy to commit armed robbery in Mason County’s 51 Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 1. Tyler Austin Hendrickson pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit armed robbery and…

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Driver jailed for causing girlfriend to fall out of truck

September 3, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old man was sentenced to seven months in jail for a conviction of reckless driving causing serious impairment‎ in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 1. Garrett Allen Michels pleaded no contest, June 30, to the felony charge after a female passenger, 45-year-old Tina Davis, fell out of the pickup truck…

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Cocaine possession, domestic violence arrests top police activity

September 1, 2026

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 Monday, Aug. 31, 2026: 7:44 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Millerton Road, Sherman Township. 8:32 a.m., a 53-year-old Ludington woman turned herself in to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office on an…

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