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LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Daniel Joe Hoadley, 60, pleaded guilty Sept. 2, 2025 to third-offense operating while intoxicated and was sentenced Feb. 17, 2026 to 30 days in jail with credit for 12 days served; three years probation; and $1,108 in fines and costs. – Tiera Leigh Pierce, 45,…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026: 8:02 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Free Soil Road west of Tubbs Road, Free Soil Township. 9:17 a.m., two-vehicle hit-and-run crash, no injury, Main Street south of Broadway Avenue,…
LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old man was sentenced to prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Feb. 17, for two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of child sexually abusive activity. Adelio Cuate-Hernandez pleaded guilty to the charges Dec. 16, 2025. Hernandez was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Susan K. Sniegowski to concurrent prison terms of 126…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 20-year-old Fountain man was arrested on a felony charge of assault by strangulation following a 911 call reporting a fight Monday, Feb. 16, shortly after 10:32 a.m. in the 4000 block of North Stephens Road, said Mason County Sheriff…
LUDINGTON — A jury trial that began in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, Feb. 9, continues this week for 33-year-old Evan Lee Fargo who faces two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. “This trial has not yet concluded — it continues this week before the court,” said Press Secretary Danny Wimmer of the Michigan State Attorney General’s Office Tuesday afternoon,…
