Woman pulled over in stolen car during traffic stop.

Woman pulled over in stolen car during traffic stop.

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BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Fountain woman was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle when she was pulled over by the Michigan State Police during a traffic stop Friday, May 27, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.

“The vehicle was pulled over on an unrelated traffic stop by MSP, and the vehicle was impounded the night before the reported theft,” said Cole. The vehicle was reported stolen Saturday, May 28, shortly before 3 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Goff Road. A report will be forwarded to the Mason County Prosecutor’s Office for review.

Other police activity in Mason County over the weekend includes:

Friday, May 27, 2022:

• 5:32 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Mavis Road, Sherman Township.
• 6:10 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Chauvez Road west of Stiles Road, Riverton Township.
• 8:27 a.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township.
• 10:27 a.m., (MCSO), damaged property, 100 block of North Nelson Road, Pere Marquette Township. The complainant reported six air conditioning units were damaged.
• 11:10 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive south of King Road, Pere Marquette Township.
• 12:15 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 34-year-old Manistee man was arrested for driving while license revoked, US 10, Amber Township.
• ​3:14 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), ​a 34-year-old Byron Center man was cited for driving while license suspended, Ludington Avenue and Jackson Street, City of Ludington.​
• 5:26 p.m,. (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 31 off-ramp to US 10, Amber Township.
• 7 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 west of Stiles Road, Amber Township.
• 7:35 p.m,. (MCSO), a 32-year-old Shelby man was arrested on an outstanding failure to appear warrant issued in Oceana County, Pere Marquette Highway and Wallace Lane, Pere Marquette Township.
• 10:44 p.m,. (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Masten Road north of Deren Road, Logan Township.

Saturday, May 28, 2022:

• 11:29 a.m., (MCSO), a 31-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a Mason County warrant for methamphetamine possession, 6800 block of Maple Street, Hamlin Township.
• 2:05 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 west of Brye Road, Amber Township.
• 5:56 p.m,. (LPD), ​a 33-year-old Custer woman was cited for disorderly conduct — public intoxication, 300 block of West Filer Street​, City of Ludington.
• 6:28 p.m., (MCSO), gas drive-off, $20.02 in fuel stolen, Airport Shell, 5400 block of West US 10, Pere Marquette Township.
• 9:45 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of Meisenheimer Road, Summit Township. 

Sunday, May 29, 2022:

• ​1:11 a.m., (LPD), a 35-year-old New Era man was arrested for driving while intoxicated, ​US 10 and Nelson Road​, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
• 5:30 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury US 10 east of Schoenherr Road, Branch Township.
• 8:36 a.m,. (LPD), a 35-year-old Chicago man was cited for driving without a license, Ludington Avenue and James Street, City of Ludington.
• 1:26 p.m,. (MCSO), larceny, 4800 block of South Brye Road, Riverton Township. The complainant reported a battery stolen from a camper trailer.

Monday, May 30, 2022:

• 11:13 a.m., (MCSO), the complainant reported that his vehicle was damaged while parked in a parking lot, 5300 block of West US 10, Pere Marquette Township.
• 11:19 a.m., (MCSO), gas drive-off, $32.57 in fuel stolen, Ludington EZ Mart, 5900 block of West US 10, Pere Marquette Township.
• 2:56 p.m.,  (MCSO), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township.
• 3:39 p.m., (MCSO), a 28 year-old Muskegon woman was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop, and a passenger — a 41-year-old Muskegon man — was arrested on four outstanding criminal bench warrants issued by the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office, Sugar Grove Road near Gordon Road, Victory Township.

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