Weekend police news, published Oct. 20, 2025

October 20, 2025

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The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend:

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025:

  • 2:10 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 west of US 31, Amber Township.
  • 6:49 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 21-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a warrant following a disturbance call in the Pineway Apartments, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 1:24 p.m. (LPD), a 37-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a warrant, 700 block of North Delia Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 3:56 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, with injury, US 31 and Sugar Grove Road, Sherman Township. A 27-year-old Branch woman received non-life-threatening injuries after she pulled from the Sugar Grove Road stop sign and into the path of a northbound pickup truck.
  • 6 p.m., (MCSO), a 30-year-old Scottville man was arrested after he was observed by deputies with a female subject who the man was not to be with as part of a court-ordered bond condition, Mason County Central School, City of Scottville.
  • 7:50 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle rollover crash, with serious injuries, Chauvez Road west of Morton Road, Riverton Township.
  • 9:14 p.m., (LPD), a 72-year-old Ludington man was arrested for transporting open intoxicants, urinating in public and for a warrant following an incident near the intersection of James and Foster streets, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 11:42 p.m., (MCSO),  alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township.

Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025:

  • 2:32 a.m., (LPD), a 22-year-old Eastlake man, a 23-year-old Manistee man and a 23-year-old Ludington woman were cited for possession of open intoxicants in a vehicle following a traffic stop near Foster and Harrison streets, City of Ludington. 
  • 6:16 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, First Street west of Reinberg Road, Amber Township.
  • 9:45 a.m., (MCSO), a 66-year-old Hart man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County probation violation warrant, Pere Marquette Highway and Oceana Drive, Summit Township.
  • 1:43 p.m., (LPD), a 33-year-old Ludington man was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop near Lakeshore Drive and Loomis Street, City of Ludington.
  • 2:12 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, Peterson Road north of Fisher Road, Victory Township.
  • 5:09 p.m., (MCSO), larceny theft of lumber and building materials, 11000 block of North Zip Road, Grant Township.

Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025:

  • Midnight, (LPD), a 29-year-old Ludington man was arrested for a parole violation following a call of a disturbance, 300 block of West Filer Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 7:51 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Scottville Road south of Meisenheimer Road, Eden Township.
  • 3:54 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 west of Stiles Road, Amber Township.

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