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Man arrested for strangulation assault of father

April 15, 2024

  The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 34-year-old Free Soil man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies on a charge of assault by strangulation and for an outstanding warrant following a 911 call reporting an assault between a father and son Sunday, April 14,…

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Ludington man arrested for assault by strangulation

April 12, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — A 41-year-old Ludington man was arrested for assault by strangulation in the 200 block of Loomis Street Thursday, April 11, shortly after 11:30 p.m., according to Cpt. Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police Department. The man was also wanted on an…

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Police news, posted April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Wednesday, April 10, 2024: 8:53 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), two-vehicle rear-end crash, US 31 south of Forest Trail, Free Soil Township. A 34-year-old Fountain woman received non-life-threatening injuries after the vehicle she was operating…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Sebastian Aaron-James Cooper, 19, pleaded guilty Feb. 13 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced April 9 to six months in jail with credit for 116 days served; two years probation; and $598 in fines and costs. Cooper was sentenced to a current term of 120…

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Defense moves for dismissal of charges in vehicular homicide case 

April 10, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The defense attorney representing a 59-year-old Grand Rapids man accused of running over his wife with a car and killing her made a motion in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 9, to dismiss the charges. “I ask the court to grant the motion and dismiss the charges,” said defense attorney Horia…

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