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Police news, posted July 8, 2024

July 8, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Thursday, July 4, 2024: 5:20 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 47-year-old Niles woman was arrested for larceny after a report of a stolen bicycle at Stearns Park, City of Ludington. She was lodged in…

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Racist words spray painted on Bass Lake outlet signs

July 3, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a damaged property complaint involving “racist words spray painted on signs at the Bass Lake outlet” at Mack Road and North Avenue, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The vandalism was reported Tuesday,…

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Driver injured when car hits deer

July 2, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — An 18-year-old Ludington woman received “non-life-threatening injuries” when the vehicle was driving collided with a deer on Pere Marquette Highway north of Kinney Road Monday at 10 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The following is other…

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Motorcyclist injured after vehicle attempts U-turn

July 1, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Fenton, Michigan man received minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash after a vehicle attempted a U-turn in front of him as he rode his motorcycle northbound on Lakeshore Drive near Bradshaw Road Sunday, June 30, shortly before…

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Woman pleads to 2021 murder, arson, animal killing/torturing

June 28, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON – A 43-year-old Chippewa County woman pleaded “no contest” in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, June 25, to second-degree murder, first-degree arson and two counts of second-degree, killing/torturing animals. The victim, Jeffrey Grant, 57, died during a house fire at 3746 N. Morse Rd., Sheridan Township, on Nov. 22, 2021. The fire was…

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