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Dog owner ticketed for dog bite

May 13, 2025

LUDINGTON — A 64-year-old Ludington man was cited Monday, May 12, shortly before 8 a.m. by Ludington police after his dog bit another person in the 300 block of North Ferry Street, said Ludington Police Chief Christopher Jones. “The subject’s dog had bitten a person who had passed on the sidewalk,” said Chief Jones. The man was also cited for…

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Weekend police news, published May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

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: Friday, May 9, 2025: 1 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Lakeshore Drive north of Jagger Road, Hamlin Township. 7:10 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of…

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Woman sent to prison for meth delivery/manufacturing

May 9, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old woman was sentenced to four to 30 years in prison for delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 6. Danielle Renae Perow pleaded “no contest” Feb. 25, 2025 to delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine. In a second criminal file, Perow pleaded “no contest” Dec. 17, 2024 to delivery/manufacture of…

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79th District Court arraignments, published May 9, 2025

May 9, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Leobardo Olivarez-Alpizar, 53; assault with intent to murder; arrested May 4 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned May 5; preliminary hearing: May 21; bail: $500,000 cash. READ related story here -Ryan Steven Brock, 44; second-degree home invasion and possession of a…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, published May 9, 2025

May 9, 2025

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Brett Fredrick Portman, 66, pleaded guilty March 11 to three counts of breaking and entering with intent and was sentenced May 6 to one year in jail with credit for 155 days served; five years probation; $1,479.27 in restitution; and $794 in fines and costs.…

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