CSC case for man facing 25-year mandatory minimum heads to trial By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old man facing multiple criminal sexual conduct (CSC) charges in three separate criminal cases is scheduled for a jury trial April 17-19. Bradley Curtis Drake faces a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term for first-degree CSC — victim under age 13. The maximum…
Woman sentenced to prison in vulnerable adult embezzlement case By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON – A 36-year-old Scottville woman convicted of embezzling from vulnerable adults who are wards of the court was sentenced to serve a minimum of nearly three years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 30. Jessica Michelle Englebrecht was also ordered to pay…
Inmate admits to bringing fentanyl into jail By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old Mason County Jail inmate faces a prison term after pleading guilty to bringing contraband into a prison/jail and fourth-offense habitual offender in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 30. The Michigan Department of Corrections is recommending a two to 10 year prison term for Jaydee…
Man arrested on several warrants during Walmart shoplifting investigation The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Mason County sheriff’s deputies investigated three separate shoplifting/retail fraud cases over the weekend at Walmart, located at 4854 West US 10. One retail fraud investigation yielded the arrest of a…
Scottville man arraigned on nine charges for trying to push deputy into passing logging truck and take his gun SCOTTVILLE — The 46-year-old Scottville man who nearly pushed a Mason County sheriff’s deputy into a passing logging semi-truck and tried to disarm him Thursday, Jan. 25, has been arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court on nine criminal charges, along…
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