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Case against man accused of assault with intent to murder deputy heads to trial

April 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The 46-year-old Scottville man accused of nearly pushing a Mason County sheriff’s deputy into a passing logging semi truck and trying to disarm him last January appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 9, for a pretrial. Joshuea Michael Boger faces nine criminal charges, along with a third-offense habitual offender notice.…

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LPD handles warrant arrests

April 9, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Ludington Police Department Monday, April 8, 2024: 7:34 p.m., a 56-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a failure to appear warrant issued by the 79th District Court, 400 block First Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged…

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Man, 73, seriously injured in ORV rollover crash

April 8, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — A 73-year-old Free Soil man received “serious, but non-life-threatening injuries” after the ORV he was operating rolled over during a crash Saturday, April 6, around 3:30 p.m. in the 9500 block of North Tuttle Road, according to Mason County…

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Police news, posted April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, April 4, 2024: 8:21 a.m., ​a 33-year-old Scottville man was arrested for methamphetamine possession and operating without a license following a traffic stop, First Street and Gordon Road, Amber Township. 4:45 p.m.,…

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Woman reportedly ‘nodding off’ in parking lot arrested for heroin, meth possession

April 4, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Ludington woman was arrested on charges of heroin and methamphetamine possession Wednesday, April 3, shortly after 8:30 p.m. ​following a 911 call requesting a wellbeing check of a female in a vehicle who appeared to be “nodding off”…

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