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Police news, posted March 20, 2024

March 20, 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: Monday, March 18, 2024: 5:41 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township. 11:24 a.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, Fountain Road and US 31, Sherman Township. 2:56 p.m., (MCSO), larceny of…

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Woman sentenced to prison for delivery/manufacture of meth

March 20, 2024

LUDINGTON — A 51-year-old woman was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, March 12, to 51 months to 20 years in prison for a two-count felony conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine, according to court records. Billie Jo Phillion received credit for one day served in jail and was ordered to pay $266 in fines and costs. Phillion pleaded guilty…

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Man with 9 prior felonies, 11 misdemeanors sent back to prison

March 19, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old man was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison for a conviction of bringing contraband into a jail/prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Jaydee Vernon Lafreniere pleaded guilty to the charge, Jan. 30, and admitted that he brought fentanyl into the jail. In exchange for the…

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Man sentenced to 15-40 years in prison for molesting two girls

March 19, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — A 57-year-old man convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct was sentenced to 15-40 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Joseph Fredrick Pereira pleaded no contest, Jan. 17. Before Judge Susan K. Sniegowski handed down the sentence, the court heard a victim statement from the mother…

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Teen faces jail for knife assault

March 19, 2024

LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old woman pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder/strangulation and assault with a dangerous weapon/felonious assault in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Justyce Victoria Gillespie faces a seven-month jail term for the convictions, said Mason County Assistant Prosecutor Beth Hand. The maximum penalty for strangulation is 10…

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