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Man pleads ‘no contest’ to attempted child abuse.

January 17, 2019

Man pleads ‘no contest’ to attempted child abuse. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON – A 29-year-old Victory Township man faces a one-year jail term after pleading “no contest” to attempted second-degree child abuse in 51st Circuit Court Thursday, Jan. 17. Daniel Aaron VanKampen, of 2985 N. Gordon Rd., was also facing a felony charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct…

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Police report.

January 16, 2019

Police report. #MasonCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, Jan. 14, 2019: – 3:43 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 36-year-old Reed City, Michigan man was cited for open intoxicants following a traffic stop, Johnson and Amber roads, Amber Township. – 10:23 a.m., (MCSO), a 48 year-old Ludington man was cited for driving while license suspended…

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Phone scammers posing as Pentwater police.

January 15, 2019

Phone scammers posing as Pentwater police. #PentwaterPoliceDepartment PENTWATER – The Pentwater Police Department received a report Tuesday, Jan. 15, of a phone scam “involving subjects who identified themselves over the phone as members of the department,” said Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum. “The caller ID shows the Pentwater Police Department,” Hartrum said. “The caller identifies themselves as an officer of…

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Teens found passed out in car at McDonald’s cited for marijuana possession.

January 14, 2019

Teens found passed out in car at McDonald’s cited for marijuana possession. #MasonCountyCrime PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP – Two 17-year-old women were cited for minor in possession of marijuana after they were found passed out in car in the McDonald’s parking lot on West US 10 Friday, Jan. 11, shortly after 2 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Deputies…

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Man allegedly fires gun from vehicle, flees from police.

January 14, 2019

Man allegedly fires gun from vehicle, flees from police. #MasonCountyCrime AMBER TOWNSHIP – A 22-year-old Amber Township man faces charges of fleeing and eluding police, felony firearm and possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle after allegedly fleeing from Mason County sheriff’s deputies Sunday, Jan. 13, around 2 a.m. on Amber Road near Conrad Road where he drove off…

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