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Branch man sent back to prison for third-offense domestic violence.

March 13, 2018

Branch man sent back to prison for third-offense domestic violence. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 25-year-old Branch man with a history of domestic assault convictions was sentenced to 27 months to 25 years in prison Tuesday, March 13, for convictions of third-offense domestic violence, interfering with electronic communications and fourth-offense habitual offender. Nicholas Brian Lauterwasser, of 7895…

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Footprints lead to arrest of armed break-in suspects.

March 13, 2018
Footprints lead to arrest of armed break-in suspects.

UPDATE: Suspects have been identified. Footprints lead to arrest of armed break-in suspects. #MasonCountyCrime BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Two armed Fountain men were each arrested on eight felony charges for breaking into several cabins Sunday, March 11, after Mason County sheriff’s deputies tracked their footprints from one crime scene to another, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The suspects, Lee Hamilton…

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Crashes, suspended drivers among police activity.

March 13, 2018

Crashes, suspended drivers among police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The following is police activity in Mason County Monday, March 12, 2018: – 5:34 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, Fountain Road near Dennis Road, Victory Township. – 8:07 a.m., (MCSO), littering, 2100 block of North Tallman Lake Road, Sheridan Township. – 10:41 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injuries, Stiles…

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Gas drive-offs, DWLS arrests top police activity.

March 12, 2018

Gas drive-offs, DWLS arrests top police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Friday, March 9, 2018: – 1:52 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 37-year-old Fountain man was arrested on an outstanding Friend of the Court warrant out of Ingham County following a traffic stop, Johnson Road west of US 31, Amber Township. – 11:30…

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79th District Court sentencings posted March 9, 2018.

March 9, 2018

79th District Court sentencings posted March 9, 2018. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – John Charles Papes, 60, of 259 W. Fountain Rd., Sherman Township, was found guilty March 5 of taking a deer without a license and was sentenced to 90 days discretionary jail for one year and…

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