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Amber Township man faces jail time for gun crime.

March 8, 2016
Amber Township man faces jail time for gun crime.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Amber Township man pleaded “no contest” Tuesday, March 8, in 51st Circuit Court to a felony of receiving and concealing stolen firearms, and in exchange for his plea faces serving seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term. Phillip Edward Roberts, Jr., of 184 N. Gordon Rd. was arrested…

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Suspect arrested after fighting bouncer and police at bar.

March 7, 2016
Suspect arrested after fighting bouncer and police at bar.

LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Ludington man was arrested after a Mason County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly observed him push and punch a bouncer at the Tiki Bar on Ludington Avenue near Harrison Street Sunday, March 6, at 2:10 a.m. The suspect then reportedly fought with the deputy, punching and kicking him. The bouncer assisted the deputy and was allegedly punched in…

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District court arraignments include resisting police, drug offenses.

March 4, 2016
District court arraignments include resisting police, drug offenses.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Cathleen Margaret Paul, 58, of 4340 W. Hansen Rd., Amber Township, was arrested Feb. 29 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for two felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police; one felony count of attempted malicious destruction of police property;…

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Body found in funeral home van after funeral director’s drunk driving arrest.

March 4, 2016
Body found in funeral home van after funeral director’s drunk driving arrest.

MUSKEGON COUNTY – The body of an 86-year-old woman was found in the back of Thomas Clock III’s funeral van last January, just days after the funeral director was arrested for drunk driving and hospitalized, according to mlive. Clock allegedly buried an empty urn, misleading family members who believed it contained her cremated ashes, according the mlive article. The empty…

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Circuit court sentencings include prison terms for gun, larceny and drug convictions.

March 4, 2016
Circuit court sentencings include prison terms for gun, larceny and drug convictions.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 51st Circuit Court: – Eric Deon Wesley, 36, of 2825 Hoyt St., Muskegon Heights, was found guilty Jan. 12 of conspiring to receive and conceal guns and felony firearms. He was sentenced two years in prison, with credit for 178 days served in jail, and $266 in…

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