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79th District Court sentencings include assault, domestic violence, trapping out of season.

January 29, 2016
79th District Court sentencings include assault, domestic violence, trapping out of season.

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Ariel Samantha Courtland, 24, of 922 E. Tinkham Ave., Ludington, was found guilty Jan. 22 of assault and battery. She was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served; 93 days discretionary jail for one year; and $795 in…

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Car/deer crashes top police activity.

January 28, 2016
Car/deer crashes top police activity.

The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016: – 4:26 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Lakeshore and Meisenheimer, Summit Township. – 5:01 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, US 31 and Chauvez Road overpass, Pere Marquette Township. – 7:15 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Iris west of PM Hwy., PM Township. – 8:16 a.m., one-vehicle crash, no…

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Suspect in AIDS case remains lodged in jail.

January 28, 2016
Suspect in AIDS case remains lodged in jail.

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The White Cloud man who faces a felony for not disclosing he has AIDS to his sex partner remains lodged in the Mason County Jail, said Ludington Police Chief Mark Barnett. Gerald Anthony Penn, 44, of 777 Cole Creek Lane, faces a felony count of AIDS – sexual penetration with an uninformed partner…

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White Cloud man criminally charged for not disclosing he has AIDS to sex partner.

January 27, 2016
White Cloud man criminally charged for not disclosing he has AIDS to sex partner.

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A White Cloud man faces up to four years in prison for allegedly not disclosing to his sexual partner that he has the deadly disease, AIDS. Gerald Anthony Penn, 44, of 777 Cole Creek Lane, was arrested Jan. 16 by the Ludington Police Department for a felony count of AIDS – sexual penetration…

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Slick roads cause many crashes; no injuries reported.

January 27, 2016
Slick roads cause many crashes; no injuries reported.

The following is local law enforcement activity Jan. 26, 2016: – 12:20 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), one-vehicle crash, no injuries, Lakeshore Dr. and Abrahamson Rd., Hamlin Township. – 12:50 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 31 near Pere Marquette Hwy., PM Township. – 1:09 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 25-year-old Sears, Michigan woman was arrested for…

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