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MSP: Vehicle in river, ‘bow fishing’ among weekend activity

July 27, 2015
MSP: Vehicle in river, ‘bow fishing’ among weekend activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — Troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police were dispatched to a “suspicious situation” Saturday, July 25, at 4:50 p.m. involving a vehicle in the Pere Marquette River at Suttons Landing on Iris Road. No other…

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Sheriff: Driver flees after 2 crashes

July 27, 2015
Sheriff: Driver flees after 2 crashes

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. AMBER TWP. — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two crashes that occurred early morning Sunday, July 26, involving the same driver who fled both scenes. The first collision was a hit-and-run crash with another vehicle, with no injuries, on US-10-31…

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Parchment man arrested following high-speed chase

July 27, 2015
Parchment man arrested following high-speed chase

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Parchment, Mich. man was arrested following a high-speed chase through the city limits early Sunday morning, July 26, that involved the suspect crashing into two parked trucks, a boat trailer and a tree. The chase ended when Jonathan Vanderhorst’s vehicle flipped over after hitting a 6-foot by 6-foot embankment enclosed by…

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Several agencies respond to reckless driving complaint, Florida driver ticketed

July 27, 2015

PENTWATER TWP. — Officers from the Pentwater Police Department assisted the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office with a reckless driver on southbound US-31 Sunday afternoon, July 26. “One Florida subject was ticketed for reckless driving and released,” according to a press release from the Pentwater Police Department issued Monday, July 27. “Mason/Oceana County Central Dispatch…

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79th District Court arraignments include absconding bond, retail fraud, drug possession, child abuse

July 24, 2015
79th District Court arraignments include absconding bond, retail fraud, drug possession, child abuse

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court magistrate: Felonies – Thomas David Cress, Jr., 37, of 362 Riverside Dr., Battle Creek, was arrested July 17 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) a felony of absconding/forfeiting bond and second-offense habitual offender. In a separate file, he was arrested…

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