LUDINGTON — A 51-year-old woman was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, March 12, to 51 months to 20 years in prison for a two-count felony conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine, according to court records. Billie Jo Phillion received credit for one day served in jail and was ordered to pay $266 in fines and costs. Phillion pleaded guilty…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old man was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison for a conviction of bringing contraband into a jail/prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Jaydee Vernon Lafreniere pleaded guilty to the charge, Jan. 30, and admitted that he brought fentanyl into the jail. In exchange for the…
By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — A 57-year-old man convicted of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct was sentenced to 15-40 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Joseph Fredrick Pereira pleaded no contest, Jan. 17. Before Judge Susan K. Sniegowski handed down the sentence, the court heard a victim statement from the mother…
LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old woman pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder/strangulation and assault with a dangerous weapon/felonious assault in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19. Justyce Victoria Gillespie faces a seven-month jail term for the convictions, said Mason County Assistant Prosecutor Beth Hand. The maximum penalty for strangulation is 10…
LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old man pleaded guilty in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 19, to two counts of retail fraud or shoplifting. Sergio Ramon Escamilla faces serving nine months in jail and paying restitution to the Meijer store in Amber Township, according to Mason County Assistant Prosecutor Beth Hand. Escamilla initially faced retail fraud charges in three separate…
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