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Florida man arrested on gun, drug charges following hotel OD.

March 10, 2017

Florida man arrested on gun, drug charges following hotel OD. #MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 39-year-old Florida man faces nine drug and gun charges after law enforcement and emergency medical personnel responded to a drug overdose of a 35-year-old man, also from Florida, at the Holiday Inn Express at the intersection of US 10-31 and Brye Road Wednesday, March 8,…

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Break-in, crashes among recent police activity.

March 9, 2017

Break-in, crashes among recent police activity. #MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews The following is recent police activity: Tuesday, March 7, 2017: – 12:15 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 21-year-old Ludington man was arrested for operating a vehicle without insurance and violating a restricted license following a two-vehicle crash on US 10 near the Walmart parking lot in Pere Marquette Township. No injuries were…

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Accused kidnapper’s accomplice pleads guilty to conspiracy.

March 7, 2017

Accused kidnapper’s accomplice pleads guilty to conspiracy. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — The 50-year-old accomplice of accused kidnapper Alan Saporita-Fargo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit unlawful imprisonment in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 7. Jeffrey Alan Miller testified before Judge Susan K. Sniegowski Tuesday that he served as Fargo’s driver when Fargo allegedly kidnapped his 2-year-old…

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Branch woman arrested for drugged driving, child endangerment.

March 7, 2017

Branch woman arrested for drugged driving, child endangerment. #MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 30-year-old Branch woman was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Monday, March 6, at 9:47 a.m. following a traffic stop for operating under the influence of drugs, child endangerment and possession of a schedule 4 drug on US 10 east of Scottville, according to Mason County…

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Ludington attorney appointed Oceana assistant prosecutor.

March 6, 2017

Ludington attorney appointed Oceana assistant prosecutor. #OceanaCountyNews HART — Chad A. DeRouin of Ludington has been hired as the new chief assistant prosecutor for Oceana County, said Oceana County Prosecutor Joseph Bizon. A Muskegon native, DeRouin earned his bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 2010 and his law degree from Thomas A. Cooley Law School in 2013. He began…

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