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79th District Court sentencings and dismissals, posted Aug. 15, 2020.

August 15, 2020

79th District Court sentencings and dismissals, posted Aug. 15, 2020. By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Stephen Robert Moreland Churchill, 36, of 109 Jefferson St., Manistee, pleaded no contest Aug. 11 to second degree retail fraud and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served;…

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Ludington man faces nine counts in gun assault, robbery case.

August 14, 2020

Ludington man faces nine counts in gun assault, robbery case. #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON — Jeffery Allen Kaiser, 58, of 209 S. Rowe St., has been arraigned in 79th District Court on multiple charges in connection to an incident that allegedly took place Thursday night in the 500 block of East Danaher Street.  According to court documents, Kaiser is accused of assaulting…

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Second man sentenced in eavesdropping case.

August 11, 2020

Second man sentenced in eavesdropping case. Duo convicted for photographing partially naked woman. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A second man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 11, for a conviction of “eavesdropping — installing device” after he and a co-defendant took a photo and shared it among friends of a partially-unclothed 17-year-old woman who was…

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Cocaine dealer facing long prison term skips sentencing.

August 11, 2020

Cocaine dealer facing long prison term skips sentencing. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 43-year-old Ludington man who faces 15-40 years in prison for cocaine delivery convictions was a “no show” for his sentencing hearing in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 11. As a result, Judge Susan K. Sniegowski will issue a bench warrant for the arrest of…

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Drunk driver who drove wrong way on US 31 sentenced to jail.

August 11, 2020

Drunk driver who drove wrong way on US 31 sentenced to jail. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 59-year-old Ludington man who drove the wrong way on US 31 last December was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 11, to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary term. Timothy Hansen, of 6717 S. Pere Marquette…

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