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79th District Court sentencings, posted Feb. 14, 2020. 

February 14, 2020

79th District Court sentencings, posted Feb. 14, 2020.  #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Brooke Kristine Malliett, 34, of 4940 N. Jebavy Dr., Hamlin Township, pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to OWIL and was sentenced to one day in jail with credit for one day served; 93 days discretionary jail for one year;…

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Jury finds man guilty of resisting/opposing deputy causing injury.

February 13, 2020

Jury finds man guilty of resisting/opposing deputy causing injury. #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON — A 12-member jury found a 54-year-old Branch Township man guilty of resisting and opposing a sheriff’s deputy causing injury following a criminal trial in 51st Circuit Court Thursday, Feb. 13, according to Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola. Robb Ray Dodson, of 6925 E. Bockstandz Road, will be sentenced…

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Hart man sent to prison for dealing meth.

February 11, 2020

Hart man sent to prison for dealing meth. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 28-year-old Hart man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Feb. 11, to two to 20 years in prison for a conviction of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine. Robert Allen King, of 3752 W. Van Buren Rd., was convicted as a second-offense habitual…

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Ludington man sentenced for heroin, fentanyl.

February 11, 2020

Ludington man sentenced for heroin, fentanyl. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 39-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to serve eight months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for convictions of delivery of heroin less than 50 grams and possession of fentanyl less than 25 grams in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Feb. 11. Thomas James Robinson, Jr.,…

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Woman who threatened to burn down Walmart pleads guilty to resisting arrest, retail fraud.

February 11, 2020

Woman who threatened to burn down Walmart pleads guilty to resisting arrest, retail fraud. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 24-year-old homeless woman who threatened to burn down Walmart last November pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Feb. 11, to charges of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and retail fraud. Morgan Faith Johnson was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies,…

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