Courts

Man ordered to pay over $28,000 in child support.

April 24, 2018

Man ordered to pay over $28,000 in child support. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 47-year-old Grand Rapids man was ordered to pay $28,665.80 for a conviction of failure to pay child support in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 24. Jason Allen Comstock was also sentenced to serve 130 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail term…

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Prosecutor drops additional charges against Morton.

April 23, 2018

Prosecutor drops additional charges against Morton. CADILLAC — The Wexford County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has withdrawn its charges of possession of child sexually abusive material against convicted sex offender Timothy Morton, 38, of Boon. Morton is a former resident of Mason County who is serving a five- to 15-year prison sentence for criminal sexual conduct against a then-minor member of…

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Recent arraignments include criminal sexual conduct charges. 

April 20, 2018

Recent arraignments include criminal sexual conduct charges.  #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in 79th District Court: Felonies – Matthew Henry Visscher, 52, of 941 N. Dennis Rd., Amber Township, was arrested March 19 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) for a felony of second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Case has been bound over…

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79th District Court sentencings.

April 20, 2018

79th District Court sentencings. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Shannon George Courtland, 29, of 2190 N. LaSalle Rd., Amber Township, was found guilty April 10 of assault and battery and was sentenced to three days in jail with credit for three days served; 93 days discretionary jail for…

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Inmate found with heroin after arrested for fleeing police. 

April 19, 2018

Inmate found with heroin after arrested for fleeing police.  #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON — A 25-year-old Ludington man who was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday afternoon, April 17, after allegedly fleeing from them in his vehicle was found in possession of heroin at the jail, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Marshall Brault has been arraigned in 79th District…

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