Courts

79th District Court sentencings and dismissals

April 14, 2017

79th District Court sentencings and dismissals #MasonCountyCourtNews. By Alan Neushwander, contributing writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in 79th District Court at the Mason County Courthouse: Tia Marie Wells, 36, of 501 Adams St., Ludington, pleaded guilty Mar. 22 to operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and was sentenced to one day in jail with credit for one…

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Man faces 7-40 years in prison for crime spree.

April 11, 2017

Man faces 7-40 years in prison for crime spree. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — Shanin Nicholas Waite, 24, faces a prison term of 7-40 years after pleading guilty Tuesday, April 11, in 51st Circuit Court to three counts of breaking and entering with intent, attempted home invasion and fourth-offense habitual offender after going on a crime spree…

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Kidnapper’s accomplice gets year in jail.

April 11, 2017

Kidnapper’s accomplice gets year in jail. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor LUDINGTON — The 50-year-old Fountain man who was the accomplice to a parental kidnapping last January was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 11, to one year in jail for a conviction of conspiracy to commit unlawful imprisonment. Jeffery Alan Miller, 50, of 3728 E Beyer Rd.,…

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Man sentenced to 7-40 years in prison for break-ins.

April 11, 2017

Man sentenced to 7-40 years in prison for break-ins. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old Sheridan Township man was sentenced to 7-40 years in prison in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 11, for two convictions of breaking and entering with intent and fourth-offense habitual offender in connection to break-ins last August at Fountain Lumber Company and…

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Woman sent to jail for stealing her grandmother’s checks.

April 11, 2017

Woman sent to jail for stealing her grandmother’s checks. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A Pere Marquette Township woman who stole her grandmother’s checks was sentenced to serve four months up front of an 11-month discretionary jail term Tuesday, April 11, in 51st Circuit Court for one count of uttering and publishing. Danielle Renae Perow, 29, of…

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