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Walmart shopper stole over $3,139 in merchandise by ‘under-ringing.’

October 1, 2019

Walmart shopper stole over $3,139 in merchandise by ‘under-ringing.’ #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 35-year-old Sheridan Township woman will owe $3,139 in restitution to Walmart after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 1, to first-degree retail fraud. Allison Marie Bunker, of 5342 E. Fountain Rd., faces serving 90 days up front of a one-year discretionary…

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Man faces jail for B-B gun assault.

October 1, 2019

Man faces jail for B-B gun assault. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 50-year-old Sherman Township man faces serving seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 1, to charges of felonious assault, assault and battery, maintaining a drug house and methamphetamine use. Robert Wayne Johnson, of…

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Ludington man pleads guilty to attempted assault by strangulation.

October 1, 2019

Ludington man pleads guilty to attempted assault by strangulation. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 34-year-old Ludington man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Oct. 1, in 51st Circuit Court to attempted assault by strangulation. In exchange for his plea, Matthew Dustin Case, of 229 ½ Second St., faces serving up to one year in jail. Case was arrested June 22…

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Holland man testifies he kicked state police car, cracking windshield.

October 1, 2019

Holland man testifies he kicked state police car, cracking windshield. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 25-year-old Holland, Michigan man pleaded “no contest” Tuesday, Oct. 1, in 51st Circuit Court to charges of malicious destruction of a police car, resisting and obstructing police and operating while intoxicated. Elias Blair Spence, of 1180 Matt Urban Dr., faced two other…

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Muskegon man sent to prison for felonious assault.

October 1, 2019

Muskegon man sent to prison for felonious assault. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 41-year-old Muskegon man was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of two to eight years for felonious assault and one and a half to four years for assaulting/resisting/obstructing police Tuesday, Oct. 1, in 51st Circuit Court. Michael Lawrence Wright, of 1103 Englewood Ave., was on…

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