By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Traverse City man pleaded guilty during a pretrial in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 29, to first-degree retail fraud and third-offense habitual offender. Dustin Douglas Clark, who is free after posting 10 percent of a $7,500 bond, faces a one-year jail sentence in exchange for his plea. “The offer…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A jury acquitted a 31-year-old man of a third-degree child abuse charge in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Friday, Oct. 25. It took the jury two hours of deliberations to render its verdict following a three-day trial for Cody Michael DeRooy, said his attorney Andrew LaPres. He was arraigned on the felony child…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Geni Brandy Martinez, 48, pleaded guilty Aug. 27 to receiving and concealing stolen property and was sentenced Oct. 15 to one year in jail with credit for 123 days served; three years probation; and $398 in fines and costs. – Alexa Marie Johnson, 29, pleaded…
LUDINGTON — A 60-year-old man convicted of two counts of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine and one count of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Thursday, Oct. 17, to three to 30 years in prison, according to court records. David Roger Jensen, 60, pleaded guilty to the charges, July 16. The charges stem from a Jan.…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Joshua Morris Fondren, 23; two counts of delivery/manufacturing a controlled substance (methamphetamine); date of offense: July 1; arrested by Michigan State Police; arraigned: Oct. 16; preliminary hearing: Nov. 6; bail: $75,000 cash. -Nicolas Jon Kasdorf, 58; possession of a controlled substance…
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