Courts

79th District Court sentencings and dismissals, posted June 20, 2019.

June 20, 2019

79th District Court sentencings and dismissals, posted June 20, 2019. #MasonCountyCourts LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Dedra Gay Garrett, 57, of 11824 N. Irons Rd., Irons, pleaded guilty June 18 to operating a vehicle while impaired by liquor (OUIL) and was sentenced to 32 days in jail with credit for two days…

Read more »

Murder case bound over to circuit court.

June 19, 2019

Murder case bound over to circuit court. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The murder case against Corey Ryan Beekman, 32, of Free Soil Township was bound over to 51st Circuit Court following a preliminary examination in 79th District Court Wednesday, June 19. Beekman is accused of murdering William Buchanan, 32, of Mears, April 16, and wounding 32-year-old Kaitlin…

Read more »

Preliminary exam against murder suspect underway. 

June 19, 2019

Preliminary exam against murder suspect underway.  #MasonCountyCrime #BeekmanCase LUDINGTON —Corey Ryan Beekman, 32, of 10550 N. US 31, Free Soil Township is currently in a preliminary examination hearing in 79th District Court at Mason County Courthouse. Beekman is accused of killing William Craig Buchanan, Jr., 32, of Mears, and injuring Kaitlin Buck, 32, at Beekman’s residence. MCP is in the courtroom…

Read more »

Ludington man charged with smuggling meth into jail.

June 17, 2019

Ludington man charged with smuggling meth into county jail. #MasonCountyCrime. LUDINGTON — An inmate at the Mason County Jail has been charged with six felony drug counts after it was discovered that he allegedly had concealed methamphetamine while being admitted into the jail and then allegedly distributed it while incarcerated, according to Sheriff Kim Cole. Timothy Allen Lopez, 25, of…

Read more »

Man gets jail term for financial transaction device fraud.

June 13, 2019

Man gets jail term for financial transaction device fraud. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON –– A 31-year-old Hamlin Township man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, June 11, serve 60 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for financial transaction device (credit/debit card) fraud. David John Reinoehl, of 4716 N. Beaune Rd., previously pleaded “no contest”…

Read more »