By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Kody Michael Shriver, 33; third-offense domestic violence; arrested June 9 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned July 3; preliminary hearing: July 23; bail: $5,000/10 percent. -Christopher Michael Marquez, 37; three counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, escaping while awaiting trial, and…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Rob Roger Smith, 32, pleaded guilty May 6 to unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle/car theft and was sentenced July 1 to five to 40 years in prison with credit for 97 days served and $198 in fines and costs. In a second case, Smith…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 63-year-old Ludington man was cited for illegal dumping after Mason County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of trash scattered alongside Meisenheimer Road near Stiles Road Tuesday, July 8, around 11:30 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “A name…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Brenda Lee McBride, 53; possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine/ecstasy); arrested April 12 by Michigan State Police; arraigned July 2; preliminary hearing: July 23; bail: $2,500/10 percent. -Michael Thomas Fargo, 48; possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine/ecstasy); arrested June 27 by…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Oceana County man was sentenced to 20-80 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 1, for the fentanyl death of his friend. A jury found Travis Michael Gale guilty, March 24, of delivery of a controlled substance causing death, delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine and delivery/manufacture of cocaine, heroin…
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