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Recent arraignments include home invasion.

April 12, 2018

Recent arraignments include home invasion. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in 79th District Court: Felonies – Joseph Michael LeClair, 57, no address listed, was arrested April 5 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for felonies of second-degree home invasion, larceny in a building and fourth-offense habitual offender and a misdemeanor of malicious destruction…

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79th District Court sentencings, posted April 12, 2018.

April 12, 2018

79th District Court sentencings, posted April 12, 2018. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Alyse Marie Bowden, 30, of c/o 13747 Elwell Rd., Belleville, Michigan, was found guilty April 4 of larceny $200-$1,000 and was sentenced to nine days in jail with credit for nine days served; outpatient treatment;…

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Victim tells defendant he’s lucky he didn’t get shot.

April 10, 2018

Victim tells defendant he’s lucky he didn’t get shot. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — An elderly man who is the victim in an illegal entry case told the 27-year-old defendant during his sentencing in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 10, that he was lucky he didn’t shoot him the night he entered his home. Thomas Anthony Bogner, of…

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Repeat offender faces prison for heroin possession.

April 10, 2018

Repeat offender faces prison for heroin possession. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 23-year-old Hamlin Township man with a lengthy criminal history faces serving a minimum of one year and one day to four years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday, April 10, in 51st Circuit Court to heroin possession. Cody Morgan Denton, of 2630 Sherman Rd., was…

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Hamlin man sent to jail for heroin possession.

April 9, 2018

Hamlin man sent to jail for heroin possession. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 23-year-old Hamlin Township man with a lengthy criminal history and pending felony charges in Mason County was sentenced to nine months in jail for a heroin possession conviction in Oceana County’s 27th Circuit Court Monday, April 9. Cody Morgan Denton, of 2630 Sherman Rd.,…

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