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79th District Court sentencings.

June 1, 2017

79th District Court sentencings. #MasonCountyCrime. By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Susan Marie Hogenson, 56, of 4562 W. Hesslund Rd., Pere Marquette Township, pleaded no contest May 23 to assault & battery and aiming a firearm at another person without malice. She was sentenced to two days in…

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Man who fled with daughter sentenced to 18-40 years in prison.

May 30, 2017

Man who fled with daughter sentenced to 18-40 years in prison. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — Mark Alan Saporita-Fargo, 47, was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 30, for convictions of third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC), which involved the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in 2014, and conspiracy…

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Ludington man sent to prison for meth.

May 30, 2017

Ludington man sent to prison for meth. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 33-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to four and a half to 20 years in prison for a conviction of methamphetamine possession and fourth-offense habitual offender Tuesday, May 30, in 51st Circuit Court. Jayden Vernon Lafreniere, of 910 N. Harrison St., was initially charged with…

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Man sentenced to 76 months to 40 years in prison for crime spree.

May 30, 2017

Man sentenced to 76 months to 40 years in prison for crime spree. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — Shanin Nicholas Waite, 24, was sentenced to a prison term of 76 months to 40 years after pleading guilty last month in 51st Circuit Court to three counts of breaking and entering with intent, attempted home invasion and fourth-offense…

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Man caught with 223 pot plants, 21 pounds of marijuana sent to jail.

May 30, 2017

Man caught with 223 pot plants, 21 pounds of marijuana sent to jail. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 44-year-old Pere Marquette Township man convicted of felonies of delivery of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijuana following a drug raid by narcotics officers last February was sentenced to one year in in jail in 51st…

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