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79th District Court sentencings and dismissals

July 24, 2015
79th District Court sentencings and dismissals

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Justin Allen Whitsell, 28, of 437 N. Bean St., Scottville, was found guilty July 14 of disorderly person – jostling. He was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served; 90 days discretionary jail for one year; no alcohol/drugs;…

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Ludington man gets 14-year minimum for home invasion, other convictions

July 21, 2015
Ludington man gets 14-year minimum for home invasion, other convictions

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 23-year-old Ludington man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to 14 years and two months to 30 years in prison for several convictions, including first-degree home invasion. Jon Lloyd MacCune, who was given credit for 330 days served in jail, is also convicted of attempted assault of a prison…

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Lambertville man pleads guilty to car wash break-in

July 21, 2015
Lambertville man pleads guilty to car wash break-in

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Lambertville man is looking at serving 30 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to breaking and entering a coin-operated device for stealing quarters from a local car wash over a year ago. Troopers from the Hart post of…

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Shoplifting leads to jail time

July 21, 2015
Shoplifting leads to jail time

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 33-year-old Ludington woman was sentenced to serve seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, for a first-degree retail fraud conviction. Tonya Ann Johnson, who pleaded guilty to the charge last month, was arrested in April by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office after stealing…

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Custer man pleads guilty to meth lab charges

July 21, 2015
Custer man pleads guilty to meth lab charges

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Custer man faces a minimum of eight years in prison in connection to a meth lab bust last January after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to felonies of operating/maintaining a lab involving firearm/other harmful device and manufacturing methamphetamine. In exchange to Russell Allen Wallager’s guilty pleas to the…

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