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Circuit court sentencings include embezzlement, sex offender, drug violations

June 13, 2014
Circuit court sentencings include embezzlement, sex offender, drug violations

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced Tuesday in 51st Circuit Court: – Donna Lee Brown, 61, of 4152 Washington Rd., Pentwater, was found guilty April 23 of embezzlement agent, over $20,000. She was sentenced to 270 days in jail with credit for one day served; serve four months up front, followed by 60 days on…

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79th District Court sentencings

June 13, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – James Shannon Harvard, 43, of 285 Beaver Dam Rd., Lucedale, Miss., was found guilty June 11 of driving while license suspended (DWLS). He was sentenced to one day jail with credit for one day served and $225 in fines and costs. Conviction reportable…

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Oceana charges vacuum salespeople with trespassing

June 12, 2014
Oceana charges vacuum salespeople with trespassing

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. HART — Two Grand Rapids residents have been charged with criminal trespassing in connection with recent complaints of aggressive vacuum salespeople in the area. Darnell Marquis Burton and Brenda Spicuzza have been arraigned on charges of criminal trespassing in 78th District Court, said Oceana County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Erin Fisher. Authorities investigated similar complaints of…

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Former petunia parade chair sentenced to jail

June 10, 2014
Former petunia parade chair sentenced to jail

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The former chairwoman of the Ludington Petunia Parade was sentenced to nine months in jail today in 51st Circuit Court for stealing almost $50,000 from the community supported organization. Donna Brown, 60, pleaded guilty in April for embezzling $47,817.15 from the Petunia Parade from 2008 to 2013. That money was raised through donations from…

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Branch man sentenced for growing marijuana

June 10, 2014

LUDINGTON — A Branch Township man was sentenced to one year in the Mason County Jail today in 51st Circuit Court. On April 23, Larry Cress, 50, pleaded guilty to growing over 20 but less than 200 marijuana plants in his house at 8946 E. U.S. 10. Cress was arrested May 28, 2013 by the State, Sheriffs, Chiefs Enforcement Narcotics…

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