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Man faces year in jail for shoplifting from Walmart

October 30, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Traverse City man pleaded guilty during a pretrial in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 29, to first-degree retail fraud and third-offense habitual offender. Dustin Douglas Clark, who is free after posting 10 percent of a $7,500 bond, faces a one-year jail sentence in exchange for his plea. “The offer…

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Jury acquits man of child abuse

October 30, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A jury acquitted a 31-year-old man of a third-degree child abuse charge in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Friday, Oct. 25. It took the jury two hours of deliberations to render its verdict following a three-day trial for Cody Michael DeRooy, said his attorney Andrew LaPres. He was arraigned on the felony child…

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Man arrested for attempting to cash fraudulent check at bank

October 30, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Byron Center man was arrested for disorderly conduct and fraud following a 911 call “of a subject attempting to cash a fraudulent check at West Shore Bank,” stated Cpt. Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police Department. He was lodged…

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October 29, 2024

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Police news, published Oct. 29, 2024

October 29, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Monday, Oct. 28, 2024: 5:24 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Scottville Road north of Meisenheimer Road, Eden Township. 6:24 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Main Street and US 10, Village of Custer. 7:59 a.m., car/deer…

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