Branch man charged with sex crimes against minor. #MasonCountyCrime By Alan Neushwander, contributing writer. LUDINGTON — Jordan Daniel Bates, 20, 1946 S. Shepperd Rd., Branch, was arrested May 1 by the Ludington Police Department on three counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct (victim under 13) and three counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct (victim under 13). Bail…
#MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews Car/deer crashes plague motorists. The following is police activity Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016: 12:35 a.m., (Mason Count Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, Chauvez and Stiles roads, Riverton Township. 3:34 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injuries, US 31 and Free Soil Road, Grant Township. 7:30 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injuries, Victory and Peterson roads, Victory Township. 1:54…
Tea Party meeting to feature Rep. Franz. #MasonCountyPolitics AMBER TOWNSHIP — State Representative Ray Franz (R-Onekama) will be the speaker at this month’s Ludington Area Tea Party meeting, to be held on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church, 105 N. Dennis Road. Franz, who represents Michigan’s 101st House district (Mason, Manistee, Benzie, and Leelanau counties),…
Judge denies AG request to dismiss himself from Baby Kate case. #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Judge Peter Wadel denied the Michigan Attorney General’s request for him to dismiss himself from the 51st Circuit Court murder case against Sean Michael Phillips. On Wednesday afternoon, Michigan First Attorney General William Rollstin, the state’s second highest ranking attorney, appeared in…
Former judge’s comments prompt AG to request Wadel be dismissed from Baby Kate case. #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The Michigan Attorney General’s office, which is prosecuting the murder case against Sean Michael Phillips in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, has asked that Judge Peter Wadel step down from the case. On Wednesday afternoon, Michigan First Attorney General…
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