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Prowler, domestic assaults among police activity.

April 6, 2016
Prowler, domestic assaults among police activity.

The following is local law enforcement activity Tuesday, April 5, 2016: – 12:58 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), car/deer crash, US 10-31 and Stiles Rd., Amber Township. – 3:35 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), prowler, 900 block of N. Gaylord Ave., City of Ludington. – 4:19 p.m., (LPD), domestic assault, 200 block of E. Melendy St., City of Ludington. –…

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Stearns, Kentucky: Ludington’s southern connection.

April 5, 2016
Stearns, Kentucky: Ludington’s southern connection.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. STEARNS, Kentucky — On our way back from our family vacation to Florida, we stopped in Stearns, Kentucky and took a trip on the Big South Fork Scenic Railway. As a local history buff, I have wanted to visit Stearns for a long time. After reading Ludington resident Mike Nagle’s recently published biography on Justus Stearns…

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Safe breaking sentencing adjourned.

April 5, 2016
Safe breaking sentencing adjourned.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Ludington man who pleaded guilty last February in 51st Circuit Court to safe breaking and resisting a police officer asked Tuesday, April 5, to have his plea withdrawn, which resulted in Judge Susan K. Sniegowski adjourning his sentencing for one week. Trenton Joseph Espinola, of 222 E. Melendy St., also pleaded…

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Inmate sentenced for invading home, fleeing police.

April 5, 2016
Inmate sentenced for invading home, fleeing police.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Ludington man currently incarcerated in prison for Oceana County convictions of home invasion and fleeing police was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 5, to serve nine months in jail concurrently for convictions of larceny in a building and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Valentine Alejandro Segura, of 611…

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Attempted false felony report leads to jail.

April 5, 2016
Attempted false felony report leads to jail.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 38-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 5, for a conviction of attempted false report of a felony. Bradford Richard Lamb, of 415 S. James St., Apt. 1, was arrested last January by the Ludington Police…

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