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Suspect arrested for possessing gun while intoxicated.

May 11, 2016
Suspect arrested for possessing gun while intoxicated.

Local law enforcement activity Tuesday, May 10, includes: – 3:44 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), domestic assault, 1000 block of Pineway, City of Ludington. – 10 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), larceny of a U-Haul trailer, 1000 block of W. US 10, Amber Township. – 7:38 p.m., (MSP), a 56-year-old Ludington man was arrested for possession of a firearm while…

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Ludington man faces prison, admits to sexually assaulting children.

May 10, 2016
Ludington man faces prison, admits to sexually assaulting children.

By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 59-year-old Ludington man faces concurrent terms of seven to 15 years and seven to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday, May 10, in 51st Circuit Court to one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of third-degree CSC. Arturo Ruiz Lopez, of 605 S. Washington Ave., appeared in…

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Ludington man faces prison for meth lab operation.

May 10, 2016
Ludington man faces prison for meth lab operation.

By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old Ludington man faces serving a three to  20 year prison term after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 10, to felonies of operating/maintaining a laboratory involving methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine. In exchange for Jarred Mitchel Walkley’s pleas, one count of operating/maintaining a lab with hazardous waste and one count…

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Branch Township man faces jail for phone interference.

May 10, 2016
Branch Township man faces jail for phone interference.

By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Branch Township man pleaded “no contest” in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 10, to a felony of interfering with an electronic communications device, or phone. In exchange for Roger Dean Newton’s plea, he faces serving up to four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence. Newton also pleaded guilty to…

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Casting call for Jaycees Shakespeare festival.

May 10, 2016

LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Jaycees will be holding an open casting call for its newest fundraising event, the Stratford on the Avenue Theatre Festival, on Saturday, May 21 from 3-6 p.m. and Sunday, May 22 from 2:30-6 p.m. at the Mason County District Library, Ludington branch, 217 E. Ludington Avenue. The plays that have been chosen for the festival are…

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