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Deputies arrest suspect in overdose death.

February 5, 2016

LUDINGTON — Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a Muskegon man in connection with the Jan. 28, 2016 overdose death of Adam Johnson, 28, Ludington. The overdose took place in Pere Marquette Township. The suspect has been charged with one count of delivery of a controlled substance causing death, a felony punishable by up to life in prison, along…

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Local author to speak at writers’ series.

February 5, 2016
Local author to speak at writers’ series.

LUDINGTON — The Winter Writers’ Series sponsored by Mason County Historical Society and the Sable Points Lighthouse Association continues Thursday, February 18 with a presentation about Lincoln Township, a ghost town that once was the Mason County seat, on the north side of the Lincoln River. The 7 p.m. lecture will be held at the Ludington Area Center of the Arts Gallery, 107 S. Harrison Street.…

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Shoplifting, larceny of cash among police activity.

February 5, 2016
Shoplifting, larceny of cash among police activity.

Recent local law enforcement activity includes: Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2016: – 8:30 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), car/deer crash, Chauvez Rd. and Brye Rd., Pere Marquette Township. – 9:50 a.m., (MSP), one-car crash, no injuries, Kinney Rd. and Morton Rd., Riverton Township. – 6:41 p.m., (MSP), a 32-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for retail fraud at Walmart, PM Township.…

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79th District Court arraignments include strangulation, assaulting police.

February 5, 2016
79th District Court arraignments include strangulation, assaulting police.

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Jarid Hunter Billings, 22, of 214 E. Melendy St., Apt. 4, Ludington, was arrested Jan. 28 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) for felonies of assault by strangulation, felonious assault and weapons – felony firearm and a misdemeanor…

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Recent court sentencings.

February 5, 2016
Recent court sentencings.

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON —  Michael Kim Brechtelsbauer, 57, of 5502 Circle Drive, Standish, Michigan, was found guilty Dec. 1 of third-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL). He was sentenced Jan. 19 to serve three months up front of a 270-day jail sentence with credit for two days served; two years probation; $1,208 in fines and…

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