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Battle Creek man sent to prison for crime spree

October 7, 2015
Battle Creek man sent to prison for crime spree

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old Battle Creek man will spend a minimum of the next three years in prison following a local crime spree. Thomas David Cress, Jr., of 362 Riverside Dr., was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Friday, Oct. 2, in three criminal files. He was found guilty May 6 of attempted breaking and entering…

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Scaffolding theft, domestic assaults among police activity

October 7, 2015
Scaffolding theft, domestic assaults among police activity

The police news is sponsored by Benedict-Shilander Collision, now located at 5851 W. U.S. 10 behind Family Video; 231-843-4181 and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. The following is recent local law enforcement activity: Monday, Oct. 5, 2015: – 5:25 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, US-10 and Tuttle, Rd. Custer…

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MSU/WSCC ag program possible by fall 2016.

October 6, 2015
MSU/WSCC ag program possible by fall 2016.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — West Shore Community College is a step closer to forming a partnership with Michigan State University’s Institute of Agricultural Technology, which would allow agriculture students to earn an associate’s degree from WSCC and a certificate from Michigan State. Dr. Randy Showerman, director of MSU’s IAT, spoke to a group of about two dozen…

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Muskegon man sent to prison for home invasion, firearm convictions

October 6, 2015
Muskegon man sent to prison for home invasion, firearm convictions

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Muskegon man was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 6, in 51st Circuit Court to consecutive terms of two years in prison for felony firearms and 20 months to 15 years for second-degree home invasion. Joshua Dale McGraw, of 1697 Terrace, was initially charged with felony counts of burglary, felony firearm, receiving and concealing…

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Pregnant woman receives jail term, tether for meth, accessory convictions

October 6, 2015
Pregnant woman receives jail term, tether for meth, accessory convictions

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 20-year-old Ludington woman convicted of possession of meth and accessory after the fact was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 6, in 51st Circuit Court to serve two months up front of an 11-month discretionary jail sentence, followed by six months on a tether. Mara Lynn Wittlieff was arrested following a Feb. 25 search warrant…

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