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Car-deer crashes increase

April 15, 2015
Car-deer crashes increase

The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. The following is local law enforcement activity from Tuesday, April 14, 2015: – 1:50 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, US-31 and Free Soil, Grant Twp. – 7:20 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash,…

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Flags lowered in memory of Lincoln assassination.

April 15, 2015

LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder has joined President Barack Obama’s call for all United States Flags to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, April 15 as a day of remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. The day marks the 150th anniversary of the day the nation’s 16th president died. “We do not lack for reminders of President Lincoln’s actions, which will…

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Ludington man gets more prison time

April 14, 2015
Ludington man gets more prison time

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Ludington man, who is currently serving a prison term for probation violation, was sentenced on three separate convictions Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court, adding at least another year and nine months to his time behind bars. Timothy Allen-Dario Lopez was sentenced to concurrent terms with the Michigan Department of…

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Scottville man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree CSC

April 14, 2015
Scottville man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree CSC

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 34-year-old Scottville man pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 14, to second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Daniel John Cook, who was arrested last December by the Hart post of the Michigan State Police, was facing a first-degree CSC charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and a…

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Meth lab case heads to trial

April 14, 2015
Meth lab case heads to trial

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Custer man who faces up to 50 years in prison in connection to a meth lab bust last January rejected a plea deal offered by the prosecutor Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court and is now awaiting a jury trial. Russell Allen Wallager, 30, was arrested Jan. 15 by the State…

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