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Man arrested for 6th-offense DWLS following crash.

September 30, 2019

Man arrested for 6th-offense DWLS following crash. #MasonCountyCrime AMBER TOWNSHIP – A 36-year-old Ludington man was arrested for sixth-offense driving while license suspended (DWLS) after he caused a three-vehicle crash Sunday, Sept. 29, at 11:10 a.m. at US 10 and Meyers Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “It was determined the Ludington man was driving too fast for…

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Police busy with crashes.

September 27, 2019

Police busy with crashes. #MasonCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019: – 1 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 29-year-old Pentwater woman was cited for no driver’s license and was arrested on a civil bench warrant from 78th District Court in Oceana County, North Lewis Street and West Ludington Avenue, City of Ludington. –…

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Third-offense DWLS arrest tops police activity.

September 26, 2019

Third-offense DWLS arrest tops police activity. #MasonCountyCrime AMBER TOWNSHIP – A 38-year-old Grand Rapids man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for third-offense driving while license suspended following a traffic stop Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 8:30 a.m. on US 10 near Gordon Road, according to Mason County Undersheriff Derrek Wilson. The following is other recent police activity in…

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Driver in power pole crash arraigned.

September 25, 2019

Driver in power pole crash arraigned. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Raymond Joseph Utz-Harrington, 30, of 1559 N. Benson Road, Branch Township (also listed as 5877 N. Beaune Road, Hamlin Township), was arraigned Tuesday, Sept. 24, in 79th District Court, on the felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon, and misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated…

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Cabin break-in tops police activity.

September 25, 2019

Cabin break-in tops police activity. #MasonCountyCrime GRANT TOWNSHIP – The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering of a cabin that was reported Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 11:37 a.m. in the 1600 block of White Road, according to Mason County Undersheriff Derrek Wilson. One of the cabin windows was broken, Wilson said. The following is other police…

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