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Muskegon man who fled police, rammed cruiser, faces up to 5 years imprisonment.

September 6, 2017

Muskegon man who fled police, rammed cruiser, faces up to 5 years imprisonment. #MasonCountyCrime By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief and Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON— Mark Allen Wemple, 59, of 2528 E. Broadway Ave., Muskegon, the man who allegedly threw a beer can out the window of his vehicle — in view of a Mason County sheriff deputy, then eventually rammed into…

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Forgery, counterfeiting top police activity.

September 6, 2017

Forgery, counterfeiting top police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The following is police activity in Mason County Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017: – 12:58 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), ​probation violation arrest, 5800 block of West Bryant Road, Pere Marquette Township. A 55-year-old Ludington man was arrested following a 911 call reporting a suspicious person. – 7:04 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injuries, Jagger…

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Crashes top police activity.

September 5, 2017

Crashes top police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The following is recent activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office: Friday, Sept. 1, 2017: – 5:29 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, US 31 south of Countyline Road, Grant Township. – 6:49 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Stiles Road, north of Kistler Road, Riverton Township. – 9:36 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, M 116 and…

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Ludington woman arrested for drunk driving, resisting arrest following crash.

September 1, 2017

Ludington woman arrested for drunk driving, resisting arrest following crash. #MasonCountyCrime AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 20-year-old Ludington woman was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 12:43 a.m. for operating while intoxicated and resisting and opposing an officer after she allegedly crashed the vehicle she was driving on US 10 east of Brye Road, according to Mason…

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Ludington man arraigned in Kalkaska County for fleeing police.

August 31, 2017

Ludington man arraigned in Kalkaska County for fleeing police.  #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  KALKASKA — Derek Kenneth-Wayne Ray, 21, of Ludington, was arraigned recently in Kalkaska County’s 87th District Court on several charges related to a police chase Monday, Aug. 28. According to the Kalkaska Department of Public Safety, an officer attempted to pull over the vehicle Ray was…

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