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Inmate who attacked corrections deputy arraigned

January 31, 2025

LUDINGTON — A Mason County Jail inmate attacked a corrections deputy Monday morning, Jan. 27, was arraigned earlier this week in 79th District Court. Harvey Darnell John Jackson, 28, was arraigned on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. His actions required a deputy to be transported to the hospital for medical treatment, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “On…

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Police news, published Jan. 31, 2025

January 31, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025: 10:40 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway north of Lattin Road, Summit Township. 4:52 p.m., (MCSO), a 48-year-old Manistee man was arrested for methamphetamine…

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Police news, published Jan. 30, 2025

January 30, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025: 5:39 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of Oceana Drive, Summit Township. 10:58 a.m., a 39-year-old Idlewild man was arrested on a felony larceny warrant issued in Lake…

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LPD news, published Jan. 29, 2025

January 29, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Ludington Police Department  Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025: 11:02 p.m., a 36-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a felony warrant issued by Muskegon County’s 60th District Court for failure to pay child support, 300 block of South…

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Jail inmate attacks corrections deputy 

January 28, 2025

LUDINGTON — A Mason County Jail inmate attacked a corrections deputy Monday morning, Jan. 27, requiring the deputy to be transported to the hospital for medical treatment, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.  “On Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at 11:15 a.m., a Mason County corrections deputy was injured after being attacked by an inmate in the Mason County Jail,” states…

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