Man smuggles suspected meth into jail

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LUDINGTON — A warrant charging a 40-year-old Scottville man with smuggling contraband into a correctional facility is being sought after he was found to be in possession of suspected methamphetamine in the Mason County Jail Thursday, Oct. 24, at 8:30 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.

The following is other recent police activity in Mason County:

Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024:

• 5:55 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Walhalla Road south of Barothy Road, Branch Township.
• 11:34 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 24-year-old Ludington woman was cited for reckless driving following a traffic crash near Bryant Road and Washington Avenue, City of Ludington.

Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024:

• 2:33 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 north of Sauble Drive, Free Soil Township.
• 6:45 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 east of Bean Road, Custer Township.
• 7:19 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 and Poplar Road, Custer Township.
• 7:25 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway south of Conrad Road, Pere Marquette Township.
• 2:07 p.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Amber Township).
• 7:23 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Beaune Road south of Fountain Road, Hamlin Township.
• 7:35 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Sherman Road south of Mavis Road, Hamlin Township.
• 7:57 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Chauvez Road west of Lister Road, Riverton Township.
• 8:44 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Masten Road north of Anthony Road, Logan Township.

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