Weekend police news, published Jan. 20, 2025

January 20, 2025

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The following is police activity in Mason County over the weekend:

Friday, Jan. 17, 2025:

  • 5:40 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Ehler Road, Sherman Township.
  • 5:53 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 west of Maple Road, Branch Township.
  • 12:34 p.m., (MCSO), a 46-year-old Ludington woman turned herself in at the sheriff’s office on an outstanding Ludington Police Department felony warrant for assault with intent to do great bodily harm, City of Ludington.
  • 5:52 p.m., (MCSO), hit-and-run crash, no injury, Wesco parking lot, Main Street, City of Scottville.
  • 6 p.m., (MCSO), a 46-year-old Ludington man was arrested on an outstanding criminal bench warrant issued in Manistee County for contempt of court, 2900 block of North Victory Corners Road, Victory Township.
  • 6:23 p.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Hamlin Township.
  • 7:44 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 24 year old Ludington man was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop near Ludington Avenue and Franklin Street, City of Ludington.
  • 7:46 p.m., (MCSO), a 57-year-old Free Soil MI man was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop, US 31 and Treml Road, Grant Township.
  • 10:20 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 north of Freeman Road, Free Soil Township.

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025:

  • 6:16 a.m., (MCSO and LPD), a 19-year-old Manistee man was arrested for assaulting/resisting/obstructing police after he struggled with deputies during an arrest, 900 block of East Ludington Avenue, City of Ludington.

Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025:

  • 4:23 a.m., (MCSO), a 69-year-old Saginaw man was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop, US 10 and Landon Road, Branch Township.
  • 9:10 a.m., (MCSO), the same 69-year-old Saginaw man in the above traffic stop was cited a second time for driving while license suspended following another traffic stop, US 10 and Custer Road, Custer Township.
  • 8:17 p.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Amber Township.

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