Courts

Man arrested for strangulation assault of father

April 15, 2024

  The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 34-year-old Free Soil man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies on a charge of assault by strangulation and for an outstanding warrant following a 911 call reporting an assault between a father and son Sunday, April 14,…

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79th District Court arraignments, posted April 13, 2024

April 13, 2024

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Danielle Renae Perow, 36; delivery/manufacturing a controlled substance (methamphetamine), delivery/manufacturing a controlled substance (narcotic/cocaine), and second offense habitual offender; arrested April 3 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned April 4; preliminary hearing: April 24; bail: $10,000/10 percent. -Natasha Anne Gutierrez, 40;…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted April 11, 2024

April 11, 2024

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Sebastian Aaron-James Cooper, 19, pleaded guilty Feb. 13 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced April 9 to six months in jail with credit for 116 days served; two years probation; and $598 in fines and costs. Cooper was sentenced to a current term of 120…

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Defense moves for dismissal of charges in vehicular homicide case 

April 10, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The defense attorney representing a 59-year-old Grand Rapids man accused of running over his wife with a car and killing her made a motion in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 9, to dismiss the charges. “I ask the court to grant the motion and dismiss the charges,” said defense attorney Horia…

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Delivery/manufacture of ‘extremely large amount of methamphetamine’ yields prison term

April 9, 2024

LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old man was sentenced to three and a half to 40 years in prison for a conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 9. Dalton Joseph Verboam pleaded guilty to the charge Feb. 13. “This was an extremely large amount of methamphetamine,” said Mason County Assistant Prosecutor Beth Hand. Defense attorney…

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