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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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Case against man accused of assault with intent to murder deputy heads to trial

April 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The 46-year-old Scottville man accused of nearly pushing a Mason County sheriff’s deputy into a passing logging semi truck and trying to disarm him last January appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 9, for a pretrial. Joshuea Michael Boger faces nine criminal charges, along with a third-offense habitual offender notice.…

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79th District Court arraignments, posted March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Emily Elizabeth Edgington, 20; possession of a controlled substance (narcotic/cocaine) and third-degree retail fraud; arrested Jan. 17 by Michigan State Police; arraigned March 27; preliminary exam: April 24; bail: $10,000/10 percent. -Tanya Renee Oleniczak, 48; uttering and publishing, using a computer…

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