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79th District Court sentencings, posted Nov. 22, 2017.

November 22, 2017

79th District Court sentencings, posted Nov. 22, 2017. #MasonCountyCrime. By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Bryan Scott Fenner, 26, of 4555 Ordway Rd., Eden Township, pleaded guilty November 7 to second-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) and was sentenced to 32 days in jail with credit for two days…

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2 days after heroin dealing sentencing, woman overdoses, arrested.

November 17, 2017

2 days after heroin dealing sentencing, woman overdoses, arrested. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old Hamlin Township woman who was sentenced to jail earlier this week for selling heroin overdosed on Thursday evening at her home. Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, along with medical personnel from Life EMS and Hamlin Twp. Fire Dept., were called to 1852 N. Lincoln…

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Ludington man arraigned for Kalamazoo bicyclist’s death. 

November 17, 2017

Ludington man arraigned for Kalamazoo bicyclist’s death.  KALAMAZOO — Joshua Christian Najacht, 22, of Ludington was arraigned Thursday, Nov. 16, for the death of a Kalamazoo Township bicyclist. Najacht appeared in Kalamazoo County’s Eighth District Court where he was charged with a misdemeanor of moving violation causing death in the Aug. 7 crash that killed Jeremy David Smith, 20. He…

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Custer Twp. man covered in blood faces felony for resisting police. 

November 15, 2017

Man covered in blood faces felony for resisting police.  #MasonCountyCrime. LUDINGTON — Roy Daniel Purple, 62, 463 E. US 10, Custer Township, was arraigned Tuesday in 79th District Court on two counts of felony charge of resisting/obstructing a police officer, which is punishable by up to two years imprisonment and/or a $2,000 fine. Purple was also charged with repeat offender,…

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Ludington man pleads guilty to stalking.

November 15, 2017

Ludington man pleads guilty to stalking. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old Ludington man pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in 51st Circuit court to aggravated stalking and faces serving four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term. Eric Keith Avery, of 1218 S. Madison St., Apt. 5, was arrested last August by the Ludington…

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