LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old man was sentenced to one year in jail in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 30, for a conviction of two counts of first-degree retail fraud. Sergio Ramon Escamilla was ordered to pay $3,184.81 in restitution to Meijer and three years probation. Escamilla pleaded guilty, March 19. He shoplifted from the Meijer store in Amber…
LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old woman was sentenced to one year in jail for convictions of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and assault with a dangerous weapon/felonious assault in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 30. Justyce Victoria Gillespie pleaded guilty to the charges, March 19. Gillespie assaulted a male victim with a knife…
LUDINGTON — The 40-year-old Pinconning man who allegedly threatened hotel guests with a handgun Tuesday evening, April 23, remains lodged in the Mason County Jail on a $100,000 cash/surety bond, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Daniel James Bendtsen was arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court on the following charges: • two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon,…
51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted April 23, 2024 By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Christopher Lee Merriman, 44, was found guilty of probation violation and was sentenced April 16, 2024 to 46 months to 20 years in prison with credit for 649 days served in jail and…
LUDINGTON — Bradley Curtis Drake, 27, faces a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term for a conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) — victim under age 13 — after a jury rendered a guilty verdict Thursday, April 18, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Drake is lodged in the Mason County Jail without bond. Sentencing is scheduled for May 28 at…
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