By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Rob Roger Smith, 31; two counts of second-degree home invasion; arrested Aug. 16 by Ludington Police Department; arraigned Oct. 31; preliminary hearing: Nov. 20; bail: $100,000 cash. -Donald Glenn Fitch, Jr., 42; possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine/ecstasy); arrested Sept. 29…
LUDINGTON — The woman who is accused of assaulting a township clerk and then resisting arrest at a polling place on Election Day has a criminal history of assault. Muzette Elizabeth Phippen-O’Connell, 52, of Hamlin Township, is facing two felony charges of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer along with misdemeanor charges for an election law polling place violation and assault and…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Stacey Lynn Black, 60, pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to a reduced charge of operating a vehicle while impaired by liquor and was sentenced to 93 days in jail (suspended sentence), must not buy/have/use alcohol or controlled substances, subject to random PBTs…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Mason County jail inmate, who is a habitual offender, faces multiple charges for allegedly bringing fentanyl into the jail and furnishing it to another inmate who nearly died after taking the drug last November. Travis Michael Gale of Oceana County faces charges of delivery/manufacture of cocaine, heroin or another narcotic less…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Traverse City man pleaded guilty during a pretrial in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 29, to first-degree retail fraud and third-offense habitual offender. Dustin Douglas Clark, who is free after posting 10 percent of a $7,500 bond, faces a one-year jail sentence in exchange for his plea. “The offer…
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