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Retail fraud yields prison term, possible boot camp

September 15, 2015
Retail fraud yields prison term, possible boot camp

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 31-year-old Muskegon man was sentenced a minimum of 18 months in prison in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 15, for first-degree retail fraud, but he may be able serve his term in boot camp if the Michigan Department of Corrections allows it. Matthew Allen Bays was arrested last May by Michigan State…

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Sexually-abusive computer images of children add more time to inmate’s prison stay

September 15, 2015
Sexually-abusive computer images of children add more time to inmate’s prison stay

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Ludington man currently lodged in the Pugsley Correctional Facility in Grand Traverse County was sentenced to two concurrent prison terms Tuesday, Sept. 15, in 51st Circuit Court for convictions of child sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. Aaron Michael Reamer was sentenced to 16 months to…

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Ludington woman receives jail time for drug charges

September 15, 2015
Ludington woman receives jail time for drug charges

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 23-year-old Ludington woman was sentenced to serve eight months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence Tuesday, Sept. 15, in 51st Circuit Court for convictions of two felony counts of controlled substance, possession on school property – narcotic or cocaine less than 25 grams, and maintaining a drug house. Brooke Elizabeth Streeter,…

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Stalker sentenced to one year in jail

September 15, 2015
Stalker sentenced to one year in jail

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON— A 20-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to one year in jail with credit for 179 days served for felonies of aggravated stalking; using a computer to commit a crime; and third-offense habitual offender. Scott Samuel-Ray MacArthur will also be on a GPS tether for six months after release from jail. He was ordered to…

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Amber Township man sentenced for heroin possession

September 15, 2015
Amber Township man sentenced for heroin possession

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON— A 19-year-old Scottville man was sentenced to serve three months up front of a six-month discretionary jail term Tuesday, Sept. 15, in 51st Circuit Court for a felony of possession of heroin, less than 25 grams. Austin James McCumber, 118 Mt. Vernon, received credit for 89 days served in the Mason County Jail. McCumber pleaded…

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