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79th District Court sentencings

July 10, 2015
79th District Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Tiera Leigh Pierce, 35, of 6531 Beech St., Hamlin Township, was found guilty June 30 of fourth-degree child abuse. She was sentenced to 15 days in jail with credit for 15 days served; $840 in fines and costs; one year discretionary jail for…

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Fountain man pleads guilty to making meth at his grandmother’s house

July 7, 2015
Fountain man pleads guilty to making meth at his grandmother’s house

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Fountain man pleaded guilty to felony charges of maintaining a meth lab and manufacturing meth in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 7. Travis Michael Shaull’s plea agreement calls for a six-month jail term, followed by boot camp or Special Alternative Incarceration (SAI), and his double-penalty enhancement on the charges will be…

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Ludington man sent to prison for tether tampering

July 7, 2015
Ludington man sent to prison for tether tampering

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to one and a half to three years in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison for tampering with an electronic monitoring device and second-offense habitual offender in 51st Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 7. Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola said Zachary Alan Shurlow was on parole for…

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Fountain man placed on tether for weapons convictions

July 7, 2015
Fountain man placed on tether for weapons convictions

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 46-year-old Fountain man was ordered to a seven-month tether term during a one-year discretionary jail sentence for two counts of receiving and concealing firearms and fourth-offense habitual offender Tuesday, July 7, in 51st Circuit Court. Arthur Warner Tyra, Jr., who is free on 10 percent of a $25,000 bond, was arrested last…

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79th District Court arraignments

July 3, 2015
79th District Court arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Jade Lucille Oquist, 18, of 118 E. Dahaner St., Ludington, was arrested June 25 by the Ludington Police Department on two felony counts of possession of narcotic or cocaine less than 25 grams; one count of possession of…

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