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By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Ludington man, who is currently serving a prison term for probation violation, was sentenced on three separate convictions Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court, adding at least another year and nine months to his time behind bars. Timothy Allen-Dario Lopez was sentenced to concurrent terms with the Michigan Department of…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 34-year-old Scottville man pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 14, to second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Daniel John Cook, who was arrested last December by the Hart post of the Michigan State Police, was facing a first-degree CSC charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and a…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Custer man who faces up to 50 years in prison in connection to a meth lab bust last January rejected a plea deal offered by the prosecutor Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court and is now awaiting a jury trial. Russell Allen Wallager, 30, was arrested Jan. 15 by the State…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Scottville woman was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 14, to serve six months in jail for stealing jewelry from an elderly woman and then pawning it. Tonya Marie Sheffield, 30, of 2611 W. First St., Scottville, was convicted of larceny in a building and second-offense habitual offender stemming from…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Victory Township woman convicted of embezzling gift cards from the company she worked for was sentenced Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court to serve four months in jail, up front, of a nine-month sentence and pay $40,000 in restitution. Valerie Kay Larr, 56, pleaded guilty in February to embezzling between $20,000…
