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Trooper killer receives life sentence

April 8, 2014
Trooper killer receives life sentence

More updates to come. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — Eric John Knysz, the 20-year-old Irons resident who murdered Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, will spend the rest of his life in prison. He was sentenced today in 51st Circuit Court to life in prison without parole. For the first time, since Knysz murdered Trooper Butterfield on North Custer…

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Officials react to sentencing

April 8, 2014
Officials react to sentencing

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  A community nightmare that began on Sept. 9, 2013, has nearly ended. Eric John Knysz, 20, of Irons was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield. His sentence calls for no chance of parole. The Mason County courthouse was full this afternoon with law enforcement officials and other…

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Soldier sentenced to 1 year in jail for assaulting deputy

April 8, 2014
Soldier sentenced to 1 year in jail for assaulting deputy

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A Michigan National Guard soldier who assaulted a Mason County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to a year in jail today in 51st Circuit Court. Eric Michael Klopp, 33, 1235 Sumac St., Fruitport, pleaded guilty in February for resisting and assaulting Dep. Ed Rasmussen, a corrections officer at the Mason County Jail, following a Nov.…

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Ludington man pleads guilty to resisting police, drug charges

April 8, 2014
Ludington man pleads guilty to resisting police, drug charges

LUDINGTON — A 23-year-old Ludington man charged with resisting and obstructing three area law enforcement officers, and possession of marijuana and methadone, pleaded guilty today in 51st Circuit Court. Carl Lee Herring was arrested Feb. 20, 2014 by Ludington Police Department during an incident at 210 E. Loomis St. Herring told Judge Richard Cooper that he was staying at that…

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Trooper killer to be sentenced Tuesday

April 7, 2014
Trooper killer to be sentenced Tuesday

LUDINGTON — Eric John Knysz, the 20-year-old Irons resident who murdered Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, will be sentenced Tuesday afternoon by Judge Richard Cooper in 51st Circuit Court. In February, a jury found Knysz guilty of first degree murder of a peace officer, the jury also found him guilty of felony firearms possession, carrying a concealed weapon and…

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