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How you can help us cover the Trooper Butterfield murder trial

February 13, 2014
How you can help us cover the Trooper Butterfield murder trial

A PayPal donation button is located on top of the advertising sidebar here at www.MasonCountyPress.com. Dear Readers: Next week, Eric Knysz will go on trial in 51st Circuit Court for the Sept. 9, 2013 murder of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield. This trial is expected to last nine days. Mason County Press was the first news organization to break…

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3 sentenced in circuit court

February 7, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. MCP Correspondent. LUDINGTON — The following defendants were sentenced in 51st Circuit Court this past week: –       Mason Alan Salisbury, 24, of 8336 West St., Free Soil, was found guilty Dec. 3 of breaking and entering (B & E) of a building with intent and habitual offender, third conviction. He was sentenced Feb. 4 to one year in jail with credit…

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79th District Court arraignments

February 7, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. MCP Correspondent.  LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned this past week in front of the Mason County magistrate in 79th District Court. Felony –       Jeremy Jason Bonneau, 39, of 6765 Ann St., Ludington, was arrested Feb. 2 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for a felony of operating while intoxicated, third offense. A preliminary exam is set…

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11 sentenced in District Court

February 7, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. MCP Correspondent. LUDINGTON — The following defendants were sentenced in 79th District Court this past week: –       Dyllon Eugene Kissell, 19, of 1713 W. Kinney Rd., Ludington, was found guilty Jan. 30 of driving while license suspended (DWLS). He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with credit for one day served; $285 in fines and costs; and 93…

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Mother of accused trooper shooter refuses plea

February 4, 2014
Mother of accused trooper shooter refuses plea

LUDINGTON – Tammi Spoford, the mother of the man charged with murdering a Michigan State Police trooper appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court today where she turned down a plea agreement from Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola. Spofford, 50, of 8124 W. Eight Mile Road, Irons, is charged with accessory after the fact to the Sept. 9 murder of…

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