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By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to felonious assault and second-offense operating while intoxicated in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 20, for crashing into another vehicle while driving drunk Dec. 31, 2022 on Hoague Road in Grant Township. The original charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury will be dismissed against…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 54 year-old Waukegan, Illinois man was arrested on charges of felon in possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm Tuesday, Aug. 20, shortly after 2:30 p.m. after Mason County sheriff’s deputies and Michigan State Police troopers…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Crystal Township, Oceana County man was seriously injured after the vehicle he was driving collided with a semi truck and trailer Tuesday morning. Emergency personnel were called to the intersection of Pere Marquette Highway and the northbound US 31 offramp at 7:21 a.m. According to Mason County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt…
Ricky Lee Hendrickson has 23 prior misdemeanors and four prior felony convictions. By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 55-year-old man was sentenced to four concurrent prison terms in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 20, for felony convictions of analogues possession, methamphetamine/ecstasy possession (two counts) and bringing contraband into the jail. Ricky Lee Hendrickson pleaded guilty to…
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