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Illinois man arrested for reckless firearm discharge using M4 rifle

August 21, 2024

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…

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Oceana County man seriously injured in PM Hwy crash

August 20, 2024

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…

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Man sent to prison for multiple drug convictions

August 20, 2024

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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Police news, posted Aug. 20, 2024

August 20, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Monday, Aug. 19, 2024: 1:33 a.m., ​a 47-year-old Ludington woman was arrested on an outstanding Mason County felony warrant for delivery of methamphetamine, Nelson and Johnson roads, Pere Marquette Township. 4:19 a.m., alarm…

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Man sentenced to prison for gross indecency for assault at hotel

August 20, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 41-year-old Holland man was sentenced to 13 months to five years in prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 19, for a conviction of gross indecency between a male and female. Christopher Matthew Kubacki pleaded “no contest” to the charge, July 15. Kubacki committed gross indecency involving a 10-year-old girl…

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