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Suspect uses officer’s flashlight to assault him during scuffle.

November 4, 2022

Suspect uses officer’s flashlight to assault him during scuffle. The officer was treated at ER for head injuries. LUDINGTON — ​A 27-year-old male officer with the Ludington Police Department was struck in the head with a flashlight by a 39-year-old male suspect in the 800 block of West Loomis Street Thursday, Nov. 3, shortly before 9:30 p.m., according to Interim…

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Pedestrian walking with traffic after dark struck by vehicle.

November 4, 2022

Pedestrian walking with traffic after dark struck by vehicle. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Auto Owners Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Ludington man was struck by a vehicle while walking northbound on Stiles Road in the northbound lane Thursday, Nov. 3, just after 7:01 p.m., according to…

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Car/deer crashes on the rise.

November 3, 2022

Car/deer crashes on the rise. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Auto Owners Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022: 7:02 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 west of Tuttle Road, Custer Township. 7:30 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy…

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Police news, posted Nov. 2, 2022

November 2, 2022

Police news, posted Nov. 2, 2022 The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Auto Owners Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022: 12:44 a.m., a 28-year-old Baldwin man was arrested following a traffic stop on an outstanding Lake County failure to appear…

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Inmate’s cause of death determined to be cardiac arrest.

November 1, 2022

Inmate’s cause of death determined to be cardiac arrest. LUDINGTON — The autopsy and toxicology reports of Crandal Smith, who died at the Mason County Jail Oct. 11, determined that the inmate’s cause of death was cardiac arrest, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole in a press release Tuesday, Nov. 1. “Mr. Smith had no illegal substances in his system,”…

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