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Car chase beginning in Oceana Co. ends with crash in Mason Co.

October 7, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER TOWNSHIP — Three law enforcement agencies were involved in two-county high speed chase that resulted in a crash Monday afternoon. The official details have not yet been released. According to Mason County Sheriff’s Office deputies on scene, the chase involved a Manistee County man and started in northeastern Oceana County. Deputies from Oceana County Sheriff’s…

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Police news, posted Oct. 7, 2024

October 7, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024: 1:07 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 43-year-old Scottville man was arrested following a traffic stop on a warrant issued in Mason County for a charge of methamphetamine possession, Pere…

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Homeless man arrested on 9 outstanding warrants at Waterfront Park

October 4, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — A 55-year-old homeless man was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 3 by Ludington Police Department. The arrest occurred because the man had nine outstanding arrest warrants out of the 63rd and 61st district courts of Kent County. The warrants included: Failure to appear…

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Suspect captured after running from deputies

October 3, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Pentwater man was arrested on a charge of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police after Mason County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a person smashing a windshield out of vehicle Wednesday, Oct. 2, shortly before 7 p.m. in the 6300…

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Free Soil couple injured in crash

October 2, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 71-year-old Free Soil man and his passenger, a 73-year-old Free Soil woman, both received non-life-threatening injuries after a vehicle pulled into their path as they traveled southbound on Custer Road where it intersects with Sugar Grove Road Tuesday, Oct.…

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