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Police news, posted Sept. 1, 2023

September 1, 2023

Police news, posted Sept. 1, 2023 The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023: 6:49 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), alarm activation, Amber Township. 7:14 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of Oceana Drive, Summit Township. 11:20 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Lincoln Road north of Mavis Road, Hamlin Township. 7:20…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted Aug. 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted Aug. 31, 2023 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Alys Jean Benyo, 35, pleaded guilty April 11, 2023 to methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Aug. 29, 2023 to one year in jail with credit for 82 days served and $398 in fines…

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Elderly couple injured in US 10 crash

August 31, 2023

Elderly couple injured in US 10 crash AMBER TOWNSHIP — An 83-year-old Hart man and his passenger, an 81-year-old Hart woman, were both injured after the vehicle the man was driving pulled into the path of an eastbound vehicle on US 10 east of Brye Road Wednesday, Aug. 30, around 12:30 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. They…

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Man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to stabbing death

August 29, 2023

Man pleads not guilty by reason of insanity to stabbing death He will be committed indefinitely to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry  By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old Amber Township man pleaded “not guilty by reason of insanity” for the March 16, 2022 stabbing death of Kenneth Lee Schweitzer, 71, of Ludington during a pretrial hearing in Mason…

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Scottville woman injured in 2-car crash

August 29, 2023

Scottville woman injured in 2-car crash AMBER TOWNSHIP —A 62-year-old Scottville woman received “non-life-threatening injuries” following a two-vehicle crash Monday, Aug. 28, at 9:40 a.m. on US 10 west of the US 31 freeway, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole  The driver of the second vehicle — a 19-year-old Shelby man — was cited for failure to yield. Please…

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