Basketball coach pleads ‘no contest’ in CSC case. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 36-year-old former high school basketball coach faces three to 15 years in prison after pleading” no contest” to third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) Monday, Dec. 3, in 27th Circuit Court. Russell Douglas Swihart was initially charged with five felony counts of CSC stemming from…
Prisoner sentenced for home invasion. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 19-year-old Zeeland man currently incarcerated in prison received a concurrent prison term Monday, Dec. 3, in 27th Circuit Court for a conviction of second-degree home invasion. Nieko James Sheldon was arrested last April in Oceana County and was set to receive a Holmes Youthful Trainee Act (HYTA)…
Man sent to jail for stealing mom’s credit card to buy beer, cigarettes. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 36-year-old Mears man who stole his mother’s credit card to buy beer, cigarettes and gas was sentenced to six months in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 3. Joseph Alan Riggs, of 5839 5th St., pleaded guilty last…
No one injured in chain reaction US 31 crashes. #OceanaCountyNews GRANT TOWNSHIP – Four separate vehicle crashes occurred at the same time and place Saturday, Dec. 1, at 8:40 a.m. on US 31 near Winston Road, said Michigan State Police Sgt. Charles Hockanson. No one was injured, and all of the crashes were one-vehicle crashes, Hockanson said. Two of the…
Electric Forest returns to one-weekend format. #ElectricForestFestival2019 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY – Electric Forest, the gigantic music festival that attracts 50,000 or more people from across the country and beyond, is downsizing from a two-weekend format to a one-weekend event in 2019. The festival, which takes place at the Double JJ Resort, offered a two-weekend format the previous two…
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