Fire destroys garage. #OceanaCounty By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP – A fire Monday evening, Oct. 22, destroyed a garage at 7673 E. Loop Rd. near Hesperia, but the firefighters’ quick actions saved the nearby home. Firefighters from Hesperia, Ferry Township and Fremont battled the blaze. The detached garage contained a wood stove, which may have caused the fire, said…
Five men sentenced in connection to cockfighting ring. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Five men, including a Shelby man, were sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Oct. 22, for felony convictions of attending an animal fight in connection to the cockfighting ring that was raided by police last June in Hart Township. Hector Francis Vasquez-Melchor, 20, of 101…
Man ordered to jail for accosting child. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 25-year-old Hesperia man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Oct. 22, to 101 days in jail with credit for 101 days served and five years probation for a felony conviction of accosting a child for immoral purposes. Monte Lee Dupont, of 65 S. Winter…
Sex offender sent to jail for failing to register 6th time. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 36-year-old man was sentenced to one year in jail Monday, Oct. 22, for failure to register as a sex offender. Clarence Fredrick Cowles, whose address is listed with the court as 1355 Baseline Rd. Shelby, has been convicted of failing to…
Man sentenced to jail for car theft. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 31-year-old Minneapolis-area, Minnesota man was sentenced to 108 days in jail with credit for 108 days served in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Oct. 22, for a conviction of unlawful driving away of an automobile or car theft. Chad Thomas Shelso pleaded guilty last August. Shelso…
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