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Drug charges top 78th District Court arraignments.

November 3, 2017

Drug charges top 78th District Court arraignments. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – Cody Morgan Denton, 22, of 2630 Sherman Rd., Ludington, was arrested Oct. 25 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) for a felony of controlled substance possession – cocaine/heroin or another narcotic less than 25…

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Police handle drunk driving, disorderly arrests.

November 3, 2017

Police handle drunk driving, disorderly arrests. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Thursday, October 26, 2017: – 6 p.m., (Hart Police Department), assault and battery, 300 block of Johnson Street, City of Hart. – 6:20 p.m., (HPD), alarm, 4000 block of Polk Road, City of Hart. – 6:52 p.m., (HPD), unwanted person/disorderly conduct, 2000 block of…

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Felony assault cases dismissed due to victims not cooperating.

November 2, 2017

Felony assault cases dismissed due to victims not cooperating. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — Felony charges against two defendants in separate criminal cases were dismissed recently in 78th District Court due to the victims refusing to cooperate. Joseph Alan Riggs, 35, of 5839 W. 5th St., Mears, was charged with third-offense domestic violence and a fourth-offense habitual offender…

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Inmate charged with aggravated indecent exposure.

November 2, 2017

Inmate charged with aggravated indecent exposure. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 42-year-old Hart man incarcerated in the Oceana County Jail on a felony charge of assault by strangulation and a fourth-offense habitual offender notice allegedly exposed his genitals, while fondling or touching them, in front of another person at the jail. Chad Mitchell Riggs, of 6749 W.…

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Assaults top police activity.

November 2, 2017

Assaults top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is police activity in Oceana County Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017: – 12:21 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), larceny from a yard, North 94th Avenue, Hart Township. – 5:44 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 37-year-old Rothbury woman was arrested for domestic assault, 5000 block of Okemos Trail, Grant Township. – 7:17 p.m., (OCSO), assault…

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