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Police assault yields prison term.

April 11, 2016
Police assault yields prison term.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 24-year-old Shelby man was sentenced to 16 months to 15 years in prison Monday, April 11, in 27th Circuit Court, for a conviction of resisting/opposing/assaulting a police officer causing injury with a fourth-offense habitual offender designation after seriously injuring a Shelby police officer last fall. Brett Anthony Peoples pleaded “no contest” to…

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Police arrest 4 suspects for fraud, 5 for MIP.

April 11, 2016
Police arrest 4 suspects for fraud, 5 for MIP.

NEW ERA — Michigan State Police troopers from the Hart post arrested four suspects for fraud Friday, April 8, at 3:05 p.m. in the 4000 block of First Street. Arrested were a 24-year-old Hart woman, an 18-year-old Muskegon woman, a 22-year-old Hart man and a 26-year-old Clarksville, Mich. man. No other details about the case were immediately available. In an…

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Somewhere over the rainbow, Dorothy is a dictator.

April 10, 2016
Somewhere over the rainbow, Dorothy is a dictator.

By Kay Brennan, Hesperia Community Library Director. Most people have watched the “Wizard of Oz” movie and some may have read the book by Frank L. Baum. You might remember Judy Garland as Dorothy and her great pals: the Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion. They met the wizard, killed the Wicked Witch and with the help of Dorothy’s…

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Attempted robbery suspect arrested for drunk driving following crash.

April 8, 2016
Attempted robbery suspect arrested for drunk driving following crash.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old New Era man accused of the attempted robbery of the Mitt Stop gas station in Shelby last January was arrested for operating with a high blood alcohol content (BAC); bond release violation; and driving while license suspended (DWLS) following a rollover crash on South Oceana Drive, April 3, at 6:15 a.m.…

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78th District Court arraignments include CSC case.

April 8, 2016
78th District Court arraignments include CSC case.

The court news is sponsored by Emelander Law Firm, PC, serving Oceana, Mason and Newaygo counties. Office: 231.303.5005; Cell: 231.303.0905. www.emelanderlaw.com. By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 78th District Court magistrate: Felonies – Christopher Ora Eitniear, 49, of 8864 Loop Rd., Hesperia, was arrested March 30 by the Michigan State…

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