By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Hart woman pleaded guilty Monday, April 11, in 27th Circuit Court to embezzling $1,000-$20,000 from Shopko Hometown store. Kimberly Ann Nicosia, of 710 E. Main St., faces a 45-day jail sentence in exchange for her guilty plea. Nicosia, who worked as a customer service associate, testified Monday that she embezzled the…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 50-year-old Hart woman pleaded guilty Monday, April 11, in 27th Circuit Court to embezzling $20,000 or more/less than $50,000 from Gale’s IGA grocery store. Laura Yvonne Routley, of 765 E. Hazel Rd., faces serving a four-and-a-half month jail term in exchange for her guilty plea. Oceana County Prosecutor Joseph Bizon told Judge…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old Mears man armed with a fiberglass axe handle and a 12-inch butcher knife Sunday afternoon, April 10, was tased by police after asking officers to shoot him, according to Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies were called at 4:26 p.m. to a residence in the…
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…
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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