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Domestic violence, fugitive arrests top police activity.

February 29, 2016
Domestic violence, fugitive arrests top police activity.

The following is local law enforcement activity over the weekend, Feb. 26-28, 2016: Friday, Feb. 26, 2016: – 12:15 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 41-year-old Shelby woman was arrested for domestic violence, 6000 block of Johnson Rd., Benona Township. – 8 a.m., (MSP), a 36-year-old woman (hometown unavailable) was arrested on a fugitive warrant, 2000 block of E.…

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78th District Court arraignments include 1st-degree CSC.

February 26, 2016
78th District Court arraignments include 1st-degree CSC.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: Felony – Robert Eric Cupps, 38, of 7524 E. M-20, Hesperia, was arrested Feb. 19 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for felonies of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) – sexual penetration of a victim under the age of 13…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings include tether tampering, larceny, domestic violence.

February 26, 2016
27th Circuit Court sentencings include tether tampering, larceny, domestic violence.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Terry Donald Pearo, 23, of 215 State St., Hart, was found guilty Dec. 28 of tampering with an electronic monitoring device or tether. He was sentenced Feb. 23 to serve six months of a one-year discretionary jail sentence and $400 in fines and…

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Fugitive arrest.

February 26, 2016
Fugitive arrest.

PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Pentwater man was arrested on a fugitive warrant by troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police Thursday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. in the 400 block of Adams Road. MSP also responded to a one-car property damage crash Thursday at 12:30 a.m. at M-20 and 154th Avenue in Ferry Township. The police…

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Letter to the Editor: ESD is abandoning Oceana students, Shelby super writes.

February 26, 2016
Letter to the Editor: ESD is abandoning Oceana students, Shelby super writes.

As the superintendent of Shelby Public Schools, I was completely shocked when the leader of the West Shore Educational Service District (WSESD), Superintendent Randy Howes, informed Shelby that he plans on pulling  career technology education (CTE) program classrooms out of Oceana County.   Currently, two programs, allied health and agri-science, are offered in Hart for local students. Mr. Howes has…

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