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Shelby police officer charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest.

September 30, 2019

Shelby police officer charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. SHELBY – Shelby Police Officer Gabriel Gordon LeBlanc, 35, has been suspended without pay following his arrest in Muskegon County last month on charges of operating while intoxicated and resisting arrest. LeBlanc, who is a Whitehall resident, was arrested by the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office, Aug. 29,…

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Driver passed out at gas pump faces OWI charge.

September 30, 2019

Driver passed out at gas pump faces OWI charge. #OceanaCountyCrime NEW ERA – A 20-year-old Shelby woman who told Oceana County sheriff’s deputies she had overdosed on drugs while she was being placed under arrest for operating while intoxicated Friday, Sept. 27, at 4:18 a.m. was found passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle by the gas pumps…

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Letter to the Editor: Road commission should have taken action earlier on Longbridge Road.

September 30, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Road commission should have taken action earlier on Longbridge Road. Dear Editor: They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Here’s one concerning the Longbridge closure. As reported in Oceana County Press, Road Commission Managing Director Mark Timmer read a prepared statement to those attending the Sept. 25 meeting, and said this: “We have been working SINCE WE CLOSED…

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Four sentenced for meth in 27th Circuit Court.

September 27, 2019

Four sentenced for meth in 27th Circuit Court. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Patrick Faye George, 30, of 64 Michigan Ave., Shelby, was found guilty of July 22 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Sept. 16 to one year in jail with credit for 117 days served; driver’s…

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78th District Court arraignments, Sept. 27, 2019.

September 27, 2019

78th District Court arraignments, Sept. 27, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – Adam Blake Riddell, 29, of 103 Wood St., Hart, was arrested by the State, Sheriffs’, Chiefs’ Enforcement of Narcotics Team (SSCENT) for a felony of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy. Preliminary exam: Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.…

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