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MSP investigates tire slashing.

January 15, 2020

MSP investigates tire slashing. #OceanaCountyCrime HART — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police is investigating a malicious destruction of property incident that was reported Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 11:20 a.m. in the 100 block of Wood Street, according to Trooper Conner Crutchfield. A vehicle’s tires were slashed Sunday, Jan. 12. The following is other recent MSP activity in…

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Murder trial set for end of April.

January 15, 2020

Murder trial set for end of April. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The murder trial against Corey Ryan Beekman, 33, of Free Soil Township is scheduled for April 27-30 and May 1 in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, according to court staff. Beekman, a former Army National Guard staff sergeant, is accused of murdering William Buchanan, 32, of…

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Man sent to jail for stealing car while on meth ‘bender.’

January 14, 2020

Man sent to jail for stealing car while on meth ‘bender.’ #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 25-year-old Walkerville man was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 14, to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for stealing a car while on a meth “bender” last October. Dustin Allen Himes, Jr.,…

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DWLS, warrant arrests top police activity.

January 14, 2020

DWLS, warrant arrests top police activity. #OceanaCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Thursday, Jan. 9, 2019: – 3:10 p.m., (Michigan State Police), one-vehicle crash, no injury, northbound US 31, Benona Township. The driver left the scene. The suspect is a 56-year-old Scottville man. Friday, Jan. 10, 2020: – 4:55 a.m., (OCSO), a 53-year-old Shelby woman was…

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Heroin delivery nets prison term.

January 13, 2020

Heroin delivery nets prison term. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 21-year-old Shelby man was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison Monday, Jan. 13, in 27th Circuit Court for a conviction of possession with intent to deliver less than 50 grams of heroin. Hector Francisco Vasquez-Melchor, of 101 S. 72nd Ave., may be able to serve…

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