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Laundromat worker sentenced for stealing $10,000 from machines.

October 8, 2019

Laundromat worker sentenced for stealing $10,000 from machines. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 48-year-old Hesperia woman who worked at the Hesperia Laundromat was sentenced to 30 days in jail and $10,000 in restitution Monday, Oct. 7, in 27th Circuit Court for a conviction of breaking and entering a coin-operated device. Teresa Lee Pless-Brandt, of 9135 Fox Rd.,…

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Governor’s budget vetoes put deputies’ jobs in peril.

October 8, 2019

Governor’s budget vetoes put deputies’ jobs in peril. LANSING – Governor Gretchen Whitmer cut the Secondary Road Patrol program last week as part of her vetoes that slash close to $1 billion from the 2020 state budget. However, 23 supplemental appropriation bills were introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate Tuesday, Oct. 8, aimed at reversing many of the budget vetoes enacted by…

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Cocaine delivery trial set for January.

October 8, 2019

Cocaine delivery trial set for January. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 20-year-old Shelby man faces up to 20 years in prison for a felony charge of delivery/manufacture of a narcotic/cocaine 50-449 grams. Steve Olvera, of 98 Sessions Rd., faces the felony charge stemming from an arrest by the State, Sheriffs’ Chiefs Enforcement of Narcotics Team (SSCENT), according…

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‘I picked the wrong path,’ meth dealer tells judge.

October 8, 2019

‘I picked the wrong path,’ meth dealer tells judge. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – A 27-year-old Morley, Michigan man pleaded guilty in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Oct. 7, to possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and now faces up to three years in prison Walter Patrick Geistel III, 27, of 21616 1 Mile Rd., testified before Judge Robert…

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Distracted driving believed to be cause of rollover crash.

October 7, 2019

Distracted driving believed to be cause of rollover crash. #OceanaCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP – A 19-year-old Muskegon woman received minor injuries in a single-vehicle rollover crash Monday, Oct. 7, shortly before 4:30 p.m. on South Water Road near Wilke Road, according to Oceana County Sheriff’s Deputy John Fraass. The woman was southbound in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala…

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