HART — The following were sentenced Monday, Aug. 3, 2026 in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: Stephen Robert Lindley, 73, pleaded guilty, June 1, 2026 of possession of cocaine, heroin or another controlled substance and was sentenced, Aug. 3, 2026, to 12 days in jail with credit for 12 days served; one year probation; and $598 in fines and costs.…
HART — A jury deliberated approximately 11 minutes before finding a 37-year-old Walkerville man guilty of methamphetamine/ecstasy possession following a trial in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Wednesday, Aug. 6, said Oceana County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Bizon. Isaac Robert Gill is scheduled to appear in court before Judge Susan K. Sniegowski for a sentencing hearing, Oct. 5, at 10:50 a.m.,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 38-year-old Pierson, Mich. man was ordered in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 3, to pay over $22,000 in restitution for stealing a utility trailer from a local contractor. Jared Matthew Nichols pleaded guilty, June 8, to larceny $1,000-$20,000. “He stole a utility trailer from a local contractor,” said Oceana County…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 54 months (4 ½ years) to 10 years in prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 3, in connection to the death of a 7-month-old boy who was his girlfriend’s son. Devin Austin Brown-Fowler pleaded no contest to second-degree child abuse, June 8. Charges are…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The criminal case against a 27-year-old Pentwater man facing felony charges of assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to do great bodily harm for allegedly stabbing his parents at their Pentwater home, April 24, has been bound over to 51st Circuit Court. Clayton Lane Devries remains lodged in the Oceana…
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