By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The two Shelby men who robbed the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December pleaded “no contest” to armed robbery in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, April 28. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 38, and Miguel Angel Vargas-Mares, 23, are looking at minimum sentences of three and a half years in…
HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Jeffrey Scott Barrett, 42, of Gwinn, Michigan; four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of first-degree child abuse. Preliminary exam: May 6 at 1 p.m. – Chaz William Carr, Jr., 64, of Walkerville; second-degree CSC. Preliminary exam: May 13 at 1…
FERRY TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Shelby man was arrested Thursday, April 17, shortly after 4 p.m. in the 1800 block of Fish Road by troopers from the Michigan State Police, Hart post, on three felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, one felony count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and one count of parole violation,…
HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Jason Alan Ennis, 38, pleaded no contest Feb. 10 to possession of burglar’s tools and was sentenced April 14 to one year in jail; $6,355.02 in restitution; and $598 in fines and costs. One count of trespassing was dismissed. – Adam Scott Schilz-Kissling, 33, pleaded…
HART — A 45-year-old man convicted of methamphetamine possession and second-offense habitual offender was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, April 14. Dean Comrade McCallum pleaded guilty, Jan. 27. He received credit for 75 days served in jail. McCallum was discharged from prison May 16, 2024 after serving a two to…
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