HART — The following were sentenced Monday, June 22, 2026 in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: Aaron Carlisle Kelly, 47, pleaded guilty April 13 to possession of heroin, cocaine or another narcotic, weapons possession by a prohibited person and operating while intoxicated and was sentenced June 22 to concurrent terms of two months in jail; nine months in jail; and…
HART — A 61-year-old Hesperia man was arrested after a Michigan State Police trooper found a sword inside a walking cane during a traffic stop on US 31 near Winston Road Thursday, June 11, at 10:30 a.m., according to Sgt. Michael Cuevas. Theodore Alva Short was arraigned in Oceana County’s 79th District Court on a felony charge of carrying a…
HART — The following were sentenced Monday, June 8, 2026 in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: Erick John Roth, 47, pleaded no contest April 27, 2026 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced to 346 days in jail with credit for 346 days served and $598 in fines and costs, which were paid. Misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and disorderly person…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A jury found Jeffrey Scott Barrett, 42, of Gwinn, Mich., guilty Friday, June 5, of four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of first-degree child abuse following a four-day trial in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court. “Between the fall of 2010 and December 2011, Barrett repeatedly sexually assaulted the…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 34-year-old man pleaded no contest to second-degree child abuse in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, June 8, in connection to the death of a 7-month-old boy who was his girlfriend’s son. Devin Austin Brown-Fowler is expected to receive a sentence of 43 months to 10 years in prison, said Oceana…
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