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SSCENT drug arrests top 78th District Court arraignments.

August 23, 2019

SSCENT drug arrests top 78th District Court arraignments. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were arraigned recently in 78th District Court: Felonies – James Joseph Kline III, 25, of 2606 Thornwood Ave., SW, Wyoming, Michigan, was arrested by the State, Sheriffs’, Chiefs’ Enforcement of Narcotics Team (SSCENT) on felony charges of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine/ecstasy, delivery/manufacture of narcotic/cocaine…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings, Aug. 23, 2019.

August 23, 2019

27th Circuit Court sentencings, Aug. 23, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Richard Marc Jobbins, 42, of 10771 Parkwood Dr., Montague, was found guilty July 8 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Aug. 19 to 90 days in jail with credit for one day served; 18 months probation;…

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78th District Court sentencings, Aug. 22, 2019.

August 22, 2019

78th District Court sentencings, Aug. 22, 2019. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Arleigha Joanne-Workman Zimmer, 33, of 7818 Gale Rd., Hesperia, was found guilty Aug. 5 of larceny less than $200 and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served; 93 days discretionary…

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Driver who hit construction workers, killing one, sentenced.

August 21, 2019

Driver who hit construction workers, killing one, sentenced. MANISTEE – The driver who hit two construction workers, killing one, last September was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 21, in 85th District Court. Charlene Myers, 67, was sentenced to 14 days in jail starting Aug. 23; 180 days on house arrest while wearing a GPS tether; two years probation; and $2,825 in restitution,…

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Man with violent history sent to prison after threatening dad with blow torch.

August 19, 2019

Man with violent history sent to prison after threatening dad with blow torch. #OceanaCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The 38-year-old Mears man who crashed his pickup truck through the Shopko store in Hart in 2017 and was accused in 2015 of burning down his parents’ hobby garage in Mears followed by a rampage at the US Coast Guard…

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