Courts

Man sentenced to prison for arson

September 10, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 58-year-old Hart man who set a mattress on fire inside an apartment last April was sentenced Monday, Sept. 9, in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court to a minimum of 27 months to a maximum of 20 years in prison.  Luna Jesus Trigo, of 2320 W. Baseline Rd., pleaded “no contest” to the…

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79th District Court sentences, posted Sept. 10, 2024

September 10, 2024

HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Thomas Cody Frye, 33, of 62 N. Cook St., Hesperia, pleaded guilty Sept. 1 to giving false info to a police officer and was sentenced to 22 days in jail with credit for 22 days served and $125 in fines and costs. Travis James Bolles, 35, of…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, posted Sept. 10, 2024

September 10, 2024

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Dorothy Geneva Collins, of 7438 N. 128th Ave., Hart, pleaded guilty July 15 to methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Sept. 9 to one year in jail with credit for 119 days served and $598 in fines and costs. Charges of prisoner in possession of contraband…

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Man, 25, faces 15 years minimum for slitting man’s throat

September 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 25-year-old Shelby man who was involved in an hours long standoff‎ with police after slitting another man’s throat last July pleaded “no contest” to assault with intent to murder in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 9. Logan Nathaniel Duvall remains lodged in the Oceana County Jail on a $1 million…

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Former teacher and coach pleads guilty to using computer to commit crime

September 6, 2024

This article was updated Oct. 30, 2024 after speaking to Coronado’s attorney Andrew LaPres. It was discovered that there is an error in the court records. By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WHITE CLOUD — A former Shelby High School teacher and boys’ soccer coach pleaded guilty in Newaygo County’s 27th Circuit Court last week to a felony of using a…

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