By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — A man’s body that washed up on the Lake Michigan shore Friday, Nov. 8, has been identified as the remains of a missing Illinois boater, according to the Michigan State Police. “The Michigan State Police sends our deepest condolences to the family of a missing boater from Illinois who has been identified…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 61-year-old West Virginia man faces a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term after a jury found him guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and second-degree CSC in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Wednesday, Nov. 6. The jury deliberated for 17 minutes before coming back to the courtroom with a guilty verdict for…
HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Robert Scott Poort, 63, of 320 N. Michigan Ave., Shelby, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to operating while intoxicated and was sentenced Oct. 29 to one day in jail with credit for one day served; six months probation; Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) twice a week; must complete outpatient treatment;…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Robert Joe Smith, 40, of 1423 W. Arthur Rd., New Era; aggravated stalking. Preliminary exam: Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. – Dejanie Antwanie Moore, 21, of 2468 W. Alder Crt. Rothbury; second-degree home invasion, larceny in a building and a…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Mason County jail inmate, who is a habitual offender, faces multiple charges for allegedly bringing fentanyl into the jail and furnishing it to another inmate who nearly died after taking the drug last November. Travis Michael Gale of Oceana County faces charges of delivery/manufacture of cocaine, heroin or another narcotic less…
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