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78th District Court sentencings.

June 22, 2016
78th District Court sentencings.

#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews The court news is sponsored by Emelander Law Firm, PC, serving Oceana, Mason and Newaygo counties. Office: 231.303.5005; Cell: 231.303.0905. www.emelanderlaw.com. By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Dustin Alan Lydens, 30, of 3615 N. 64th Ave., Hart, was found guilty June 20 of domestic violence and sentenced to…

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Cigarette theft leads to jail.

June 20, 2016
Cigarette theft leads to jail.

#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 27-year-old Twin Lake man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Monday, June 20, to serve 10 months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for stealing several cartons of cigarettes from Jack’s Quick Stop in Hesperia. Richard Lee Wiegand, of 362 Louisa Rd., pleaded guilty to first-degree retail fraud last October.…

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Mears man faces prison term for assault.

June 20, 2016
Mears man faces prison term for assault.

#OceanaCountyNews     #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 28-year-old Mears man is looking at serving a minimum of a year and a half in prison after pleading “no contest” in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 20, to felonious assault and third-offense habitual offender. Jacob Allen Wilson, of 5549 Cherry Court, was facing charges of assault by strangulation,…

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Receiving, concealing yields prison term; boot camp possible.

June 20, 2016
Receiving, concealing yields prison term; boot camp possible.

#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 19-year-old Hesperia man was sentenced to 20 months to seven-and-a-half years in prison Monday, June 20, in 27th Circuit Court for a conviction of receiving and concealing stolen property valued at over $1,000. Steven Geno Rice, of 4820 E. Loop Rd., pleaded guilty to the charge and to second-offense habitual offender…

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Hesperia woman admits she put officer in ‘choke hold.’

June 20, 2016
Hesperia woman admits she put officer in ‘choke hold.’

#OceanaCountyNews   #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — Kimberly Sue Cushman, 31, of 3585 N. Maple Island Rd., Hesperia, pleaded “no contest” Monday, June 20, in 27th Circuit Court to resisting police, admitting that she put an officer in a “choke hold.” In exchange for her plea, Cushman’s jail time will be capped at six months, and she may be…

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