By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — Shale Nicole Campos, 46, who is charged with open murder for the shooting death of her husband Jason Campos, waived the right to have a preliminary exam within 21 days during a probable cause hearing in Oceana County’s 79th District Court Tuesday, Aug. 26. By waiving that right, Campos’s preliminary exam originally scheduled…
Prosecutor: ‘This was before the jail had the body scanner available. This incident did help demonstrate the need for a body scanner to further limit the ability of people with bad intentions of sneaking things into the jail that do not belong there.’ By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 28-year-old woman was sentenced to six to 20 years…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A man who was conned out of $15,000 by another man offering to broker the purchase of his dreamboat has still not received all of his money back yet. Eric Charles Golembiewski, 43, of Custer pleaded guilty to larceny by conversion $1,000-$20,000 July 22, 2024. During a hearing Monday Aug. 25 in Oceana…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2025: 6:46 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), domestic violence, no arrest, 8000 block of West Taylor Road, Golden Township. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025: 6:02 a.m., (OCSO), a 58-year-old Shelby man was…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The suspected gunman on the loose in Mears, 59-year-old Don Albert Stapel Jr., has misdemeanor charges pending in Oceana County’s 79th District Court. Michigan State Police released an updated photo of Stapel, which is a booking mugshot. Stapel faces charges of larceny less than $200 and trespassing and is scheduled for a…
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