Courts

Man who racked up 18 probation violations sent to prison

November 11, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 46-year-old man who committed 18 probation violations was sentenced to prison in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 10. Shawn Alan Goerbig’s probation violations result from nine felony charges pending in Roscommon County’s 34th Circuit Court. Goerbig faces the following charges in Roscommon County: file 1 — aggravated stalking, Jan. 22,…

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Threats with handgun, axe during hunting dispute lead to felony charges

November 8, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor OTTO TOWNSHIP — The 57-year-old Rothbury man who allegedly displayed a handgun and an axe to threaten another man during a dispute over property lines and a deer stand was arraigned in Oceana County’s 79th District Court on two felony counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of felony firearm, court records…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Nov. 7, 2025

November 7, 2025

HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Brett Andrew Oom, 38, of Kent City; felony of communicating with another to commit a crime and misdemeanors of stalking, intentional dissemination of sexually explicit visual material and telephone — malicious use to threaten. Preliminary exam for the felony: Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. Pretrial…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, published Nov. 4, 2025

November 4, 2025

HART — The following were sentenced this week in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Robert Charles Brown, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced Nov. 3 to one year and one day to two years in prison with credit for 140 days served in jail and $198 in fines and costs. In a second file,…

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Deportation expected for armed robbers

November 3, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The second of two men was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 3, for robbing the La Mexicana De Pancho grocery store at gunpoint last December, and he and his accomplice are expected to be deported from the U.S. after serving their prison terms. Jorge Soriano Benitez, 39, of Shelby…

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