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27th Circuit Court sentencings

November 25, 2015
27th Circuit Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Brandon Scott Thrailkill, 22, of 13 N. Courtland St., Hart, was found guilty Nov. 23 of probation violation. He was sentenced to one year in jail with credit for 210 days served; $198 in fines and costs; and probation is revoked. His probation…

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Fruitport man pleads guilty to DWLS causing injury

November 23, 2015
Fruitport man pleads guilty to DWLS causing injury

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Fruitport man could serve up to six months in jail after pleading guilty Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court to driving while license suspended (DWLS) causing injury. In exchange for Eli James Obradovich’s guilty plea, one count of operating under the influence causing an incapacitating injury was dismissed. His jail…

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Prisoner pleads guilty to meth possession

November 23, 2015
Prisoner pleads guilty to meth possession

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A prison inmate currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court to one felony count of possession of methamphetamine. Jason Charles Canavan, 29, of 5823 N. 192nd Ave., Walkerville, is serving a minimum of one year and 11 months to a maximum…

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Inmate pleads guilty to possessing child porn

November 23, 2015
Inmate pleads guilty to possessing child porn

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Rothbury man currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child sexually-abusive material Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court Christopher Ranzell Edwards, of 7128 S. 120th Ave., testified Monday that he was in possession of text messages last July that…

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Mears man receives jail term for driving over cherry trees

November 23, 2015
Mears man receives jail term for driving over cherry trees

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Mears man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 23, to serve four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for a conviction of malicious destruction of turf/trees/shrubs $1,000-$20,000. William Craig Buchanan II, of 7736 W. Fox Rd., testified last month that he intentionally drove over small cherry…

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