Courts

3 Hesperia teens, originally charged as adults, plea guilty in family court.

June 16, 2015

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. HART — The third of three Hesperia teenaged boys, initially charged with sexual assault and conspiracy to commit crimes against a classmate, pled guilty in 27th Circuit Court Family Division recently. The other two boys had already entered pleas. Initially the three 14-year-old boys were charged as adults. See original story here. Oceana County Prosecutor Joe…

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78th District Court sentencings

June 13, 2015
78th District Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Julie Ann Barnes, 33, of 277 N. State St., Shelby, was found guilty May 4 of second-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL). She was sentenced to nine days in jail; one year discretionary jail to ensure compliance with court orders; credit…

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78th District Court arraignments

June 13, 2015
78th District Court arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were arraigned recently in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: – Paul William Marvin III, 32, of 5312 S. 90th Ave., New Era, was arrested June 2 by the Hart Police Department (HPD) for a misdemeanor of driving while license suspended (DWLS). Pretrial: June 23 at 10:30 a.m. Bail: $1,500/cash/surety/10…

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27th Circuit Court sentencings

June 12, 2015
27th Circuit Court sentencings

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were sentenced recently in 27th Circuit Court: – Nicholas John Erickson, 37, of 69 S. 56th, Shelby, was found guilty April 13 of third-offense operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL). He was sentenced June 8 to one year discretionary jail with six months forthwith; credit for one day served; one…

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Man who fled police, crashed into cruiser sent to prison

June 8, 2015
Man who fled police, crashed into cruiser sent to prison

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 32-year-old Montague who fled police in an alleged stolen truck, crashing into a police cruiser during a high-speed chase last April was sentenced to one-and-a-half to five years in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison Monday, June 8, in 27th Circuit Court. “I messed up,” Ronald Lawrence Hunter told Judge Anthony Monton.…

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