By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HESPERIA — Hesperia Village Councilman David Sean Pates, 32, a co-owner of the Hesperia House restaurant, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday afternoon for allegedly setting his own restaurant on fire last spring. Pates was recently arrested in North Carolina, and local law enforcement officials were waiting for a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 1,…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Benjamin Glenn Spore, 53, of 1297 Esther St., Scottville, was found guilty Sept. 16 of malicious destruction of personal property. He was sentenced to 93 days discretionary jail for one year; two days in jail with credit for two days served; and $566…
MUSKEGON – The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the murder and gun convictions of Clinton Allen Crawford, Jr., of Muskegon Heights in the 2011 shooting death of a Hesperia man who ripped him off in a drug deal, according to mlive. A jury convicted Crawford May 2, 2012, of murdering 42-year-old Scott Cooper after he ripped him off in a…
HART — Adam Gene Rodriguez, 41, of 3300 Plum St., Shelby, was found guilty in 27th Circuit Court, Aug. 25, of operating under the influence of liquor, third offense. He was sentenced Monday to one year in jail with credit for one day served; sentence to be served at the court’s discretion; six months forthwith; two years probation; $198 in…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A jury trial for one of three “overly-aggressive” vacuum salespeople who were arrested for allegedly barging into people’s homes last spring is set to begin in 78th District Court next Tuesday, Sept. 30. Darnell Marquis Burton, 35, of 448 NE Sweet St., Grand Rapids faces up to 30 days in jail and a…
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