Courts

Fleeing police yields jail term

August 29, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Mears man will spend the next six months in jail following a May 12 conviction of fleeing a police officer. Jacob Allen Wilson, of 5215 W. Fox Rd., was sentenced Wednesday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with credit for 11 days served; sentence to be served at…

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Stabber sentenced

August 29, 2014
Stabber sentenced

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 24-year-old Montague man who had been on the lam for three days following a stabbing last May was sentenced Monday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with nine months forthwith. Jacob Casey Kozlowski, of 9418 Oak Lane Dr., pled no contest to assault with a weapon July 14. Kozlowski…

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78th District Court sentencings

August 29, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were convicted and sentenced Monday in 78th District Court: –      Amanda Jo Knapp, 27, of 3031 S. Washington Ave., Apt. G8, Lansing, pled no contest to breaking and entering – illegal entry. She was sentenced to 90 days discretionary jail and $400 in fines and costs. –      William Douglas Todd, 46,…

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Arraignments

August 21, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were arraigned Wednesday in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: – Joshua Abdul Castillo, 19, of 2936 S. 186th Ave., Hesperia, was arrested Aug. 11 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for a misdemeanor of controlled substance, possession of marijuana. A pretrial is set for Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.…

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Mears man arrested for 2011 dog dragging death

August 18, 2014
Mears man arrested for 2011 dog dragging death

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – A Mears man accused of fatally dragging a golden retriever behind a truck back in 2011 was arrested over the weekend. Luke Morgan, 34, has been sought by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office for over three years since the dog dragging death occurred on Taylor Road in Golden Township. He was the alleged driver.…

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