By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 61-year-old West Virginia man was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 16, to 25-50 years in prison for a conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Charles Vernon Alltop was subject to a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term after a jury found him guilty of first-degree CSC and second-degree…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART – A judge denied a motion to set aside a conviction against a 69-year-old Jenison man who carelessly discharged his gun, killing a 13-year-old Wyoming, Michigan boy while they were squirrel hunting in Greenwood Township near Hesperia Feb. 18, 2017. Judge Susan K. Sniegowski denied the motion to expunge the conviction of Roger Erick…
UPDATE: Two other defendants were sentenced in the case Dec. 17, 2024. Michael Ivan Darling III of Hesperia pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was ordered to pay $6,739.34 in restitution, and Robert Erie-Lee Bremer of Hesperia also pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was ordered to pay $6,614.34 in restitution. HART — Six local men who were…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Robert Joe Smith II, 40, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 to carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced Dec. 9 to 41 days in jail with credit for 41 days served; one year probation; and $658 in fines and costs. – Thomas…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 43-year-old man was ordered to pay $7,081.44 in restitution for a conviction of malicious destruction of police property in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court earlier this month. William Andrew Hammond “was involved in an altercation at or near the Dollar General in Pentwater,” said Oceana County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Bizon. “When the…
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