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79th District Court arraignments, posted Sept. 27, 2024

September 27, 2024

HART — The following were arraigned recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Michael Ray Hale, 37, of 105 Woodlawn Crt., Hart; a felony of unlawful driving away of a vehicle/car theft and a misdemeanor of larceny. Pretrial: Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. – Alexander James Jackson, 20, of 481 Post Rd., White Cloud; three counts of third-degree…

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79th District Court sentencings

September 18, 2024

HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Rodney Paul Beecham II, 45, of 7429 S. Forest Glen Rd., Rothbury, pleaded guilty Sept. 10 to second-offense driving while license suspended (DWLS) and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two days served and $500 in fines and costs. Conviction is reportable to…

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12-hour car ride holding woman captive results in prison term

September 17, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 23-year-old Free Soil man was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 16, to three to 15 years in prison for a conviction of unlawful imprisonment after holding a 20-year-old woman captive in her own car for over 12 hours last October. Jehud Edreih-Deleon Ramirez, of 1968 E. Fountain Rd.,…

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Sentences being imposed on women for doing meth in the jail

September 17, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART —  Two women were sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 16, in connection to the case of female inmates doing meth inside the Oceana County Jail‎ last May. – Ashlynnd Marie Smith, 28, of 922 E. Tinkham Ave., Ludington, pleaded guilty July 22 to prisoner possessing contraband and was sentenced Monday…

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Jury acquits New Era man of CSC charges

September 12, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A jury rendered a not guilty verdict for a 38-year-old New Era man who was accused of three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Thursday, Sept. 12. Erick Omar Cano was accused of sexually assaulting a female victim three separate times when she was 10, 11, and…

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