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Embezzlement leads to jail time.

August 1, 2016
Embezzlement leads to jail time.

#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Hart man was sentenced to serve 30 days up front of a 90-day discretionary jail term for a conviction of embezzlement – $1,000-$20,000. Skyler Joseph Villanueva, of 461 E. Main St., Hart, was also ordered to pay restitution of $13,587.07 to the victim. According to his district court file, the…

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Mears man sent to prison for felonious assault.

August 1, 2016
Mears man sent to prison for felonious assault.

#OceanaCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 28-year-old Mears man was sentenced to 18 months to eight years in prison in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 1, for convictions of felonious assault and third-offense habitual offender. Jacob Allen Wilson, of 5549 Cherry Court, brutally assaulted his ex-girlfriend last February. The violent attack involved choking the victim nearly to…

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78th District Court arraignments, sentencings.

July 28, 2016
78th District Court arraignments, sentencings.

#OceanaCountyNews    #OceanaCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — The following proceedings took place recently in 78th District Court: Arraignments Felony – Michael Allen Degen, 52, of 920 Wilson Ave., Muskegon, was arrested July 23 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for a felony of third-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) and a misdemeanor of driving while license suspended (DWLS). Preliminary…

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Houghton Lake man, 42, airlifted following dune crash.

July 27, 2016
Houghton Lake man, 42, airlifted following dune crash.

#OceanaCountyNews #SilverLake GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Jason McClelland, 42, of Houghton Lake, Michigan was airlifted to Munson Hospital in Traverse City via Aeromed after the dune buggy he was driving Tuesday afternoon, July 26, at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes went “airborne over a hill and landed hard resulting in severe pain in his back and inability to move his lower…

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Great Lakes Energy sends local students to Washington.

July 26, 2016
Great Lakes Energy sends local students to Washington.

#OceanaCountyEducation WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six students representing Great Lakes Energy Cooperative were among 1,700 high school students who attended the June 11-16 Youth Tour hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in Washington, DC. Those attending from Great Lakes Energy included Cody DeVries of New Era, Daly Narmore of Custer, Morgan Graeber of St. Joseph, Marie Groenink of Ellsworth, Spencer…

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