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5 departments battle apartment fire

November 23, 2015
5 departments battle apartment fire

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SHELBY — Five fire departments battled a fire at a four-unit apartment building Monday evening, Nov. 23, at 80 N. Michigan Avenue. No one was injured, according to emergency personnel on scene. The fire was dispatched at approximately 6:45 p.m., and firefighters remained on scene at 8:15 p.m. The fire was contained, and crews remained…

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Fruitport man pleads guilty to DWLS causing injury

November 23, 2015
Fruitport man pleads guilty to DWLS causing injury

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Fruitport man could serve up to six months in jail after pleading guilty Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court to driving while license suspended (DWLS) causing injury. In exchange for Eli James Obradovich’s guilty plea, one count of operating under the influence causing an incapacitating injury was dismissed. His jail…

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Prisoner pleads guilty to meth possession

November 23, 2015
Prisoner pleads guilty to meth possession

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A prison inmate currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court to one felony count of possession of methamphetamine. Jason Charles Canavan, 29, of 5823 N. 192nd Ave., Walkerville, is serving a minimum of one year and 11 months to a maximum…

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Inmate pleads guilty to possessing child porn

November 23, 2015
Inmate pleads guilty to possessing child porn

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Rothbury man currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child sexually-abusive material Monday, Nov. 23, in 27th Circuit Court Christopher Ranzell Edwards, of 7128 S. 120th Ave., testified Monday that he was in possession of text messages last July that…

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Mears man receives jail term for driving over cherry trees

November 23, 2015
Mears man receives jail term for driving over cherry trees

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Mears man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 23, to serve four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for a conviction of malicious destruction of turf/trees/shrubs $1,000-$20,000. William Craig Buchanan II, of 7736 W. Fox Rd., testified last month that he intentionally drove over small cherry…

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