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Teen home invader sent to jail for 10 months

November 24, 2014
Teen home invader sent to jail for 10 months

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 17-year-old Hart man avoided prison but will spend the next 10 months in jail stemming from his arrest last September in connection with a stolen car that he and a juvenile were caught doing donuts with shortly after the theft. Steven Geno Rice, III, was initially facing two felony counts of home…

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78th District Court arraignments

November 22, 2014
78th District Court arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were arraigned Wednesday, Nov. 19, in front of the 78th District Court magistrate: Felonies –      Janet Mae Fawn Hamilton, 17, of 3259 Evanson Ave., Muskegon, was arrested Nov. 7 by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) for a felony of assault by strangulation. A preliminary conference is set for Dec. 1…

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Attorney: ‘certain’ case will be resolved; new pretrial for man with interpreter

November 21, 2014
Attorney: ‘certain’ case will be resolved; new pretrial for man with interpreter

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A new pretrial date has been set for the 44-year-old Hart man facing a cocaine possession charge who was scolded by Judge Terrence R. Thomas during his first pretrial hearing Monday, Nov. 17, for bringing an English interpreter with him. Juan Leonel Estrada is set for a new pretrial hearing in 27th Circuit…

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MSP to hold Stuff the Goose campaign for needy families.

November 21, 2014
MSP to hold Stuff the Goose campaign for needy families.

PERE MARQUETTE TWP. (Mason Co.) — The Michigan State Police Hart Post will be conducting an event to benefit the less fortunate in Mason and Oceana counties.  The theme for this event will be Stuff the Blue Goose. The troopers of the MSP have traditionally referred to their patrol cars as a “blue goose.” The purpose of the campaign is…

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City negotiating MDEQ order; public meeting Dec. 10

November 21, 2014

HART — “The City of Hart is currently negotiating an Administrative Consent Order (ACO) with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) regarding water quality violations in the South Branch Pentwater River below the Hart Dam,” states a press release issued by City Manager Stant Rickard. “The South Branch Pentwater River is classified as a ‘cold water (trout) stream’ where…

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