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Fleeing police yields jail term

August 29, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 26-year-old Mears man will spend the next six months in jail following a May 12 conviction of fleeing a police officer. Jacob Allen Wilson, of 5215 W. Fox Rd., was sentenced Wednesday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with credit for 11 days served; sentence to be served at…

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Stabber sentenced

August 29, 2014
Stabber sentenced

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 24-year-old Montague man who had been on the lam for three days following a stabbing last May was sentenced Monday in 27th Circuit Court to one year in jail with nine months forthwith. Jacob Casey Kozlowski, of 9418 Oak Lane Dr., pled no contest to assault with a weapon July 14. Kozlowski…

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78th District Court sentencings

August 29, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were convicted and sentenced Monday in 78th District Court: –      Amanda Jo Knapp, 27, of 3031 S. Washington Ave., Apt. G8, Lansing, pled no contest to breaking and entering – illegal entry. She was sentenced to 90 days discretionary jail and $400 in fines and costs. –      William Douglas Todd, 46,…

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Arson warrant issued for Hesperia House co-owner

August 28, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HESPERIA — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office has issued a two-count felony warrant for a 32-year-old man, who is the co-owner of the Hesperia House, for allegedly committing arson to the restaurant last April. The restaurant, which is still standing, has not been open for business since the alleged arson occurred, the night of April…

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Vietnam’s brutality has a lasting impact

August 27, 2014
Vietnam’s brutality has a lasting impact

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Even though Deb McCarthy of Hesperia did not fight on the frontlines of the Vietnam War, she knows all too well the horrors it caused. McCarthy was at the Oceana County Fairgrounds Wednesday for the Vietnam Traveling Wall’s departure to Ludington with her husband, Ken. They rode their motorcycle along with several other…

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