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Hart man sent to prison for crime spree

June 25, 2014
Hart man sent to prison for crime spree

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – Daryl Eugene Essex, 32, of 5378 N. 88th Ave., Hart, was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms in 27th Circuit Court Monday for first-degree home invasion and felony firearms. Essex was arrested last March following multiple break-ins in Oceana and Mason counties. He was initially charged with 22 felonies, including breaking and entering, home…

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911 presents millage request to council

June 24, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SHELBY — Mason-Oceana 911 is requesting a millage during the August 5 primary, and Operations Manager Todd Myers presented the request to the Shelby Village Council Monday night. The emergency dispatch center is requesting a .14 millage for six years due to persistent declines in local telephone line surcharge revenues, which account for 75 percent…

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Arraignments

June 18, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were arraigned today in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: –      Joshua Timothy Lang, 17, of 212 N. Reinberg Ave., Scottville, was arrested June 11 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for a misdemeanor of driving while license suspended (DWLS). A pretrial is set for July 1 at 10 a.m.…

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Oceana court sentencings

June 18, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART – The following were sentenced Monday, June 16: 27th Circuit Court –      Alec David Mosser, 21, of 138 1/2 Monroe Ave., Findlay, Ohio, was found guilty Aug. 26, 2013 of controlled substance, possession of marijuana. One count of controlled substance, possession of schedule 5 LSD; one count of controlled substance, possession of less than…

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Mother of trooper killer to be sentenced today

June 17, 2014

LUDINGTON — Tammi Spofford, the mother of the man who killed Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, is scheduled to be sentenced in 51st Circuit Court this afternoon. On May 6, Spofford entered a plea of no contest to accessory after the fact. She is the mother of Eric John Knysz, the man who murdered Butterfield. Knysz was sentenced to…

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