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4 arraigned for attempted pot theft

September 19, 2014
4 arraigned for attempted pot theft

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — Four Hesperia-area men were arraigned Friday in 78th District Court on charges of attempted larceny over $1,000 and possession of burglary tools stemming from a bizarre incident at a marijuana growing operation in rural Newfield Township Wednesday that involved the firing of a gun. Dillan Slade, 17, and Jerome-James Kenneth-Hampton, 19, were arrested…

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UPDATE: Mug shot released of alleged husband shooter

September 18, 2014
UPDATE: Mug shot released of alleged husband shooter

 By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. ROTHBURY — Police released the mug shot of the 42-year-old Rothbury woman who was arrested by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office after allegedly shooting her husband. The husband received non-life-threatening injuries from a bullet wound to his arm early Sunday morning. Angela Wahr-Kevwitch was arraigned in 78th District Court on a felonious assault charge, and…

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UPDATE: 2 more suspects arrested in connection with Hesperia manhunt

September 18, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. NEWFIELD TWP. — A 21-year-old Hesperia man and a 46-year-old Hesperia man were arrested today in connection with yesterday’s exhaustive manhunt by police that followed a bizarre incident at a marijuana growing operation involving the firing of a gun. Two men were arrested yesterday following the manhunt by police in a rural, swampy area. The…

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Hesperia village councilman is suspect in restaurant arson case

September 18, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HESPERIA — Hesperia Village Councilman David Pates, a co-owner of the Hesperia House restaurant, is the suspect in an arson case at the restaurant. Village President Jim Smith confirmed that Pates, 32, remains on the council and stated that the council cannot legally take any action to have him removed from his position with the…

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2 suspects apprehended, 2 others at large following manhunt

September 18, 2014

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. NEWFIELD TOWNSHIP — Two men have been arrested for attempted armed robbery following an “exhaustive” manhunt by police in a rural, swampy area,  and two other suspects are on the loose after a gunshot was fired at a medical marijuana growing operation Wednesday. Central dispatch received a 911 call stating that someone was trying to steal…

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