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Hart man sentenced to jail for multiple convictions

December 17, 2024

HART — A 54-year-old Hart man was sentenced to seven months in jail for probation violation, along with a concurrent term of five months in jail for convictions of receiving and concealing stolen property valued between $1,000-$20,000, false report of a felony and methamphetamine/ecstasy possession, in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 16. Benito Escamilla, Jr., pleaded “no contest”…

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Pentwater Arts Council awards teacher grants

December 17, 2024

PENTWATER — Established in 2022 by the Pentwater Arts Council, the Oceana County Teacher Grant program is in its third year of awarding grant money to teachers involved in providing art, music and drama education to Oceana students.  To date, the Oceana Teacher Grant Program has awarded over $9,000 to Oceana schools’ art, music and drama departments for student enrichment…

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Deputies busy with arrests

December 17, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024: 10:59 p.m., a 24-year-old Norton Shores man was arrested for fleeing and eluding police, operating while intoxicated and open intoxicants, Division Street near Michigan Avenue, Village of Hesperia.…

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Man, 61, sentenced to 25-50 years in prison for CSC

December 16, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 61-year-old West Virginia man was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Dec. 16, to 25-50 years in prison for a conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Charles Vernon Alltop was subject to a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term after a jury found him guilty of first-degree CSC and second-degree…

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Defendant’s motion to set aside hunting death conviction denied

December 16, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART – A judge denied a motion to set aside a conviction against a 69-year-old Jenison man who carelessly discharged his gun, killing a 13-year-old Wyoming, Michigan boy while they were squirrel hunting in Greenwood Township near Hesperia Feb. 18, 2017. Judge Susan K. Sniegowski denied the motion to expunge the conviction of Roger Erick…

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