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79th District Court sentencings, Dec. 1, 2022

December 1, 2022

79th District Court sentencings, Dec. 1, 2022 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 79th District Court: Roy Edward Bromley, of 140 N. Cook St., Hesperia, pleaded “no contest” Nov. 29 to animal cruelty/abandonment and was sentenced to $350 in fines and costs. One count of animal cruelty was dismissed. Jake Edward Scudder,…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, Nov. 30, 2022

November 30, 2022

51st Circuit Court sentencings, Nov. 30, 2022 By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court: Azeezuddin Jalal III Aluqdah, of 3317 Sanford St., Muskegon, pleaded “no contest” Sept. 12 to three counts of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance less than 50 grams and was sentenced Nov. 28 to 94 days in…

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Police news, Nov. 30, 2022

November 30, 2022

Police news, Nov. 30, 2022 The following is recent activity of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office: Monday, Nov. 21, 2022: 6:50 a.m., domestic assault, 3000 block of South 124th Avenue, Ferry Township. The victim refused contact with law enforcement. 9:25 p.m., personal protection order violation, 3000 block of West Tahoe Trail, Grant Township. There was not enough evidence to substantiate…

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Man sentenced to 15-30 years in prison for raping 10-year-old girl.

November 29, 2022

Man sentenced to 15-30 years in prison for raping 10-year-old girl. Following his prison term, Caal-Cho faces deportation to Guatemala. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 36-year-old man was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison for a conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Nov. 28. Marcelino Caal-Cho, whose address is listed…

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Want a job that can save a life? 911 is hiring.

November 25, 2022
Want a job that can save a life? 911 is hiring.

Want a job that can save a life? 911 is hiring. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief WEARE TOWNSHIP (Oceana County) — I’ll never forget Christmas Eve of 2015. It was a late December with no snow on the ground. In the late evening of Dec. 23, the winds started to pick up. Fire departments were getting dispatched out to downed power…

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