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Lane closures on Oceana Drive near Pentwater Monday, Tuesday.

August 13, 2020

Lane closures on Oceana Drive near Pentwater Monday, Tuesday. PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Oceana Drive (Business Route US 31) will have lane closures Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 17 and 18, for bridge work over US 31, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Shoulder closures will also be in effect on US 31 in that area, according to MDOT. The work…

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78th District Court sentencings, Aug. 13, 2020.

August 13, 2020

78th District Court sentencings Aug. 13, 2020. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in 78th District Court: – Alejandro Joseph Salazar, 35, of 3511 W. Ridge Rd., Mears, was found guilty Aug. 12 of disorderly person — drunk and was sentenced to 90 days suspended jail with credit for seven days served and $475…

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Muskegon woman sentenced for embezzlement.

August 10, 2020

Muskegon woman sentenced for embezzlement. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 45-year-old Muskegon woman was sentenced Monday, Aug. 10, in 27th Circuit Court to serve 45 days in jail for a felony conviction of embezzlement over $1,000. Chris Mae Venne, of 85 Hickory Court, was also ordered by Judge Robert D. Springstead to pay $1,200 in restitution and…

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Man ordered to jail for break-in.

August 10, 2020

Man ordered to jail for break-in. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Hesperia man was sentenced to serve 120 days in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, Aug. 10, for a felony conviction of breaking and entering a building with intent. Troy James Hern-Slocum, of 169 South Ave., pleaded guilty June 15. Hern-Slocum broke into an unoccupied…

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Hesperia man pleads guilty to assault with gun.

August 10, 2020

Hesperia man pleads guilty to assault with gun. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 28-year-old Hesperia man faces serving up to three months in jail after pleading guilty Monday, Aug. 10, in 27th Circuit Court to felonious assault. “I used a pistol in a threatening manner to scare off these men,” Gordon Eugene Zeckzer, of 3709 Cobmoosa Trail,…

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