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Water rescue in Pentwater

June 11, 2018

Emergency crews respond to overturned boat. #OceanaCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PENTWATER — A sunfish-style sailboard overturned in Lake Michigan a few hundred yards off shore, south of the Pentwater pier today. Pentwater Police Chief Laude Hartrum said the female operator of the small boat was not injured and managed to get ashore. Responding to the scene, at Oceana Beach…

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Mears man sent to jail for resisting police.

June 11, 2018

Mears man sent to jail for resisting police. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 32-year-old Mears man was sentenced to 10 months in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11, for a conviction of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. Alberto Tejada, of 571 Spencer Rd., was arrested last December by the Michigan State Police for three felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing…

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Prison likely for sex offender.

June 11, 2018

Prison likely for sex offender. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 63-year-old Hart man convicted of accosting children for immoral purposes was sentenced to one year in jail in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11. Juan Camargo, of 2569 N. 64th Ave., has been in jail since last November and will finish his term in Kent County, said…

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Man must pay over $40,000 in restitution to DAR Motorsports.

June 11, 2018

Man must pay over $40,000 in restitution to DAR Motorsports. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — A 32-year-old Holton man will avoid jail time if he pays restitution totaling $40,649.19 within two weeks after pleading “no contest” to a reduced misdemeanor charge of embezzlement $200-$1,000 in 27th Circuit Court Monday, June 11. Brandon Taylor Gerth, of 7442 Skeels Rd.,…

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MSP releases names of victims of Sunday crash.

June 11, 2018

MSP releases names of victims of Sunday crash. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — Michigan State Police Hart Post has released the identity of the 15-year-old Scottville girl who died following a single vehicle crash Sunday evening. She has been identified as Christa Lynn Carrier, a Ludington High School student. The other victim of the crash,…

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