Police Beat

Juvenile suspects caught in school bus, park vandalism cases

March 15, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor SHELBY — Juvenile culprits involved in two separate vandalism cases have been caught, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. A 15-year-old Shelby girl and a 16-year-old Shelby boy allegedly spray painted graffiti on 18 school buses at Shelby Public Schools and vandalized nearby Getty Park, said Sheriff Mast. “She’s an absolute hell on wheels,”…

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Vandal(s) smash new park’s basketball backboard 

March 13, 2024

$1,000 reward offered for info leading to conviction SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A vandal or vandals smashed the glass of a brand new basketball backboard at the new Shelby Township Park. “This is a real shame as this park is really going to be a gem for Oceana County, and the backboard is so new that I doubt that even one…

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Police news, posted March 11, 2024

March 11, 2024

Police news, posted March 11, 2024 The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Oceana County: Tuesday, March 5, 2024: 4:42 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 50-year-old Hart man was cited for driving while license suspended, North Oceana Drive, Weare Township. A charge…

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Passenger injured when SUV hits tree

March 11, 2024

Passenger injured when SUV hits tree WEARE TOWNSHIP — A 43-year-old Hart man who was a passenger in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday morning, March 10, on Jackson Road near Oceana Drive was transported by Life EMS to Trinity Health Lakeshore Hospital in Shelby, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The man was a passenger in a…

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HPD news, posted March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024

HPD news, posted March 8, 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 Hart Police Department: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024: 11:20 a.m., breaking and entering, 800 block of Griswold Street, City of Hart. 7:39 p.m., family trouble, 100 block of Woodlawn Street, City…

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