Police Beat

Two suspects arrested following hours-long standoff

July 1, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor SHELBY — Two male suspects were arrested shortly before 8 a.m. Monday, July 1, following an hours-long standoff with police. “We just made two arrests from an incident that started earlier,” said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast in a phone interview from the scene at Fourth and Maple streets. “Earlier in the morning, there had…

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 ‘Mayday’ call for sinking vessel was a prank

June 28, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A ’Mayday call’ of a sinking boat on Lake Michigan late Monday night, June 24, that sent rescuers into dangerous waters was a prank, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. After receiving the “Mayday” call, emergency crews searched Lake Michigan between the Little Sable Point Lighthouse and Pentwater looking for a watercraft…

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Teacher’s death deemed suicide 

June 28, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — The death of 33-year-old teacher Juan Carlos Lozano of New Era has been determined to be a suicide, said Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. “It’s been deemed on his death certificate and through our investigation as self-inflicted,” said Sheriff Mast. “We have no evidence to the contrary.” The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office initially…

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Police news, posted June 28, 2024

June 28, 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: Monday, June 24, 2024: 3:41 p.m., a 36-year-old Muskegon man was arrested for driving while license revoked, Riverview Drive, Newfield Township. He was lodged in the Oceana County Jail. 6:08 p.m., larceny…

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Ludington man injured in SUV vs. truck crash

June 26, 2024

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 28-year-old Ludington man was transported by Life EMS to Trinity Health Lakeshore Hospital in Shelby following an SUV vs. truck crash on Deer Road near 40th Avenue Monday, June 24, shortly after 3 p.m., according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. The Ludington man who was driving a 2020 Ford Expedition SUV hit a…

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