The following is recent local law enforcement activity: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016: – 8:53 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 34-year-old Rothbury woman was arrested for domestic violence, 3500 block of Webster Rd., Grant Township. Friday, Jan. 22, 2016: – 11 a.m, (MSP), car/deer crash, Garfield Rd. and 154th Ave., Ferry Township. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016: – 12:45 a.m.,…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 78th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Anthony Jerald Lummen, 25, of 7321 White Rd., Apt. 108, Muskegon, was arrested Jan. 10 by the Michigan State Police (MSP) for a felony of breaking and entering a building with intent and a high-court misdemeanor of lying…
The following is activity of local law enforcement for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016: 2:19 a.m. (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, M-20 and South 154th Ave., Ferry Township. 5:14 a.m. (OCSO), general alarm, West Village Road, Golden Township. 7:24 a.m. (OSCO), vehicle crash, no injuries, South 116th Ave., Otto Township. 8:02 am. (Hart Police Department), suspicious situation, East Church Street,…
LUDINGTON — The Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers is looking for volunteers to man and operate its lighthouses along the shores of Lake Michigan. The organization manages Big Sable Point Lighthouse at Ludington State Park, Ludington North Breakwater Lighthouse, Little Sable Point Lighthouse at Silver Lake State Park and White River Light Station near Whitehall. The non-profit organization has openings for…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Area law enforcement personnel are being equipped with a antidote that has been proven to save lives. Several police officers went through a training this past week to learn how to administer Narcan, an antidote that is used to counteract an opiate overdose. The distribution of Narcan, also known as Naloxone, is paying paid for through funding…
LUDINGTON — Safe Harbor Credit Union is offering an alternative to those pesky overdraft fees or the hassle of having to transfer money from your savings account when funds get low in the checking account. “The Safe Harbor Credit Union Share Draft Line of Credit is a great way to protect yourself from overdraft fees and unwanted overdraft transfer fees,”…
CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP — Lucinda Patterson, 57, of Custer, died Wednesday afternoon after her vehicle collided with a semi truck. The crash occurred about 4 p.m. at the intersection of 120th Avenue and East Jefferson Road in northern Oceana County. According to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, Patterson was traveling west in a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban around a curve, which turns…
PENTWATER — Fire caused extensive damage to a house at 478 E. Lowell Street late Wednesday night. The fire was discovered by Pentwater Police Officer Alexander Schulz about 11:43 p.m. Schulz immediately called for the fire department, according to Police Chief Laude Hatrum. Upon arrival the fire department observed flames were coming through the floors in the kitchen of…
CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP — A 56-year-old Custer woman was killed when her vehicle slid into the path of an oncoming semi truck and trailer Wednesday, Jan. 20, at approximately 4 p.m. at the intersection of 120th Avenue and East Jefferson Road, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office press release. OCSO is investigating the accident and will have more information…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 30-year-old Hart man pleaded guilty Wednesday, Jan. 20, in 27th Circuit Court to two counts of breaking and entering with intent. Aaron Vaughn Jacobs, of 7044 92nd Ave., testified that he stole tools and $700 in cash from shop on Oceana Drive in the City of Hart, Oct. 22, and a chainsaw…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 29-year-old Rothbury man currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 20, to serve nine months forthwith of a one-year discretionary jail term for a conviction of possession of child sexually-abusive material. Christopher Ranzell Edwards, of 7128 S. 120th Ave., pleaded guilty…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 27-year-old Muskegon man who went before 27th Circuit Court Judge Anthony A. Monton Wednesday, Jan. 20, for sentencing on a cocaine conviction said, “Happy New Year’s” to Monton, and the judge was not pleased. Marlon Demario Ezell, of 1197 Sanford St., was sentenced to serve 30 days forthwith of a one-year discretionary…
HART — A 22-year-old Hart man was sentenced to 14 months to two years in prison in 27th Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 20, for violating a condition of his probation when he was in the presence of his girlfriend’s children. Cody Tyler, of 666 W. Filmore Rd., who is convicted of a high-court misdemeanor of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC),…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A prison inmate currently lodged in the West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon on meth convictions was sentenced to 13 months to 10 years in prison in 27th Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 20, for a felony conviction of possession of methamphetamine. Jason Charles Canavan, 29, of 5823 N. 192nd Ave., Walkerville, pleaded guilty…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — The 29-year-old Hart woman who assaulted her boyfriend’s wife with a vehicle and threw a rock through her window was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 20, in 27th Circuit Court to serve four weekends of a 90-day discretionary jail term. Jackie Lee Knight, of 790 S. 144th Ave., pleaded guilty last month to a felony…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. HART — A 37-year-old Montague man was sentenced in 27th Circuit Court Wednesday, Jan. 20, to serve three months forthwith of a nine-month discretionary jail sentence for a conviction of delivery of marijuana to a minor. Anthony Joseph Aguilera, of 6588 50th Ave., pleaded guilty to the charge last month. Aguilera was initially charged with…
The following is recent local law enforcement activity: Friday, Jan. 15, 2016: – 7:50 p.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 48-year-old Shelby man was arrested on an outstanding fugitive warrant, First Street, Village of Shelby. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016: – 12:08 p.m., (Oceana County Sheriff’s Office), a 29-year-old Livonia man was moderately injured in a crash involving two snowmobiles…
The following is recent activity of the Hart Police Department: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016: – 10:45 a.m., two-car property damage accident, Polk Road near 72nd Ave. An eastbound vehicle was rear-ended. No injuries. – One-vehicle property damage accident, E. Main St. and Hart St. A portion of a decorative brick wall was damaged after being struck by a vehicle that…
HART — Hart Rec soccer signups are now open. You will need a current email address, insurance company, policy number and residence information. Register online, where more information is available. Sign-up and clinic information will also be coming home with students this week. Deadline to register is Feb. 28. No signups will be accepted after this date.
HART — Eric Jensen, seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Hart Middle School, has been nominated for the 2015-2016 national LifeChanger of the Year award. Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, the LifeChanger of the Year program recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 public and private school educators and employees across the United States who are…
Closings and cancelations are sponsored by Abrahamson’s Towing of Ludington: 231-843-2990.Closed for Monday, Jan. 18, 2016: Walkerville Public Schools. Shelby Public Schools. Hart Public Schools. Pentwater Public Schools. West Shore ESD and CTE.
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