Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Newaygo County, Michigan, has about 52,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Newaygo County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Newaygo County public records, Michigan arrest records, Michigan inmate search and Michigan criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Newaygo County
The Newaygo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Newaygo County. It reported 834 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists four cities in Newaygo County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fremont, 4,617 residents: 226 arrests reported for 2024.
- Newaygo, 2,556 residents: 68 arrests reported for 2025.
- White Cloud, 1,519 residents: 12 arrests reported for 2021.
- Grant, 987 residents: 43 arrests reported for 2023.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The Hesperia Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Newaygo County, so its arrests are not broken out for Newaygo County here.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Newaygo County: the Newaygo County State Police (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Newaygo County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Fremont: 226 for 2024, 212 for 2023, 177 for 2022, 114 for 2020 and 124 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Newaygo: 68 for 2025, 79 for 2024, 68 for 2023, 67 for 2022 and 76 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Newaygo County Sheriff's Office: 834 for 2020.
- Grant: 43 for 2023, 23 for 2022, 19 for 2021, 22 for 2020 and 43 for 2019.
- White Cloud: 12 for 2021, 50 for 2020 and 67 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 305 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 305 in 2024 against 280 in 2023, up 8.9 percent.
Grant reported only part of 2024 (6 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Newaygo County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Newaygo County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 342 beds, and it ran at 79 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office at newaygocountymi.gov/departments/county-sherrif/county-sheriff (page title: County Sheriff | Newaygo County), phone (231) 689-7303, 1035 E James Street, PO Box 845 White Cloud, MI 49349, Monday - Friday, 8am-12pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Newaygo County
An arrest in Newaygo County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Newaygo County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at newaygocountymi.gov/departments/circuit-court/docket-public-case-in...); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at newaygocountymi.gov/departments/prosecuting-attorney/prosecuting-at..., phone (231)689-7283).
Statewide, MiCOURT Case Search is the Michigan courts' statewide case search; not every court has joined.
Michigan is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10 a search, through the Michigan State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Newaygo County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension, and it may charge labor and copying, at rates the law caps.
- An arrest by the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (231) 689-7303.
- An arrest in Fremont, Newaygo, White Cloud or Grant: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Newaygo County State Police: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, (231)689-7283, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Newaygo County Circuit Court, through the court records page at newaygocountymi.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Newaygo County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Newaygo County: Fremont, Newaygo, White Cloud and Grant.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Newaygo County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Newaygo County each year?
Fremont reported 226 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 305 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Newaygo County?
Ask the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office at (231) 689-7303; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at newaygocountymi.gov.
Where are people arrested in Newaygo County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Newaygo County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Michigan State Police: ICHAT lets anyone search public criminal history by name, for $10. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Newaygo County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 5 business days, with a 10-day extension.
Is this the official Newaygo County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.