The Grosse Pointe Park man already serving a prison sentence will not appear in 36th District Court on charges related to his wife's 2012 strangulation death until late August.
Bob Bashara had been scheduled to have a preliminary exam Tuesday in 36th District Court but the hearing was rescheduled for Aug. 19 after officials reached an agreement, according to Wayne County Prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller. Bashara was arraigned last week on murder and five other charges related to the January 2012 strangulation death of his wife, Jane Bashara. The charges were announced about 15 months after her body was found in the backseat of her SUV in Detroit. Jane Bashara's death was ruled a homicide shortly thereafter, and the investigation into her death was been ongoing by the Wayne County Prosecutor's office since. Bob Bashara is charged with: If convicted, Bashara faces mandatory life in prison on the first-degree…
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Bob Bashara made his first appearance Wednesday afternoon in 36th District Court on charges stemming from his wife's January 2012 strangulation death. He will return to court May 7.
A not guilty plea was entered on behalf of Bob Bashara Wednesday in 36th District Court after he was arraigned on six charges related to his wife's strangulation death in January 2012. Bashara is scheduled to return to court May 7 for a preliminary exam. He is charged with: If convicted, Bashara faces mandatory life in prison on the first degree murder charge; up to life on each the conspiracy, solicitation and suborning counts; 15 years for witness intimidation; and five years for obstruction of justice. Bashara requested to delay the preliminary exam date so he could have time to hire an attorney. Judge Laura A. Echartea declined to change the date from May 7, explaining if he has an attorney by then, his attorney can request to change…
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Bob Bashara will make his first appearance in 36th District Court Wednesday on charges related to his wife's death. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced charges against Bob Bashara earlier this month.
Bob Bashara will be brought back to Detroit this week to make his first appearance in 36th District Court on new charges stemming from the January 2012 strangulation death of his wife, Jane E. Bashara. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the new charges April 17 nearly 15 months after Jane Bashara's body was found in the backseat of her SUV in a residential alley in Detroit near 7 Mile and Hoover. Bob Bashara had denied any involvement in her death, which was ruled a homcide, but he was identified as a "person of interest" early on in the investigation. Worthy described the investigation as spanning several states, involving multiple computers and thousands of documents in addition to involving nearly 300 witnesses. In …
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Bashara murder trial moves forward to Wayne County Circuit Court.
Joe Gentz, the handyman charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the January strangulation death of Grosse Pointe Park's Jane E. Bashara, waived his right to a preliminary exam this morning, according to a report by Maria Miller, spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. In a short proceeding before 36th District Court Chief Judge Kenneth King, Gentz said he understood his rights and waived the preliminary examination. According to the Detroit Free Press, after the hearing Gentz’s attorney, Susan Reed, told reporters that there wasn't a need to hold a preliminary exam and that currently there were no plea negotiations with prosecutors. If convicted, Gentz is facing up to life in prison on both of …
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Among the highlights this week are the meeting of the Grosse Pointe Public School Board, and the Farms and the Park councils. Additionally, Bob Bashara will have his preliminary exam in 36th District Court and the annual Village Sidewalk Sale is scheduled
Among the many events scheduled this week in the Grosse Pointes, here are some of the highlights: 1. The Grosse Pointe Public School Board will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Monday at Brownell Middle School for a work session. Then at 7 p.m. the board is to begin its monthly meeting. According to the agenda, the board will discuss: The board will also receive information on the following items but not vote upon them until the August meeting: 2. The Grosse Pointe Farms City Council will meet Monday beginning at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, the counicil will discuss: 3. The Grosse Pointe Park City Council will meet Monday beginning at 7 p.m. According to the agenda, the council will discuss: 4. Bob Bashara will have his preliminary exam …
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A second competency evaluation completed by a private doctor found similar findings to that of the state doctor regarding Joe Gentz, who is charged in the January strangulation death of Jane Bashara.
While Joe Gentz does have some intellectual deficits, none are so severe as to impact his decisions and understanding of the charges he is facing in the January strangulation death of Jane Bashara, according to findings by a second, private forensic psychologist who evaluated him. The findings were released Wednesday afternoon in 36th District Court by Gentz's court-appointed attorney, Susan Reed. The psychologist, Charles R. Clark, found that Gentz does not exhibit signs of bipolar disorder, which had been a diagnosis earlier in his life. Nor does Gentz exhibit signs of psychosis or other psychiatric impairments, according to the findings Reed read in court. Gentz demonstrated behavior and attention during the evaluation that the doctor …
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Joe Gentz will appear in 36th District Court in a few minutes for his second competency hearing in the January strangulation death of Jane Bashara.
The man charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the January strangulation of Jane E. Bashara will appear before Judge Kenneth J. King on Wednesday. Joe Gentz has been in custody since early March when he was arrested and charged in Bashara's violent death. He had worked as a handyman for Bashara's husband, Bob Bashara, on rental properties he owns throughout the metro area. Gentz has been evaluated twice to determine his competency to stand trial in the murder case. The results of the second, private evaluation will be revealed during this hearing in 36th District Court. Meanwhile, Bob Bashara is also being housed in the Wayne County Jail on a solicitation of murder charge for trying to hire a hitman to kill …
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The handyman charged in the January strangulation death of Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane E. Bashara will have a competency exam Wednesday before 36th District Court Judge Kenneth J. King.
A second competency hearing for the handyman who worked for Bob Bashara has been rescheduled for Wednesday in 36th District Court before Chief Judge Kenneth J. King. Joseph Gentz had been found competent to stand trial in the murder and conspiracy charges related to the strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara. Gentz's court-appointed attorney, Susan Reed, requested the second competency evaluation by an independent doctor. The hearing was originally scheduled for July 23. Gentz, most recently of Grosse Pointe Park and formerly of St. Clair Shores, has been housed at Dickerson Lockup Facility since his March 2 arrest in Jane Bashara's January homicide.
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Bob Bashara appeared in 36th District Court via video-conference Wednesday for his arraignment for soliciting someone to kill Joe Gentz. He will appear in court again July 24.
Joe Gentz may not have been the only target of Bob Bashara's attempt to contract to kill, according to information presented by Wayne County Deputy Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey Wednesday in 36th District Court. Bob Bashara entered a plea of not guilty during his arraignment, where he appeared via video-conference for a single count of solicitation for murder against Joe Gentz--the man charged with first degree murder in Bashara's wife's death. Jane Bashara, who was strangled to death in January, would have turned 57 Friday. Lindsey argued for a $25 million cash-only bond before Magistrate Charles W. Anderson III, providing a litany of information about the case, including that Rachel Gillett and another unnamed witness may have also been …
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The handyman charged in the strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara was to appear in 36th District Court Friday but the hearing has been adjourned and a new date is to be determined as his competency evaluation continues.
A preliminary exam for Joe Gentz, who is charged in the January strangulation death of Grosse Pointe Park's Jane E. Bashara, will be rescheduled as officials continue working on his competency evaluation. Gentz is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He is the only person who has been charged in Bashara's homicide but the conspiracy charge suggests another person was involved. At his attorney's request, Gentz has been undergoing evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial in the case. He remains in jail. He has told officials he killed Jane Bashara at her husband's command. Her husband, Bob Bashara, was named a "person of interest" in her death early in the investigation, which continues and remains …
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master slayer
11:36 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
can anyone in the grosse pointes please tell master BOB to stop coming to little league games i am hearing some of the kids are afraid of him. What good does it do the community. i know master bob helped GPPLL out alot. but PLEASE MOVE ON> a concerned parent. more ›