Sunday, May 19, 2013
A not guilty plea was entered Sunday on behalf of the 20-year-old Grosse Pointe Park man accused of firebombing the home of Gary and Janet Van Elslander Friday. He was arraigned on three felony charges before Judge Carl Jarboe.
Grosse Pointe Park Judge Carl Jarboe set a $35,000 bond early Sunday for the 20-year-old man accused of firebombing the home of Gary and Janet Van Elslander Friday. Charles Patterson Kay, of Grosse Pointe Park, was arraigned Sunday on three felony charges related to the middle of the night crime in which a molotov cocktail was thrown through a kitchen window of the home in the 700 block of Whittier shortly before 3:30 a.m. The molotov cocktail partially ignited and a fire alarm at the house woke the homeowners. They extinguished the blaze before Grosse Pointe Park public safety officers arrived. Kay was arrested by responding officers searching the area. He has been in custody since early Friday. He is known to police in the Grosse …
42.37688
-82.919023
740 Whittier Rd, Grosse Pointe Park, MI
/articles/35k-bond-with-tether-set-in-firebombing-in-grosse-pointe-park
/locations/9404001
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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…
Monday, April 29, 2013
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 …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Three Detroit men are expected to be arraigned Monday after being arrested this weekend and formally charged Monday with two counts each of breaking and entering, according to Grosse Pointe Park police.
Grosse Pointe Park police arrested three men early Friday after being called to a car fire only to discover the owner on the porch of a vacant home recently burglarized. The men have all been charged in two burglaries of the same home on Bedford and are expected to be arraigned today, Capt. David Loch said. Detectives were investigating the theft of copper pipes and a hot water tank from a vacant home that happened between 8 p.m. Jan. 22 to 1 p.m. Jan. 23. Officers found a sim card in the home that did not belong to the owner of the home, according to a report. Then about 1 a.m. Friday, officers were called to the block by a resident after a man began knocking on his door asking that police be called because his car was on fire, Loch said…
42.387032
-82.931088
1300 Bedford Rd, Grosse Pointe Park, MI
/articles/3-men-to-be-arraigned-in-grosse-pointe-park-burglary
/locations/8692963
Monday, November 19, 2012
Harper Woods resident Lester Chambers has been arraigned on charges stemming from last Friday's shooting incident between Chambers and police at a home on Lancaster.
Harper Woods Police Chief Jim Burke released a Nixle report on Nov. 19 at 3:46 p.m. about the Nov. 16 shooting incident that put several Grosse Pointe Schools on lockdown just as they were about to end the school day. Police responded to a residence on Lancaster after receiving reports of gun shots from the home. Chambers fired a shotgun at police from inside his residence, police said. According to the Nixle report, Harper Woods District Judge Roger J. LaRose arraigned Lester Chambers of Harper Woods on Nov. 19 in District Court 32A. Chambers has been remanded to the Wayne County Jail without bond and is facing 27 felony charges issued by the Wayne County Prosecutor. Chambers has been charged as follows: (8) counts of Assault with …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
The 70-year-old Grosse Pointe Woods woman accused of abusing animals after more than 75 feral cats were removed from her home earlier this year made her first appearance in court on a felony charge Wednesday.
Mary A. Quinn has been ordered to not house any animals in her home after she made her first appearance Wednesday in Grosse Pointe Woods court on a felony charge of abusing more than 10 animals. More than 75 feral cats were removed from her home earlier this year following a complaint regarding a cat being stuck at the top of the garage door, which lead to the discovery of what police and animal rescuers have called "cat hoarding." A single felony count carrying a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison was approved by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office just a couple weeks ago. The cats were removed in early August. Woods Judge Ted Metry arraigned Quinn Wednesday, ordered a $5,000 personal bond in the case and ordered as a …
42.434988
-82.909861
1800 Oxford Rd, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
/articles/woods-resident-arraigned-in-cat-hoarding-case
/locations/7817400
Sunday, September 9, 2012
The third person involved with a burglary involving $1 million worth of jewelry was arraigned in the City of Grosse Pointe court. He faces up to life in prison because of his criminal history.
A third person was arraigned in the City of Grosse Pointe court late Friday in connection with the Sept. 3 burglary of a Lincoln Road home involving the theft of about $1 million worth of jewelry. Matthew S. Sedgeman, 19, of Detroit, is charged with second degree home invasion, larceny of $20,000 or more and with being a habitual offender. He is accused of actually breaking into the home through a window. The couple arraigned Thursday were accused of receiving the stolen jewelry and then trying to pawn it for cash. They were arrested when they attempted to cash a sizable check at a Chase Bank on Cadieux at Harper. The investigation continues by detectives. A fourth man was arrested late Thursday during the raid of a third home, Director …
Monday, March 5, 2012
The man who showed up to share information about the strangulation death of Jane Bashara in the days following the discovery of her body made his first appearance today on formal charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Joe Gentz made his first appearance in 36th District Court Monday afternoon via video-conferencing. He is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the January strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara, a beloved Grosse Pointe Park resident and marketing executive. Gentz had worked for Jane Bashara's husband, Bob Bashara, who owns a variety of residential and commercial properties. Gentz had done some handyman work for Bob Bashara and the two came to know each other late last year, Bob Bashara's attorney David Griem has told the media. Gentz, formerly of St. Clair Shores and most recently from Grosse Pointe Park, was arrested Friday afternoon in Macomb County as he showed up for a custody hearing related to his young…
Thursday, December 29, 2011
The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Department of the City of Grosse Pointe. An arrest does not indicate conviction.
A 38-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms man arrested earlier this week for drunken driving entered an initial plea of not guilty in the City of Grosse Pointe court and will enter an inpatient rehabilitation center. The man was pointed out by several women to a City of Grosse Pointe patrol officer after exiting Village Grill Tuesday. They yelled to the officer that the man was intoxicated and was trying to drive away, according to a report. As the officer was looking for the man to whom they were referring, he saw a vehicle backing out of parking space on Kercheval Place, pull into the Charter One bank parking lot and then exit onto Notre Dame. The driver, who turned out to be the man to whom the women were referring, made a wide turn out of the…
42.38941
-82.91663
Notre Dame St & Kercheval Pl, Grosse Pointe, MI
/articles/farms-resident-facing-felony-drunk-driving
/locations/6093102
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The two men arrested during a narcotics raid on a Somerset Street house will appear again in court Sept. 21 for a preliminary exam.
Two Grosse Pointe Park men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in court during an arraignment on felony charges stemming from the Aug. 2 raid of their Somerset Street home during which police seized numerous marijuana plants and growth operation materials. Matthew Chapoton, 31, and Randy Shelp, 36, are each charged with manufacturing 4 to 45 kilograms of marijuana and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. The first count is punishable by up to seven years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines. The second charge carries a term of up to four years in prison and up to $20,000 in fines. The men appeared before Park Judge Carl Jarboe and waived the reading of their charges as well as the reading of their rights during the arraignment. Jarboe …
Sara Eaton Martin
10:40 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
This is a friendly reminder, comments should follow Patch's terms. Otherwise there is a risk of having your comments removed. If you have questions, please email me: Sara.Eaton-Martin@patch.com Patch encourages conversation but please do it in a respectful, constructive manner. more ›