Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The former handyman turned hired hitman will be sentenced this morning before a Wayne Circuit Court judge in downtown Detroit. Check back later this morning for an update.
Nearly a year after Joe Gentz was officially arrested in the January 2012 strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara, he will be sentenced. Gentz, formerly of St. Clair Shores and most recently of Grosse Pointe Park, pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder--the same day his trial was to begin. During his guilty plea, he said he killed Jane E. Bashara, of Grosse Pointe Park, at the behest of her husband, Bob Bashara, who offered him money and threatened him. Jane Bashara was a marketing executive in Detroit and well known in the Grosse Pointes for her volunteerism and her supportive friendship. Her body was found in the backseat of her SUV in Detroit in late January 2012. Originally he was charged with first degree murder and …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The sentencing for the man who admitted to strangling Jane Bashara to death has been re-scheduled for a second time--this time moving the sentencing up to Feb. 19 from a March date.
Wayne Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans changed the sentencing hearing for Joe Gentz from early March to Feb. 19, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. Gentz, who pled guilty to second degree murder in the January 2012 strangulation death of Jane E. Bashara, will be sentenced at 9 a.m. Feb. 19. He was originally scheduled to go before Evans Jan. 29 then that was rescheduled to March 1. Wayne County Prosecutor's spokeswoman Maria Miller noted the change in the sentencing date in an email case update Thursday morning. Gentz remains in custody. He was arrested in the death of Jane Bashara in March. He has consistently told investigators he killed Bashara at the behest of her husband, Bob Bashara, who offered cash to Gentz for the …
Friday, December 30, 2011
The Detroit man convicted by a jury last month is serving consecutive prison terms on criminal charges stemming from the 2009 home invasion of a Grosse Pointe Park home.
One of the two men who broke into a Grayton Street home in 2009 and helped attack the residents has been sentenced to several years in prison in Wayne Circuit Court. Terry Anthony Brown, 35, was convicted by a jury in late November of first-degree home invasion and assault with the intent to rob while unarmed for breaking into a Grayton Street home in 2009 and attacking a couple. The husband was attacked while in the backyard and the wife was attacked inside the house. The men ran from the house after a neighbor interrupted the crime. The other man police have said was involved died several months after the Grayton Street home invasion while committing a similar crime, Detective David Loch told Patch previously. That man was shot to death…
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
The following information is gathered from the courts of the Grosse Pointes. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
One of two men arrested Aug. 20 after allegedly stealing a vehicle parked outside a business in the 15300 block of Kercheval Avenue entered a plea of not guilty in Grosse Pointe Park Court this week. The Detroit man was arraigned on three charges, including unlawful driving away of a vehicle and receiving and concealing stolen property. Attached is a habitual offender count, which carries an additional penalty of life in prison. The habitual offender count stems from previous convictions that are of a similar nature in this case. The man entered a plea of not guilty and will return to court for a preliminary exam Sept. 14. Sentence in Wallet Theft City of Grosse Pointe Judge Russell Ethridge sentenced a Detroit man to complete 60 hours of…
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Three Grosse Pointe teenagers and a Detroit woman were sentenced in Grosse Pointe Farms court for a variety of crimes.
Three Grosse Pointe teens were sentenced in unrelated alcohol crimes Wednesday in Grosse Pointe Farms Court. Two teenage girls arrested for possessing and consuming alcohol July 7 after one of their mother's called police pleaded guilty Wednesday to minor consuming alcohol and possession of alcohol. Their pleas are being taken under advisement by Judge Matthew Rumora, meaning if they complete terms of their sentence successfully the convictions will not appear on their record. The girls were 16 and 17 at the time of the arrest. One had a 0.16 percent blood alcohol content and the other had a 0.07 percent blood alcohol content. Both were ordered to complete probation, maintain good behavior for one year and complete drug testing. Both …
Friday, July 1, 2011
A 44-year-old man must complete workplace sensitivity training after touching an employee inappropriately during a meeting.
Grosse Pointe Woods Judge Theodore Metry sentenced a 44-year-old man this week to complete workplace/sexual harassment sensitivity training for inappropriately touching an employee. Anton Gjonaj pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of assault and battery under an agreement dismissing the original felony offense of criminal sexual conduct fourth degree. "I find your conduct bordering on reprehensible," Metry said. "It's certainly behavior that's against the law." His attorney told the judge she felt his actions were an isolated incident and that Gjonaj is embarrassed about all of it. She told the judge he is a married man with children who simply wants to finish this matter and move on. Gjonaj is the owner of Preva Salon. He was …
Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Wayne Circuit Court judge strayed from sentencing guidelines due to the circumstances of the robbery, the victim's statement and the 18-year-old's level of community support.
The 18-year-old Detroit man who admitted to trying to rob a nun outside St. Clare of Montefalco Church in February apologized for the crime Thursday in Wayne Circuit Court. Raylon Vandie Wright told Judge Bruce Morrow the robbery attempt was dumb and that he plans to turn his life around as his mother is trying to do now. In a letter written to Morrow by the victim, Sister Jacquline A. Wetherholt, she described Wright as "salvageable"—a description Morrow considered, imposing a 1- to 10-year prison sentence Thursday. Morrow talked with Wright at length about how his actions impacted not only his own life but also the lives of the nun and those who attend St. Clare of Montefalco, noting how a person's home and place of worship are the two …
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