Monday, April 8, 2013
Attorneys representing each side of a lawsuit accusing the Grosse Pointe Public School Board of intentionally not posting a meeting notice so as to conduct business recently filed witness lists. Dozens of residents are named.
A lawsuit filed against the Grosse Pointe Public School Board accusing them of intentionally not posting a public notice of a meeting in which a teacher was fired seeks a variety of actions. Most recently, the attorneys representing each side filed witness lists that include a variety of school officials, dozens of residents and computer experts. The lawsuit, filed in late September on behalf of Alan Grams , seeks to reverse the decision of the board related to the termination of Stephen Cross. The lawsuit also seeks: The case relates to an early morning meeting of the board held at the administrative offices in mid-June in which the board voted unanimously to terminate Stephen Cross, who was the band director at South and Pierce. …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The former handyman who admitted in December to killing Grosse Pointe Park resident Jane Bashara in January 2012 will serve 17 to 28 years in prison after being sentenced Tuesday morning in Wayne Circuit Court.
In approximately 15 minutes, Joe Gentz apologized for killing Jane Bashara, her sister asked that he be held accountable and Wayne Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans sentenced him to 17 to 28 years in prison Tuesday. Gentz pleaded guilty in December to second-degree murder in the strangulation death of Jane Bashara. Originally he was charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, carrying potential life in prison sentences. Evans highlighted the lack of thought by Gentz about whether it was wrong to kill Bashara. She followed plea agreement guidelines established by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and his defense attorney, Susan Reed. He will serve no less than 17 years and no more than 28 years. Gentz underwent two…
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 …
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
The 21-year-old arrested in several of the recent daytime burglaries appeared in Grosse Pointe Farms court Wednesday stemming from his charges there. He is likely to be arraigned on charges in the City of Grosse Pointe Thursday.
The 21-year-old Eastpointe man charged in several of the recent daytime burglaries waived his preliminary exam Wednesday afternoon in Grosse Pointe Farms court. Rudy J. Vandenbroeck is charged with four counts of home invasion and larcency from a building. He appeared in Grosse Pointe Farms court Wednesday briefly to waive his preliminary exam--a hearing in which a judge decides whether the police have sufficient evidence to proceed with prosecution. After being arrested at his home in Eastpointe May 25, Vandenbroeck admitted to breaking into four homes in the Farms, one home in the City of Grosse Pointe and one home in St. Clair Shores. Leading up to his arrest however, there were at least nine daytime burglaries in the City and the Farms…
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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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The 35-year-old Detroit man will be sentenced next month in Wayne Circuit Court on several charges stemming from the Nov. 27, 2009, attack and home invasion after a jury deliberated for less than an hour to convict him.
A Wayne Circuit Court jury found Terry Anthony Brown guilty of first degree home invasion in the Nov. 27, 2009, assault of a Grayton Street couple who police have said were likely spared of a much worse outcome by the interruption of a neighbor who came to their rescue. Brown is one of two men involved in the violent home invasion, during which one man attacked the husband in the backyard and the other attacked the wife inside the home. Ultimately, the second man, Park Detective David Loch said, died several months after this crime while participating in a similar home invasion elsewhere. Judge Linda Parker will sentence Brown Dec. 9. The jury found him guilty of: He will also be sentenced on a habitual offender count, which means he …
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Friday, July 1, 2011
The 33-year-old Detroit man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery this week in Grosse Pointe Woods Court.
The 33-year-old Detroit man arrested earlier this month following a domestic dispute in the Original Pancake House that spilled onto Mack Avenue has pleaded guilty. He will be sentenced before Judge Theodore Metry on July 13 on a misdemeanor assault and battery charge. Grosse Pointe Woods police arrested the man after being called to the restaurant June 12 only to find it in disarray following a dispute between the man and his ex-girlfriend. During the dispute, tables were overturned, plates were thrown and broken and the man punched the woman. Responding officers also found blood sprayed all over the women's bathroom. Preliminary Exam Waived Two men caught toting stolen televisions across Mack Avenue in May waived their preliminary exam…
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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Friday, May 27, 2011
The Detroit teenager accused of trying to rob a St. Clare of Montefalco nun in Grosse Pointe Park has entered a guilty plea.
The 18-year-old Detroit man accused of attempting to rob a 74-year-old St. Clare of Montefalco nun in February pleaded guilty in Wayne Circuit Court Thursday to assault with intent to rob while armed. Raylon Vandie Wright will be sentenced before Judge Bruce Morrow on June 16, said Maria Miller, spokeswoman for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. Wright's plea comes just days before he was scheduled to stand trial before a jury. He faces up to life in prison or any term the judge sees fit. Wright approached Sister Jacquline A. Wetherholt outside St. Clare of Montefalco Church in late February brandishing a gun–later discovered to be a toy gun–and demanded cash. She did not have any money on her, which she told Wright and he patted down …
Band Parent
8:11 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
I think administrators and or teachers who speak up and question what is going on are targeted, set up to be fired, and then given the alternative to resign. Cross refused to resign and look what they did to him. more ›