‘RESTORE the Brilliance’celebration to take place Jan. 28
It will be a “diamond jubilee” birthday celebration Thursday, Jan. 28 for retired Oakland County Circuit Judge Edward Sosnick.
The RESTORE Foundation will host the event on Thursday, Jan. 28 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Eddie Merlot’s restaurant, near the corner of Woodward and Big Beaver in Bloomfield Hills.
Sosnick, who turned 75 last month, served on the Circuit Court bench for 24 years, and is RESTORE’s executive director. The Foundation exists to assist the county in providing services
through its juvenile and adult drug courts. While on the bench, Sosnick presided over the juvenile drug court program.
Frank Simon, a principal at Simon Law Firm, and Gary Sakwa are serving as presenting sponsors of the January 28 event. The Jaffe law firm also is helping sponsor the event, which will include appetizers and a cash bar.
Suggested minimum donations are $75 and may be obtained through the Foundation by contacting Barb Bloedow at (248) 798-8956 or barbbloedow@gmail.com. Proceeds will help support the drug court programs in Oakland County.
Michigan couple accused of starving of girl, 5, stand trial
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A trial is taking place for a Michigan couple accused of abusing, torturing and starving the man’s 5-year-old daughter to death.
Jurors on Wednesday heard from witnesses including police officers and Port Huron Firefighter Steven Conard, who testified that Mackenzie Maison was “extremely pale” when she was carried from her home to paramedics in May.
Andrew and Hilery Maison are charged with child abuse, torture and murder. They’re also charged with abuse related to Mackenzie’s younger sister.
The Times Herald of Port Huron reports senior Assistant Prosecutor Mona Armstrong told jurors it’s “a case about suffering, unimaginable suffering.”
Defense lawyer Frederick Lepley says Andrew Maison is a hard-working father who loved his children.
Michael Boucher, Hilery Maison's lawyer, says the children’s health problems predated their time with their stepmother.
Kilpatrick asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn conviction
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his corruption conviction and 28-year prison sentence.
The request was recently made after a federal appeals court said in October it had no interest in taking a second look at the case.
In 2013, Kilpatrick was found guilty of two dozen crimes, including tax evasion and bribery. A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August affirmed the conviction, but Kilpatrick wanted the full appeals court to hear the case.
Kilpatrick’s appeal has centered on an alleged conflict among his trial attorneys, among other very technical reasons.
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