Sentencing postponed in Detroit girl’s slaying
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man convicted in the slaying of a 12-year-old honor student during a dispute between his mother and the girl’s mother over a cellphone will have to wait another day his sentence.
A Wayne County jury last month found Joshua Brown guilty of second-degree murder, assault with intent to murder and gun charges.
His sentencing was scheduled for Monday morning in circuit court, but the Wayne County prosecutor’s office says the hearing was postponed until Tuesday morning.
Kade’jah Davis was killed Jan. 31, 2012.
Prosecutors say Brown accompanied his mother, Heather, to confront Kade’jah’s mother over the disappearance of Heather Brown’s cellphone.
Weather delays hearing in Detroit bankruptcy case
DETROIT (AP) — Winter weather has delayed closing arguments in a bankruptcy court hearing on an agreement by Detroit to pay off banks and settle millions of dollars in debt tied to an interest rate swaps deal.
Bankruptcy court in Detroit was shut Monday amid severe weather.
Detroit’s state appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr testified Friday that the proposal to terminate the deal with UBS and Bank of America for $165 million is best for the city.
The city pledged casino tax revenue in 2009 as collateral to avoid defaulting on pension debt payments. The swaps allowed Detroit to get fixed interest rates on pension bonds with the banks.
Orr and the banks initially reached a $220 million payoff, but bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ordered the city to negotiate a better deal.
Trial set for 3 in Grand Rapids robbery, killing
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered three men to stand trial in a marijuana robbery and shooting attack at a Grand Rapids home one year ago that killed one man and wounded three other people.
Grand Rapids District Judge David Buter ruled Friday that there’s enough evidence to try 30-year-old Tory J. Overstreet and 24-year-olds Craig M. Hureskin and Jeffrey Slaughter-Butler on first-degree murder charges.
They’re accused in the Dec. 29, 2012, slaying of 34-year-old Jason Cherry at his parents’ home.
Last month, 28-year-old Tamaine Foster received the mandatory sentence of life without parole for first-degree murder in the case. Twenty-five-year-old Isiah J. Latham has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case and has testified against the three new defendants.
Seminar on personal safety set for Jan. 16
The Women’s Law Caucus, Wayne State University Police Department, and the Wayne Law Dean of Students Office presents “Street Smarts - How to Avoid Being a Victim” Personal Safety Seminar” on Thursday, Jan. 16 from 4 - 6 p.m. in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. For more information about this free event, please contact Law School Dean of Students Office at 313-577-3997 or lawdso@wayne.edu.
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