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St Mary Catholic School in

Wayne will be among the

parochial schools across the

country "raising the standard"

in education during Catholic

SchoolsWeek

See page 3.

The search has begun to

replace

the

Romulus

Community Schools superin-

tendent following the retire-

ment of Carl Weiss whose last

day with the district was Dec.

31.

See page 3

.

Plymouth Eagle Scout can-

didate Ben Henderson has

been almost too successful

with his project to collect

men's winter clothing for the

Open Door organization in

Detroit.

See page 4.

A City of Northville on-call

firefighter, driving his private

vehicle fromFarmington Hills,

was involved in a traffic acci-

dent.

See page 2.

Belleville Area District

Library Director Debra Green

turned down a 2.5 percent

raise and agreed to extend her

contract with the library board

for another year at no

increase.

See page 2.

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Inkster Mayor Hilliard

Hampton got an inside look at

government last month when

he cast his vote in the

MichiganElectoral College.

See page 5.

For home delivery of The Eagle call 734-467-1900.

The City of Westland will

not be going to trial regarding

the claims of 810 residents

impacted by flooding in 2010

and 2011 who filed a class

action lawsuit against the city.

See page 5.

Two rounds were fired from a

handgun into the Inkster Police

Station on South River Park Drive

just beforemidnight last Friday.

There were no injuries report-

ed in the shooting and police said

that one bullet pierced the glass

doors and struck a wall in the

vestibule and another was stopped

by themetal door frame.

Police said that a group of

about six witnesses arrived at the

station at about 11:50 p.m. claim-

ing they wanted to file a report

about a stolen puppy. The group

told the two officers on duty that

they had attempted to recover the

animal when the man whom they

believed had the dog tried to run

their car off the road. The witness-

es got no further in their story

before two shots rang out from a

vehicle stopped in front of the sta-

tion, police said.

After the two shots, the vehicle,

anSUV, was driven off.

Police broadcast a description

of the vehicle provided by the wit-

nesses and a Garden City police

patrol quickly identified the SUV

at Middlebelt and Cherry Hill

roads. When the Garden City offi-

cers attempted a traffic stop, using

lights and siren, the vehicle began

to slow and drift to the side of the

road, toward the curb, according

to police reports of the incident.

Police surmise that the suspect

shot himself in the head when the

officers attempted to stop his vehi-

cle.

The suspect was dead at the

scene with a single bullet wound

to the head which police believe

was self-inflicted. His name and or

age are not being released, police

said.

The investigation into the death

is now being handled by the

Michigan State Police while

Inkster detectives are handling

the probe into the shooting at the

police station.

The six witnesses told police

that they knew of the dead man

but were not personally acquaint-

ed with him. They said they

believed the stolen puppy was

given to the deceased as payment

for a debt by a thirdpartywho they

believe took the animal.

State police were not releasing

any information regarding the

investigation.

The board of trustees

approved a $54,000 market

study of the area to show

potential developers and busi-

nesses the opportunities and

customer base the township

can support.

See page 4.

Andrea Deanna Brennen, 37,

has been sentenced to 5 years pro-

bation following her guilty plea to

a charge of using a computer to

commit a crime in sending a top-

less photo of herself to an under-

ageVanBurenTownshipboy.

Brennan, of Ypsilanti, a former

North Middle School teacher, was

originally charged with selling/fur-

nishing alcohol to aminor and dis-

tributing obscene matter to a

child. The charges followed her

arrest July 10, 2012 after she was

found at 1:30 a.m. in a parked car

near the softball fields at Beck and

Ayes roads in Van Buren

Township with a 15-year-old boy.

The car was noticed by Van Buren

police on routine patrol in the

area.

Officers reported that Brennan

and the juvenile were consuming

alcohol. Brennan was arrested

and the boy taken into custody and

his parents notified. He was

released into their custody that

same night.

A search warrant for Brennan's

phone records showed that she

and the juvenile had been text

messaging and included the sexu-

ally explicit photo of herself she

sent to his cell phone. The teen

had never been a student in any of

Brennan's classes, according to

police reports.

The original charges against

Brennan were dismissed in

exchange for her guilty plea to the

computer crime. The sentencing

agreement also requires her to

register as a sex offender and her

name will remain on the state list

for the next 25 years. She must

also continue twice-a-month sex

offender counseling with psy-

chotherapist Matthew Rosenberg,

as directedby the court.

During her 5-year probation,

Brennan can have no contact with

the 15-year-old involved and no

unsupervised visits with children

under the age of 16. She cannot

reside, work or loiter within 1,000

feet of a school. Judge Edward

Ewell, Jr. did allow a variance

from the Michigan Sex Offender

Celebrations honoring the

memory and legacy of Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. are scheduled

throughout the area nextMonday.

In Canton Township a special

tribute, "Building Bridges: Canton

Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr.," will begin at 6 p.m. Jan.

21, at The Village Theater at

Cherry Hill, located at 50400

CherryHill Road.

The public is invited to attend a

pre-event reception starting at 5:30

p.m. featuring light refreshments,

followed by the main program.

This annual event is presented by

the Canton Commission for

Culture, Arts, and Heritage, mem-

bers of theDr. Martin Luther King,

Jr. sub-committee, and the Canton

community. The reception is