No. 22
NEWS YOU CAN USE, NEWS YOU CAN TRUST
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May 28 – June 3, 2015
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The Wayne Community
Center will be closed in a
cost-cutting measure to help
balance the serious deficit
budget in the city.
See page 4.
BrookeWaldonhas joined
an elite group of students
throughout the country who
have managed to catch the
attention of Microsoft
founderBill Gates.
See page 5.
Plymouth Community
United Way plans to be part
of a kidnapping, or a simulat-
ed one as a fundraiser set for
June 20.
See page 6.
The Northville Art House
Chalk Festival is the newest
addition to the Arts and Acts
Festival and chalk artists are
nowbeing sought to decorate
the street June 20.
See page 3.
Members of the Belleville
City Council recently
approved a resolution of
intent to issue $550,000 in
general obligation bonds to
fund sewer rehabilitation in
the city.
See page 5.
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A 17-year-old Westland
man faces a preliminary
court examination today in
18th District Court, charged
with fatally stabbing a
Bellevilleman.
See page 4.
Canton Township cele-
brated National Public
Works Week recently by rec-
ognizing the employees in
the public works division of
the township.
See page 3.
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Two men have been
charged in the death of a 21-
year-old man found in the
early morning of May 13 on
an Inkster street.
See page 5.
Prosecutors have offered a
plea deal to the 15-year-old
Plymouth Township girl
accused of attempting tomurder
her family by slitting their
throats as they slept.
In addition, Wayne County
Circuit Court Judge James A.
Callahan threw out the confes-
sion of Roksana Sikorski, saying
that she was too young to have
waived her rights when she
spoke to police investigators and
told them she slashed the throat
of her 12-year-old brother Oct.
17.
Sikorski, being tried as an
adult, would have to plead guilty
to the attempted murder
charges and face a sentence of
15 to 30 years in prison as part of
the plea deal.
In a separate action,
Callahan removed defense
attorney Leslie Posner from the
case, replacing her with court-
appointed Matthew Evans, an
experienced defense attorney.
Callahan told Posner, during a
brief hearing in his chambers
earlier this month that there
was a conflict of interest in the
Sikorskis paying for their daugh-
ter's defense as they were
among her intended victims in
the alleged crimes. Posner, who
told the judge that the Sikorski
family had run out of money,
asked Callahan to designate her
as the court appointed public
defender for the teen, who has
remained in the Wayne County
Juvenile Detention Center since
her arrest Oct. 18. She and her
23-year-old boyfriend, Michael
Rivera, are accused of plotting
the attack on her family as away
to be together and avoid the sex-
ual misconduct charges her par-
ents had filed against him in an
effort to break up the relation-
ship.
The judge agreed to provide
Evans as the public defender for
Sikorski noting that Posner was
not qualified as a court-appoint-
ed attorney.
A jury trial for Sikorski and
Rivera was scheduled to begin
May 13. Callahan imposed a gag
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A jury trial for Sikorski and Rivera
was scheduled to begin May 13.
Callahan imposed a gag order
on the case in February...
Teen accused of murder plot offered deal
During a 3½ hour meeting
punctuated with heated argu-
ments and raised voices, mem-
bers of the Plymouth Township
Board of Trustees last week cre-
ated a new $60,000 parks posi-
tion, awarded a seven-year, $11
million waste hauling contract
and approved the addition of a
part-time assistant in the clerk's
office.
After heated debate among
the board members, the con-
tract for solid waste disposal
was awarded to Rizzo
Environmental Services.
Engineer Patrick Felrath
said the township had solicited
bids from five vendors for the
residential refuse, recycling
and yard waste services con-
tract with Duncan Disposal
System, Inc. that expires in
October. Felrath recommend
that Rizzo Environment
Services which he said
“appeared to be” the lowest
bidder for each of three service
options be awarded the new
contract. He outlined the first
service option as the same as
that provided by Duncan and
options two and three were for
automated applications utiliz-
ing large wheeled containers.
Township Treasurer Ron
Edwards agreed with Felrath
reiterating that Rizzo was the
low bidder and arguing for the
immediate award of the con-
tract to the company.
Trustee Chuck Curmi sug-
gested postponing or tabling the
decision based the complexity
of choices and not knowing if
residents would want to keep
status quo services they cur-
rently have in place or pay for
the automated service.
“Can we wait until we sort
this out…I don't think we have
to be in ahurry,” Curmi said.
Edwards reiterated that
Rizzo was the low bidder and
See
Plea,
page 6
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There was confusion ...
who was in charge of the park
and who wasn't in charge of the park.
Squabbling trustees OK $11 million waste contract
Heroes
Northville
responders
honored for
saving life
Danielle Teper has a lot to
be thankful for.
Last Thursday evening, she
got a chance to express her
gratitude to the eight people
who saved her life last
December when she suffered
extreme respiratory failure
and flat-lined inher car.
Teper, 29, had just complet-
ed her shopping at theKroger
store on Haggerty Road in
Northville, loaded her pack-
ages and started her car when
her heart suddenly stopped.
Her abrupt loss of conscious-
ness caused her car to go out
of control and roll forward,
striking a light pole in the
parking lot. She was left,
unconscious, slumped over
her steering wheel as her
heart simply gave out.
A fellow shopper, Kyle
Martin, ran to her car when
he saw it strike the pole and
realized that she was in seri-
ous physical distress. Her car
doors were locked and he
couldn't get to her, but he
immediately
called
Northville Township 911 for
help.
The public safety profes-
sionals who managed to save
Teper's life were introduced
to the members of the
Northville Township Board of
Trustees last week by Public
Safety Director John Werth,
who congratulated each of
them for their fast thinking
and exemplary work during
the crisis.
When the emergency call
came in at 5:20 p.m., dispatch-
ers Jennifer Allen and
Jeanette Schrameck immedi-
ately sent township emer-
gency personnel to the scene
including a team of Advanced
Life Support paramedics who
arrivedwithinminutes.
First to arrive on the scene
in response to Martin's 911
call, however, were police
officers Christopher Cox and
Douglas Scoggins. Cox, realiz-
ing the immediacy of the situ-
ation, broke out the vehicle
glass to gain access to Teper
for Firefighter Jason
Hendrian who removed her
fromthe car.
Hendrian reported back to
the dispatch office that Teper
was in full cardiac arrest with
no pulse at his initial assess-
ment. Firefighter Brent
Muller immediately started
what
is
known
as
Among those receiving awards from Northville Township for their heroic efforts in saving the life of a
20-year-old woman last December were, from left, Firefighter Will Caruso, Firefighter Brent Muller,
Police Ofc. Christopher Cox, Danielle Teper, Dispatcher Jennifer Allen, Dispatcher Jeanette
Schrameck and Police Ofc. Douglas Scoggins.
Danielle Teper
Northville Township Director of Public Safety John Werth, right,
praised the heroic work of the team of first responders who
saved Danielle Teper's life. Fire Chief Richard Marinucci was also
on hand during the award presentation.
Photos by Don Howard
See
Heroes,
page 4
See
Meeting,
page 6
Don Howard
Staff Writer
