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Judge Richard C. Hammer of the 21st District
Court in Garden City dismissed five of six felony
charges against Christopher Sanders during a pre-
liminary hearing onMonday.
Sanders, 45, had been charged with larceny by
conversion, embezzlement as an agent or trustee
and embezzlement from a non profit charitable
organization, forgery, uttering and publishing and
identity theft.
All charges except the count of identity theft
were dismissed due to insufficient evidence.
Sanders will now face trial inWayne County Circuit
Court on that felony count.
The charges stemmed from accusations that
Sanders endorsed a $1,000 check from Destination
Wayne made payable to Mike Spence into his own
personal bank account. The check was the prize
money for the pumpkin carving contest at the
HalloWayne event last year in Wayne, organized by
the Destination Wayne group and the Wayne
Chamber of Commerce. Sanders was one of the
organizers of the event.
Sanders' attorney, Ron Ruark of Canton
Township, had argued in an earlier court session
that all the charges should be dismissed since no
one was claiming to be a victim--not the woman
who donated the prize money, not Beverly
Campbell, whowrote the check or Spence.
At that earlier session Hammer said Spence's
name had been used but questioned if a crime had
been committed. Sanders said that he deposited
the check in his account and then gave the money
toSpence in cash.
Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Ryan
Likiewski said that the use of someone else's name
is a crime and that the people of
Waynewere defrauded.
Sanders said that he felt vindi-
cated by the findings of the judge
but that he had hoped that all the
chargeswouldbe dismissed.
“We had the truth on our
side,” Sanders said. He remains
free on $1,000 bond.
nearly 100 professional firefight-
ers.
Provisions of state law require
that the intergovernmental
agreement be approved by all the
participating city councils. An
authority board, appointedby the
council members, would oversee
operations at the authority.
Westland Mayor William Wild
said that his decision would be
based on the financial impact of
the authority. He explained that
the authority might be a method-
ology to help Westland with the
legacy costs for new firefighters
and save the community money.
New firefighters would be
authority employees.
Both Wayne and Westland
have reported financial savings
with the combined departments
but Westland council members
Bill Johnson and Christine
Bryant were opposed to the fire
authority as currently proposed
when the discussion took place
in their community.
Each community would be
responsible for lowering or elimi-
nating any dedicated public safe-
ty or firemillage in their commu-
nity to offset the cost of a dedicat-
ed fire authority tax. Local com-
munities would be prohibited
fromseeking amillage to support
the authority which would be an
independent agency for financial
operating and taxing purposes.
Michael Swartz of Plante
Moran, the independent auditing
and financial consulting compa-
ny performing the analysis of the
proposed authority, told Wayne
council members, “The authority
takes the cost structure for the
fire department out of the budg-
et. It lets each council decide on
the millage and cost structure. It
could be a big opportunity on the
budget.”
Further discussion of the pro-
posed authority is planned at
upcoming council meetings in
bothWayne andWestland.
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October 23, 2014
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF INKSTER, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
RE: Case No. 14-03 (SCU)
In accordance with and pursuant to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Act 110 of
2006, as amended, notice is hereby given that the City of Inkster Planning
Commission with hold a public hearing on Monday, November 10, 2014, at 6:00
p.m., in the Inkster City Hall Council Chamber, located at 26215 Trowbridge,
Inkster, Michigan, 48141, to consider a special conditions use to allow a Used Car
Dealership in the TCD (Town Center District). Sam Alfashi is the applicant. The sub-
ject property is located on the south side of Michigan Ave between John Daly and
Inkster Road at Sylvia and is legally described as follows:
30C1A PT of NW ¼ Sec 30 T2S R10E Beg at NE Car of Wiethoff's; 30F28 Lot 28
Wiethoff's Sub; and 30F29 30C2 that part of the NW ¼ of Sec 30 and of Lot 29S W
thoff's Sub described as beginning at the NW corner of said Lot 29 and proceeding
TH S 8D 09M 30 SEC e ALONG THE w Lot line 212.99 FT TH S 65D 56M E
along the SLY Lot Line 74 FT TH S 12D 08M 38SEC E 329.52 FT TH N 77D 16M
20SEC E 50.22 FT TH N 1 D 20M W 220 FT TH S 77D 51 M 22SEC W 75.48 FT
TH N 12D 08M 38SEC W 129.74 FT TH N 1 D 22M 48SEC W 237.76 FT TH S 81
D W along the line of said Lot 105.47 FT OT the POB containing 0.89 Acre
Wiethoff's Sub (Property ID # 44-021-99-0002-001; 44-021-02-0028-000, and 44-
021-02-0029-000, commonly known as 27033 and 27005 Michigan Ave).
Public comments are invited. Persons unable to attend the public hearing may send
their comments in writing to the attention of the City of Inkster Community
Development Department, 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster, Michigan, 48141. Comments
will be received through 12:00 noon, Monday, November 10, 2014. Please reference
Case No. 14-03 (SCU) in all correspondence.
The City of Inkster will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services,
such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being
considered at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities upon five (5) busi-
ness days written notice. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or serv-
ices should contact the City of Inkster at 313.563.3211.
Felicia Rutledge
Inkster City Clerk
PUBLISH: October 23, 2014
CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 14/15-11 - 2015 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS - NEWSPAPER
ITB 14/15-12 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
FOR THE PRINTING, HANDLING & MAILING OF TAX BILLS
(1) The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified companies for the above
items
(2) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid
must use the forms provided by the
City.
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system @
http://www.mitn.info/.
(3) Two (2) copies of the bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes and returned to the
City
Clerk's Office
no later than 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, October 28, 2014. At approximately 2:45
p.m., local time all timely received bids are to be publicly opened and read.
RESPONSE ENVELOPES MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED WITH THE ITB NUM-
BER AND NAME AND BE ADDRESSED:
ITB #___
CITY OF ROMULUS CLERK'S OFFICE
11111 Wayne Road,
Romulus, Michigan 48174
(4) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves
the right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive technicalities.
(5) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director,
by calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing lconway@ci.romulus.mi.us .
Publish: Thursday, October 16, 2014, The Eagle or The Associated Newspapers of Michigan
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF ROMULUS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Public Accuracy Test for the November 4, 2014 State
General Election has been scheduled for Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the
Romulus City Council Chambers, 11111 Wayne Road, Romulus, MI.
The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and computer that will
be used to tabulate the results of the election counts the votes in the manner prescribed by law.
Ellen L. Craig-Bragg, City Clerk
Publish: 10-25-14
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ESTLAND
A Westland man has been
charged with the death of a
woman whose body was discov-
ered in a 55-gallon drum bolted
to a utility trailer in a Plymouth
Township storage facility.
Scott Wobbe, 37, was
arraigned last week in Warren
District Court charged with mur-
der in the first degree, kidnap-
ping and disinterment of a body
in the death of his 22-year-old
girlfriend, TheresaDeKeyzer. He
remains incarcerated awaiting
an Oct. 28 preliminary hearing
on the charges following the
denial of his request for bail.
DeKeyzer's body was discov-
ered by police in the plastic
drum inside a small, enclosed 8-
foot by 6-foot trailer at Travel
Trailer Storage on Ann Arbor
Road in Plymouth on Sept. 18.
She had been reported missing
by her family on June 19, just
days after she reported a domes-
tic assault to Warren police. She
told responding officers that her
boyfriend, Wobbe, in a drunken
rage, had grabbed her shirt and
dragged her out of his car and
punched her in the face.
Neighbors intervened and called
police who spoke to DeKeyzer at
the time. Wobbe fled the scene
before officers arrived and
DeKeyzer told police that she
would file an official complaint
the next morning, June 16. She
did not appear at the police sta-
tion and her family subsequently
reported her missing four days
later. Her body was reportedly
found in the same clothing she
wore when officers interviewed
her regarding the assault com-
plaint.
Medical examiners at the
scene in the Plymouth storage
facility spent more than four
hours attempting to extricate
DeKeyzer's plastic-wrapped
remains from the cement-
capped barrel which had been
filled with sand and sealed with
black tape, according to police
reports. Her cause of death was
determined by the medical
examiner to have been asphyxia-
tion.
Warren officers, assisted by
Michigan State Police who pro-
vided technical support, went to
the Plymouth storage facility
after receiving anonymous tips
regarding the whereabouts of
DeKeyzer's body. They discov-
ered her remains in the drum
which was secured to the inside
of the trailer with straps and
plastic tie-downs. Much of the
material was sent to the
Michigan
State
Crime
Laboratory for analysis, police
said.
During warrant searches of
Wobbe's Westland home, police
indicated that barrels and tape
similar to those used in the
entombment of DeKeyzer were
found. Police also said that bar-
rels similar to the one in which
the body was found were used at
an auto repair shop in Garden
City where Wobbe worked as a
mechanic. The trailer, police
said, had been parked in the
back yard of Wobbe's Westland
home before it was moved to the
storage facility. The trailer was
not registered to Wobbe with the
Secretary of State but rather to a
long-time friend of Wobbe who
told investigators he had given
the trailer to Wobbe some time
ago.
The lease on the storage
space was not in Wobbe's name
but he was reportedly listed as a
secondary contact on the rental
agreement.
Wobbe told police that he last
saw DeKeyzer at about 6 a.m.
June 16.
He was arrested on a proba-
tion violation in Midland on July
2 and was released only to be
immediately arrested by Warren
police and charged with
DeKeyzer's death. Police said
Wobbe has an extensive criminal
history including assault convic-
tions.
He faces life in prison if con-
victed of the charges in
DeKeyzer's death.
He faces life in prison
if convicted of the charges
in DeKeyzer's death.
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Body found in barrel prompts murder charge
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Judge dismisses 5 of 6 ‘pumpkin’ charges
Church marks anniversary
Middlebelt Baptist Churchwill mark the
57th anniversary of the church with revival
services planned for Oct. 26 through 28.
Dynamic preaching and special music
are planned for 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on
Sunday, Oct. 26 and at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Oct. 27 andTuesday, Oct. 28.
The church is located at 943 Middlebelt
Road in Inkster.
The services are open to the public.
For more information, call the church at
(734) 728-3838.