Hit-And-Run Suspect Released
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•pp 1 - "^ ITT • l"-i' J A' *.» ,*-,' *"••*!• » -!.7' •'. I, •!« -T- . <• ip I Healthy bodies at work start with ergonomics, B4 Hc*rK$Ib\vn rtfwrwi*T>*'fl»MK»'rniy- Putting you In touch Sunday wrth your world March 22,1998 Serving the Westland Community for 33 years $ VOLUME 33 NUMBER 83 WESUAND. MICHIGAN • 68 PAGCS • http://nhscrvcr-ftccentric.com SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS O IMS BoaaTewH C<wink>H>M Network, lae«' THE WEEK Hit-and-run suspect released Charged in the hit-and-run accident on Joy tha Kosmyna, was released from Gar bond," i8th District Judge Gail McK-j AHEAD Road east of Middlebelt is 26-year-old Sergio den City Hospital two days after the night said, : * • .| 8:20 p.m. March 7 accident, but she She had set the bond after.Escobar ~| Antonio Escobar. He had been released from 1 the county jail before he appeared Thursday has since undergone surgery for a bro^ charged in a third alcohol-related ..drivy' : ken right arm, Gilliam said, ing offense - stood mute March 9 dur- : MONDAY in Westland 18th District Courti "Right noVir she can'tuse her arm, ing his arraignment on^ two charges of BY0ARflEU,CLKM continue to hope for signs that she will and she's having a difficult time emo- bperatirig uhder the influenceof • tionally," Gilliam said, ; liquor/causing a serious injury accident School board: The Wayne-: STAWWlinBR ; : > .. begin to. recover from majorvhead and two charges of leaving the scene. injuries; ,:-: ^',:--;'-/^-:'> ''':K: Charged in the hit-and-run accident Westland board of educa A Garden City man, accused of driv on Joy Road east of Middlebelt is 26: ing drunk and hitting two Livonia "She's still semi-comatose," Westland 'On a 'tether^-"v ••.•,'•; - '•' • ^¾ tion will meet dt7 pan. police Officer Cathy GUUam said. "Her year-old Sergio Antonio Escobar. He teenage girls as they walked acrosB a had been released from the county jail Escobar, who has been placed on an] Monday at School adtninr Westland road, has been released from eyes are open, but she's not responding electronic tether, waived his ;hearibjp* to anything.";' < / ' v.,/5-' ••''••.'-' before he, appeared Thursdayin West- titration offices, oh Mar jail withoutposting his $100,000 cash land 18th District Court for.a prelimi- Thursday and was ordered to standi•' bond, •. •; -n•:/':..y';'•"•.C- ^-- "::;.':'; O'Keefe has laeehAmoved toRoyal trial in Wayne County Circuit Courfr quette eastofNewburgh. Oak Beaumont Hospital from Detroit's , riaryhearing. • ; Meanwhile, family members of one "He walked in the courtroom without All four charges against himcarry pps-l victim, 16-year-old Catherine OTCeefe, Grace HospitaL A second victim, 16-year-old Samah- haying; posted auy of the $100,000 ' fle&BeaeeWWnCJ,^ TUESDAY Top pop DeHart tospeak: State •• i. Rep^EUeehpeHdfiof )• Westland will be the speaker at the Westland Democratic Club meeting beginning at 7p.m. Tues day at twRowe Meeting oncriiiie House,37035 Marquette, BY LEANNE ROGERS one block east of 'New- STAFFWRjtTKR A review/of 1997 arrests by the Metro Street Enforcement Team finds suspects apprehended for assaults, Sing with pride: Male drug possession, thefts and one grave singers are invited to robber. •.-••.. attend a guest night for Actually, the official charge oh that last warrant was dead body disinter theBarberShopRenais ment and the suspect, a 26-year-old sance Chorus 7 p. m> Westiand man, was also charged with a second count of attempting the disin Tuesday at Newburg terment of a dead body. United Methodist MSET was asked to apprehend the Church, 36500 Ann Arbor Westland man by Detroit police who obtained a warrant stemming from the Trail, east of Newburgh, break-in at mausoleums' in Woodmere Livonia. For more infor Cemetery/y ''.•''"'•::}" mation, call Alex Willox St. Clair Shores police had arrested the man in connection with a bad check at (734) 728-686% case at a Roseville motel when some unexpected evidence turned up. "Searching the motel room, they - *?'•! found ii-skull'anoV decomposed^body • v ..''-yif^&Sffi^^f:^. &*••*-^ ••^T^::•¾,'¾w3 WEDNESDAY parts in a trash bag," said Officer Kevin Nowak of MSET, "They found a femur in a briefcase in a car trunk. Rec meeting: The West- There were sorcery-related items." land Parks and Recre With jet black hair and an extremely ation Department and a white complexion, the suspect was consulting firm, the described by Nowak as "one very strange guy." to*.••••-. ••" :• - ••'•^^ 'VI-;••••»\'.V Strader Group, will hear Besides locating and arresting sus m'^h* comments during a 7p.m. pects for various law enforcement paid and daughter: Westland's1998 Father of the Year, Terry Papay, was nominated by his meeting Wednesday on :, ' '. Please see CRIME, A3 f the second floor of West- daughter, Paula. Papay was chosenfromamong 226nominees. landtytyHaM. Metro Street Enforcement team (MSET) Arrests and Warrants In 1997 TheWestlarxJ, Gaf<Jen City, Wayne and Ink 6ter police departments each assign an officer to MSET. FRIDAY 150 Key to fto ch*rt Mow «,» Westland. BY DARRELL CLEM teacher and high school senior during the mayor's Spring bath The Westland Detective Bureau STAFF WRITER State of the City address at 7 p.m. April 8 at the search warrant Community Foundation assists ••;,••,'• A well-dressed man tapped on Terry Papay's Hellenic Cultural Center on Joy Road. Paula wanted to nominate her father after hosts its spring ball 100- ft 4 Garden City front door as he sat down for dinner with his wife, Detective Bureau . hearing about the contest from her Kettering Ele- L Gloria, and their 10-ye^rrold daughter, Paula, beginningat6:30 p.m. search warrant . SA LUTE TO mentary teacher, Julie Gordon, who has a split assists • "He was so nicely dressed, we thought it was a EikclLijENCE fourth- sind fifth-grade class. Friday at the Hellenic •V1 IrAster Narcotic Jehovah's Witness," Gloria Papay said. Cultural Center; 36375 .search warrant •''';Wrong.';.-.:,-.'.;. T?aula brought the form home and asked me if I assist. "Or I thought maybe it was someone campaigning for would mind if she nominated her father," Gloria Papay Joy Road, Westland. •i 1 Uvonla votes," Terry Papay said. said. "I thought it was so sweet that she wanted to nomi "* surveillance search nate her dad." warrant assist /Wrong; again." -j 1 State police Instead, Deputy Mayor George Gillies came to the fam Daughter's view ** search warrant ily's Hazelwood residence to notify Terry Papay that he assist ;•• Paula, sandwiched between her parents during an had been named Westland Father of the Year; INDEX A SI Search warrants interview in the family living room; didn't hesitate when ^ authored by MSET "It came as quite a surprise," the 37-year-old father asked why she nominated her father. I Obituaries A8 »SS Westland said. "I was shocked. I didn't know what to say, I'm really "He's honest, caring and he loves me and my mom," she "Special a humble guy." • said, smiling shyly and tugging at her father's arm. • Classified Index m investigations Unit An 11-member selection committee chose Papay from ;:: search warrant Terry Papay, who makes prototype automobiles at Mil- Real Estate . '" -V:'-:El assists - :, 226 nominees based on an essay that Paula, his only ford Fabricating Co. in Detroit, said he read his daugh child, submitted for Mayor Robert Thomas' 1998 Salute Job* HI 10 Consent ter's essay after learning of his selection as Westland's Crottword H3 tidfcheswere to Excellence Awards. cprxftctedtyMser Papay will be honored along with the city's top mother, ••., . ';.:. Please see FATHER, A2 .Autos Jl in 1997 Home A Service J2 • Taste Bl • Health & Fitoew B4 < , • Arts k Leisure ci Students make real winner out of Illusion • Sports A Recreation Di BY BBTH SUNDRU JACHMAN The competition brought together Btudents from STAFF WRrnm across the region. Dexter High School placed first • •' HOW TO REACH US The "Illvision" was more than just an illusion - the and Eisenhower High School in Shelby Township student-designed vehicle won a $2,000 grant for placed third in the competition . Eight Wayne Memorial students ^-two juniors tind 7344U4L04 Wayne Memorial High Scbool. Newsroom: "We were elated," instructor David Bogataj said ' six seniors - put in many hours on the second-place Newsroom Fax:734-691727 9 after Wayne Memorial won a second place Tuesday winning "Illusion," according to Bogataj, drafting- E-mail: iwwiwwnovoniinst i • corn in the Chrysler "Build Your Dream Vehicle" competi CAD instructor at Wayne Memorial; The team T»*W3-2i04 tion with a dream vehicle called the "Illusion." includes: Ian G. Gasper, Duncan deBmin, John Nightline/Sports: Haro, Pete Mueller, Alan Kulifay, Johnathan Law- Reader Comment Line:mtit-204 2 "The kids did an excellent job - it was just a super, Buper performance," Bogataj said. son, Julie Przeklasa and Jason Novak. Classified Advertising:7$4-f*JW>tO O Wayne Memorial was one of two teams from the The Wayne Memorial project involved market sur \ Display Advertising:714491-230 0 veys, materials research, cost analysis, product if"'' Wayne-Westland schools named among eight final r:.! • Home Delivery:734-Btl4«0 0 ist* in the competition. The William D. Ford Career design and advertising. Students did an analysis of Technical Center also made the finals with iU elec the market surveys, extensively researched the cost t of materials and designed everything about the prod ••:!•-* v '• • •'• tric truck project, which was also honored recently *': * with a Detroit Edison mini-grant. (Related story, A4.) uct from the seats to the exterior, Bogataj said. Students from Wayne Memorial and tho Ford They came up with a car for tho year 2010 - "con 8TWT PHOTO BY BRYAN MrTCHtU ), :' Career Technical Center made oral presentations to cept car type of stuff," Bogataj said.