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Hallowayne Case Ends in Mistrial Westland CHURCH STAGES LENTEN PLAYS COMMUNITY LIFE, B5 NE-WESTLAND I A GANNETT COMPANY BSERVER SUNDAY, M ARCH 1, 2015 • hom etownlife.com HalloWayne case ends in mistrial Westland Event organizer faced Circuit Court Judge Alexis The charges that were filed his personal bank account. Glendening. The case went to against Sanders centered on a Thanking people for their man takes identity theft charge the jury Tuesday but the mis­ $1,000 check that was depos­ support during what he called trial was declared after the ited into his personal bank a long and grueling experi­ By LeAnne Rogers jury reported being dead­ account. A complaint had been ence, Sanders said waiting for plea deal Staff Writer locked and unable to reach a filed by an entrant into the the trial “was psychologically verdict on Wednesday. 2013 HalloWayne pumpkin exhausting and physically A mistrial has been de­ Sanders, who operates the carving contest, which offered disruptive to my life.” clared in the trial of a Wayne nonprofit Destination Wayne, a $1,000 prize that was never It wasn’t yet known if the in murder man facing a felony charge which sponsored HalloWayne, awarded. Wayne County Prosecutor’s B y M a t t J a c h m a n stemming from the Hallo­ submitted written comments The check was written to Office would be refiling the Staff Writer Wayne event. in response to the mistrial. Mike Spence, who had testified charge and taking the case to Christopher Sanders, 46, “I can only say that is was he was offered the money by trial again. A Westland man will was charged with a single indeed a humbling experience Sanders if he claimed to be the “To be faced with the entire spend at least 27 years in count of identity theft. Five to have my freedom in the winner of the 2013 HalloWayne court procedure again is dis­ prison for other charges, including larce­ hands of 12 strangers who pumpkin carving contest spon­ tressing but I remain confident shooting a ny by conversion, embezzle­ know me only through the sored by Destination Wayne that ultimately I will be exon­ 76-year-old ment as an agent or trustee evidence and arguments sub­ and the Wayne Chamber of erated by an impartial jury Plymouth and embezzlement from a mitted during the trial,” Sand­ Commerce. Spence testified he made aware of all the facts in Township man nonprofit charitable organiza­ ers wrote. “I continue to assert never entered the pumpkin this situation,” he said. to death last tion, had been dismissed at the my innocence in this matter carving contest and didn’t October. preliminary examination. and can now only wait and see claim to have won. [email protected] Andrew J. The jury trial had started what the city and the prose­ Sanders deposited the 734-883-9039 Nutt, 22, Nutt Monday before Wayne County cutor decide to do next.” check, payable to Spence, into Twitter: @LRogersObserver pleaded guilty Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court to one charge each of sec­ ond-degree murder and usmg a gun during a felo­ Pisarski ny in the kill­ ing of Ken­ neth LaBita, , / V who was found Oct. 27 in his house on Gilbert, east of Hag­ k gerty. He had been shot in LaBita the back of the head. Nutt’s accomplice, Miriah N. Pisarski, 20, of Wayne pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory after the fact and another of larceny of firearms. A plea agreement with the county prosecutor’s Se e PLEA , P a g e A 2 Bed, Bath & Beyond moves to new spot in Westland BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Roosevelt Elementary third-grader Aniyah Mimms gives her name to Lois Vanstipdonk. By LeAnne Rogers Staff Writer It’s official. Bed, Bath & Beyond will move into a new Wayne Rotary gives 3rd-graders gift of words location south of Westland Shopping Center. By Sue Mason The store will relocate Staff Writer from its longtime location on Central City Parkway at Third-graders at Roosevelt Elemen­ Wayne Road next to Best tary School in Wayne got a step up in Buy. The Westland Council their education, thanks to the Wayne approved a revised site plan Rotary Club. for the Bed, Bath & Beyond Members of the club were at the in the Westridge Shopping school Thesday to distribute dictionaries Center on the south side of to the youngsters, continuing a tradition Warren Road. that started more than nine years ago. Target and Burlington “This is your own personal diction­ are located nearby but West­ ary; take it to your desk and look for a ridge has several vacant word you like,” Rotarian David Car­ storefronts, including a penter said. “We’re here today to help former tile store where Bed, you achieve your goals in literacy. We Bath & Beyond will be locat­ want you to be able to read, write and ed. City officials expect the communicate with each other.” new store and a second ma­ The Rotarians spent the month of jor retailer to spur new life February visiting third-grade class­ at that strip center. rooms at Roosevelt, Taft-Galloway, Hoo­ “We’re real excited about ver, St. Joseph, St. Michael and St. Mary this. Some of you might be schools in Wayne and Schweitzer in I concerned about a business BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER S e e RO TA RY. P a g e A 2 The student's name is written on a name plate in each dictionary. S e e STO RE, P a g e A 2 O b se r v er & E c c e n t r ic © The Observer & Eccentric INDEX hometownllfe.com MEDIA Volume 50 • Number 82 Community Life.... ... B5 H om e s.................. C2 Services........ ........ C2 Crossword Puzzle... ... C3 J o b s............... .......C1 Sports........... .........B1 6 53174 10007 8 Education............ ... A4 O bituarie s...... ...... B7 W h e e ls......... ........ 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Last year Rotary » The Fifth Gospel b y this book to anyone, drinking”) and especial­ Clubs throughout the Ian Caldwell regardless of religious ly to his disdain for kale nation gave out 41,976 Set in the early 2000s, affiliation. Look for it on (“kale is a super food ... dictionaries to third- BILL BRESLER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER as an ailing Pope John shelves starting March and its special power is graders. The 392-page Student Alivia Potter gives her name to Superintendent Paul II nears the end of 3. tasting bad.”). Gaffigan book Wayne students Michele Harmala, who is helping the Rotarians enter names his tenure, a mysterious » Food: A Love Story manages to serve up received has photo­ in the dictionaries. exhibit is under con­ by Jim Gaffigan some solidly enjoyable graphs, illustrations and struction at Vatican Mu­ Fast food, steak, comedy that is witty and maps, as well as word seums. Shortly before cheese, Hot Pockets and surprising, as well as histories, spelling notes fornia that had been Joining the Rotarians opening, its curator is maybe even the occa­ clean without becoming and cultural- and gen­ doing the project. He in distributing the dic­ found murdered at the sional salad. Comedian overly saccharine. der-inclusive defini­ presented the idea to the tionaries were Principal site of a and author Jim Gaffigan This book is on tions. Wayne club and it was Jennifer Keatts who suspicious has made a career based shelves now. According to teacher approved. introduced her “boss,” meeting on his views regarding Cynthia Mitchell, the Carpenter told the School Superintendent just out­ American food and Upcoming Events dictionary provides her students about Rotary Michele Harmala, who side Rome. American eating. He is Fam ily Fun Story students with “another and the organization’s took a turn at writing The same known in particular for T im e , 2 p.m. Tuesdays, resource.” many goals. Among the the students’ names on night, a CENTRAL his perspective on Hot March 3,10,17, 24 and 31 “I’ve found that a lot goal are literacy, clean the dictionaries’ name stranger Pockets, to the point — Multi-age story time of students don’t have water, health, economic plates breaks into where people sing the for the whole family. books or computers at development and peace “She’s the big leader,” the home of the curator’s jingle to him in airports. Join us for stories, home,” she said. “This and conflict resolution. said Keatts who quizzed research partner and In this second book — rhymes, movement, and offers the opportunity But the organization’s students about what a expert Gospel teacher, his first book, a humor­ crafts intended to en­ for them to conduct “major, major goal” is superintendent does.
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