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Woman held without bond, charged with open murder

By Ben Baird
A2 Journal

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Susan Wade

Susan Wade, a 48-year-old Ann Arbor woman with a history of mental illness, has been charged for murdering her adoptive father. Her 86-year-old father, Ronald Mason, was found dead by police June 9. Lt. Renee Bush of the Ann Arbor Police Department said police believe Wade stabbed and killed her father. Wade was arraigned June 11 on the felony charge of open murder,

according to the Washtenaw County Prosecutors Office. Open murder, which carries a possible sentence of life in prison, includes all forms of first and second-degree murder. She is currently being held in Washtenaw County Jail without bond. Wade is scheduled to appear in court 8:30 a.m. Thursday for a preliminary examination of the evidence against her. She will be represented in court by the Washtenaw County Public Defenders Office. Police were notified after a call requesting an ambulance was made

at about 1:50 p.m. June 9 by another member of Masons family besides Wade, Bush said. Officers were sent to his residence in the 1700 block of Covington Drive, she said they entered the home, found Mason and determined he was deceased. Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Dianna Collins, who represented the prosecutors office at the arraignment before Magistrate Thomas Truesdell, said
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Man guilty of rst-degree murder from 2006 case

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After more than five years of investigation, Shane Noel Roscoe has been found guilty in the murder of William Samuel Kenney in August 2006. Kenney, 55, worked as a porter at the Jim Bradley GMC car dealership, 500 Auto Mall Drive in Scio Township, where Roscoe was previously employed. On Aug. 18, 2006, Kenney was found brutally beaten and run over by a car, according to a press release from the Washtenaw County Prosecutors Office. He died from his injuries 27 days later. Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Dianna Collins, the trial prosecutor on the case, said Kenney was working at the dealership when he was taking out the trash and caught two former coworkers, Roscoe and Jonathon Aiden, breaking in. This has been a long and arduous process for the Kenny family and the sheriff s investigators who worked tireRoscoe lessly to bring this case to trial, she said. I am sure it was a difficult trial for the jurors who were clearly diligent in discharging their duty. The Kenney family was gratified to see that the court system works and that justice was done. Roscoe was charged with open murder on Sept. 3, 2011, following a lengthy and difficult investigation by the Washtenaw County Sheriff s Office under lead investigator Detective Craig Raisanen, according to the prosecutors office. Open murder felony charges include all forms of first- and second-degree murder. More charges were later added by the prosecutors office. On Friday, a jury found Roscoe guilty of firstdegree felony murder, which has a possibly penalty of mandatory life in prison without parole. Under Michigan law, felony murder is a murder
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Pittseld Township policing K2 sales at local businesses

By Jim Pruitt
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Following a recent order from the Washtenaw County Health Department that bans the sale of synthetic drugs, the Pittsfield Township Public Safety Department is making sure local stores are in compliance. Public Safety Director Matt Harshberger spoke to the Township Board about the departments efforts and the status of legislation in Lansing. A bill banning the sale and use of synthetic drugs was sitting on Gov. Rick Snyders desk Tuesday, the result of a lightning-fast response by lawmakers to

address the matter. The drug, sold as K2, Spice and Scooby-Doo is potpourri laced with chemicals that produces a high like THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Its blamed for one death. K2 has been around for many years, Harshberger said. It gives a legal high that marijuana gives. The bill awaiting Snyders signature would make selling the drug, including bath salts, a felony punishable by up to four years in prison, Harshberger said. Possessing it would be a misdemeanor. Harshberger stipulated that
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