On Sept. 25, the preliminary exam of Vincent Paul Webber, 57, at 34th District Court was delayed for a week because witnesses were not subpoenaed to testify against him.
Webber is charged with larceny in a building at the Secretary of State office in Belleville on Oct. 19, 2018. His court-appointed attorney Steven Moss asked Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green to dismiss the charges against his client since this was the day set for the preliminary exam and there were no witnesses to testify against him.
But Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Danielle Shamus explained that the officer in charge of the case, Belleville Police Officer Jeff Wickham, was present, but the woman who used to do the subpoenas for the City of Belleville retired and the new individual on the job failed to subpoena the witnesses. She asked for an adjournment for a week so they could bring in the witnesses.
Judge Green gave them another option. They could start the preliminary exam with the officer in charge right then and then adjourn the exam for three weeks, when her courtroom again handles criminal cases, giving them time to gather the witnesses.
Defense attorney Moss asked Judge Green to give him a little time to discuss the situation with the prosecutor and his client. Judge Green complied.
About 10 minutes later Moss and his client again stood before Judge Green and Moss said he had no objection to adjourning the preliminary exam for a week, which would put it in Judge David Parrott’s courtroom on Oct. 2.
Moss said he has to be at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice the morning of Oct. 2, as well as in Woodhaven, but he would work something out.
Alan Delbert Hawthorne
On Sept. 25, Alan Delbert Hawthorne, 59, waived his preliminary exam on charges of operating while intoxicated-3rd and driving while license suspended-2nd on Jan. 24 in Sumpter Township. He is due at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice on Oct. 9 for his arraignment on the information. Hawthorne is free after posting bond of $10,000/10%. His court-appointed attorney is Edward G. Taylor.
Coty Allen Woolsey
Coty Allen Woolsey, 29, agreed to a plea deal that dismissed two felony counts of larceny from a motor vehicle on May 26, 2016 in the City of Belleville and allowed him to plead no-contest to two lesser misdemeanor charges of larceny of more than $200 but less than $1,000. He was free on $5,000 personal recognizance bond.
On Aug. 14, Woolsey explained to 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green that he had been taking Xanex in 2016 and has been in recovery with treatment for six to nine months at Jefferson House in Detroit. He said he will have a phone interview with Jefferson House to see if they will bring him in for in-house treatment.
Judge Green talked to members of the family in the court audience and then asked if they thought it would help if she ordered him into recovery and they said it would. Judge Green ordered him into Jefferson House and if he completes the program she will close the case. She expected regular reports from Jefferson House and her probation department with monitor his activities.
Jacob Clayton Land
Jacob Clayton Land, 24, waived his preliminary exam before Magistrate Lisa Martin on Aug. 14. He was bound over to circuit court to face a charge of possession of narcotic or cocaine less than 25 grams on June 22, 2018 in the City of Belleville. His bond is $15,000/10% and his court-appointed attorney is Jo Irby. He was due in circuit court on Aug. 28, but he failed to appear and so a warrant was put out for his arrest and his bond was cancelled.
Dylan Edward Harden
On July 30, Magistrate Martin bound Dylan Edward Harden, 19, over for trial to circuit court for an arraignment on the information on Aug. 14 after he waived his preliminary exam before her.
He is charged with receiving and concealing stolen property, receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle, and unauthorized driving away of a motor vehicle on June 17 in Sumpter Township. He is free on personal bond.
On Aug. 14, Harden pled guilty to receiving and concealing a motor vehicle and the other two charges were dismissed. He was referred to probation for a pre-sentence report. Sentencing was set for Sept. 24 by Circuit Court Judge Deborah A. Thomas.