Court Watching: James Chapman waives preliminary exam, sent on to circuit court

James Forrest Chapman, 55, waived his preliminary exam before 34th District court Judge David Parrott on Sept. 2 and was bound over to the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice for an arraignment on the information at 9 a.m. on Sept. 16.
This was for the felony charge of aggravated stalking. He was being held in the Wayne County Jail on $25,000 cash bond which pretrial services at the jail reduced to 10% plus a tether. Chapman was released Sept. 1 with a GPS tether through his cell phone. He was directed not to go to any location on Hull Road, where the victim lives.
A second charge on a misdemeanor offense of refusing to give a DNA sample was set for a motion hearing before Judge Parrott at 11 a.m., Oct. 14. Chapman’s attorney John Day said he had several motions to file on the DNA charge.