Van Buren Township Trustee Sherry Frazier took a plea deal and the shoplifting charge against her will be dismissed after 12 months if there are no further charges.
Frazier was before 23rd District Court Judge Geno Salomone in Taylor on May 23 with her retained defense attorney Russell D. Donelson.
She pled no contest to the charge of second degree larceny, which occurred on Dec. 31 at Macy’s. Donelson said the no-contest plea is because of possible civil liability.
The representative from Macy’s told Judge Salomone she approved of the sentence.
A $500 fine was levied and she has 30 days to pay the fine.
Judge Salomone relied on the Taylor Police Department report for background and noted that Frazier has never been convicted of a crime.
A Taylor police report said at 3:21 p.m., Dec. 31, Frazier was held for retail fraud at Macy’s Southland, 23000 Eureka Rd. The items taken had a total value of $297.50 and included two scarves, two pairs of earrings, a planner, and a black shawl. All merchandise was recovered.
The Van Buren Township Board of Trustees punished Trustee Frazier for the incident and for not reporting her arrest to Supervisor Kevin McNamara. In the same action, she also was punished for claiming she wrote an article on VBT, which she later said was a joke.
On a 4-2 vote on May 16, the VBT Board censured her and removed her from her appointed board liaison position on the Water and Sewer Commission.
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So if you steal $300 worth of good and you get caught, you only need to pay $500 and all is good. So even if you get caught 1 out of 3 times, your still ahead of the game. Good to know in the future.
The crime is petty. The criminal is an elected public representative, and that is deplorable. Frazier, you may have been one of the few I trusted, but now you’ve made me lose faith in almost all of the board. You need to fully walk away from city politics as not to bring shame on those you associated with.
She’s a criminal no doubt. And Independent, all the news outlets said she pleaded “guilty.” Yet you claimed she pleaded “no contest.” That’s a big difference. I made some calls and found she really did plead “guilty.” Why do you keep covering for her? There is a big difference you know.
I was in court and the plea was “no contest.”
I have known Sherry for many years and find it hard to believe that she did commit his act. However perhaps it was a thoughtless action – I have seen people pick up merchandise and carry it around the store before either returning it to the place it was taken from or buying it. we all do things without thinking and my belief is that this was an honest mistake!
DonnaJean you made no calls to get any answer other than No Contest! You are a Liar! This community dosen’t need any more Fake or False news artists. Rosemary did indeed report the facts and only the facts in this case as to it’s pleas and findings. If you can’t handle the truth go spend some money in Taylor and get your own redacted copy of the Court Register of Actions!