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News Updates - Week Of July 3 - 9, 2016
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Detroit Man Charged in Fatal Crash Killing Charlotte Kish
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Deonte Darrell Renfroe, 19 (DOB: 5/7/97), of Detroit, in connection with a fatal car crash that killed Charlotte Kish, 83, of Detroit. On July 3, 2016 at 7:11 p.m. Detroit police officers were dispatched to the scene of a car crash at Outer Drive and Fenelon Street in Detroit. It is alleged that Renfroe was driving on East Outer Drive at a high rate of speed and struck the rear of another car that was stopped at a red light. Renfroe continued driving at a high rate of speed and struck an unoccupied parked truck that struck and killed the Ms. Kish.
Renfroe has been charged with Second Degree Murder and Manslaughter with a Motor Vehicle. He was arraigned and remanded to jail today in 36th District Court. His probable cause conference will be held on July 15, 2015 at 8:30 a.m.; his preliminary examination will be held on July 21, 2016 at 1:30. Both hearings are before Judge Shannon Holmes.
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Charles Pugh - Defendant charged in connection with Criminal Sexual Conduct in connection with inappropriate sexual behavior with a then 14-year-old Detroit male. He is being extradited back to Michigan today. We will be contacted by authorities when he is available for video arraignment and a release will be sent out.
Friday, July 8, 2016
Detroit Man Charged in Non-Fatal Shooting of Two-Year-Old Girl
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy has charged Martez Dion Mason, 28 (DOB: 4/16/88), of Detroit, in connection with the July 5, 2016 non-fatal shooting of a two-year-old girl in the 12000 block of Harper in Detroit.
The defendant was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Charles Anderson in 36th District Court on the following charges: seven counts of Assault with Intent to Murder, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Felony Firearm. The probable cause conference is scheduled for July 15, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.; the preliminary examination is scheduled for July 21, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Both hearings are before Judge Deborah Langston. The defendant received a $750,000 cash/surety bond.
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Carla Sledge and Steven Collins - Judge Vonda Evans has set a pre-trial hearing on July 20, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
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