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(C) Observer & Eccentric | Sunday, November 8,2009
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Canton man facing
jail in assault case
A Canton man is facing a
preliminary hearing Friday
on charges of felonious assault
involving a police officer and
operating a vehicle while
impaired, third offense.
Edward Walsh, 55, could
face penalties ranging up to
five years in prison if he is convicted
as charged.
Walsh was arrested Oct. 28
after police say he made a 9-
1-1 call from an area hospital
parking lot, where he had gotten
into an unrelated dispute.
After police arrived, Walsh
is accused of driving his vehicle
toward an officer who had
gotten out of his patrol car,
Detective Sgt. Dave Schreiner
said.
Walsh was charged and
initially jailed with a $50,000
cash bond set in 35th District
Court, but he has since been
released after his family posted
the bond, Schreiner said.
Canton police have had
several previous contacts with
Walsh.
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Hearing wraps on Orlewicz new
BY BRAD KADRICH
OBSERVER STAFF WRITER
Elizabeth Jacobs believes Wayne
County Circuit Court Judge Annette
Berry abused her discretion and denied
Jean Pierre Orlewicz an adequate
defense when she refused to allow testimony
in Orlewicz's trial for murder in
the death of Daniel Sorensen.
Jeffrey Caminsky disagrees and
says that, while such testimony may
have made for interesting listening, it
wouldn't have made a difference in the
outcome of Orlewicz's 2008 trial.
Jacobs, Orlewicz's appellate attorney,
wants Wayne County Circuit Court
Judge Bruce Morrow to order a new trial
for Orlewicz, the Plymouth Township
teen who stabbed, beheaded and burned
Sorensen in November 2OO7- Caminsky,
a Wayne County assistant prosecutor,
obviously opposes such a motion.
And, after months of legal wrangling,
psychiatric testimony and final
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see our young people go to school
here, graduate here and stay
here. We need (public transit) to
do that."
Slavens agrees, which why
she hosted the 90-minute town
hall at the Summit. That's why
she and her panel of speakers
— state Rep. Marie Donigan,
D-Royal Oak, Carmine Palombo
of SEMCOG and John Swatosh,
representing the Regional
Transit Coordinating Council •
— brought their rapid-transit
plan to Canton.
"A lot of people are asking
about (regional transportation),"
said Slavens. "Many people
would prefer instead of getting
into their cars to get on a bus or a
rail system."
The Detroit Regional Mass
Transit Initiative would give
them that opportunity. The plan
would add various layers of public
transportation, ranging from
enhancement of Detroit DOT
and MDOT services to a commuter
rail service throughout
southeastern Michigan.
arguments Friday, it's
finally up to Morrow,
who told the lawyers
he'd "try to have a
decision for you by
Thanksgiving."
At issue is Berry's
decision to stop a psychological
examination
of Orlewicz by Dr.
Gerald Shiener and Orlewicz
her contention Shiener's
testimony would have been irrelevant.
Jacobs said the decision was an abuse
of Berry's judicial discretion and was
tantamount to denying Orlewicz a right
to counsel.
During the hearing before Morrow,
Shiener and two psychiatrists called
by Caminsky testified about Orlewicz's
upbringing, his being diagnoses
with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder and whether he feared for his
life when he entered the Canton garage
of his grandfather and killed Sorensen.
The plan would cost some $6.5
to $10.4 billion over the next 26
years, depending on how much
of it is implemented. Those costs
would include capital expenditures
as well as operating costs.
But Donigan, who is pushing
the issue in the state House, said
Michigan needs the system to
keep pace with other cities — she
cited Phoenix and Dallas, among
others — around the country.
"We need to move better,
faster and smarter if we want
to catch up with the rest of the
country," said Donigan, who said
the 2000 Census said 10 percent
of Michigan residents don't have
cars. "All those cities that were
based on cars know their residents
need an alternate means of
transportation."
The Detroit Regional Mass
Transit Initiative would:
•Expand service time and
increase frequency of existing
bus routes and make bus stop
enhancements;
• Likely include Plymouth and
Canton as a hub, if those communities
opt into the plan.
• By 2012 add light-rail along
Woodward, commuter rail from
Jacobs said that, while it may not have
resulted in an acquittal, she believes
Orlewicz's mental state may have been a
factor in the jury's decision whether to
convict Orlewicz of first-degree murder
or a lesser charge.
"If it's a battle of the experts, then it's
a battle of the experts," Jacobs said. "But
it should have happened in front of the
jury. Berry abused her discretion ... it
was a miscarriage of justice."
Caminsky said none of the doctors
found any evidence Orlewicz was delusional
at the time of the crime, and said
there was "no evidence he would have
misinterpreted what was happening."
"(Shiener's) testimony, while interesting,
would have had no effect on the
fact-finders," Caminsky said. "Whether
Berry had allowed some of this testimony,
it simply would have had no bearing
on the outcome."
bkadrich@hometownlife.com
(313)222-8899
Detroit to Ann Arbor and have
arterial transportation around
the Wayne-Oakland-Macomb
County area.
• By 2016 expand the light
rail further along Woodward,
commuter rail from Detroit to
Pontiac and expand bus routes
around the tri-county area.
Such a system, Donigan
believes, would be an economic
boon to the region by allowing
people not only to get to jobs, but
also to get to retail outlets, shopping
areas, etc.
"People ride public transportation
to spend money and
to make money, and we need
a whole lot of that," she said.
"We can't afford to leave anyone
behind."
The plan has initial approval
of what Donigan called "The
Big Four" - Oakland County
Executive L. Brooks Patterson,
Wayne County Executive Robert
Ficano, the mayor of Detroit
and the Macomb County
Commission.
Proponents know the cost
could be prohibitive, but point
out other areas are paying more.
According to Swatosh, the average
spending on public transportation
in the top 25 metropolitan
areas in the country is $185 per
capita; Michigan's is $75.
The plan would create a
Regional Transit Authority that
would manage the system's budget.
But Swatosh said the economic
benefits could outweigh
the costs. He said a rapid transit
system would create immediate
jobs, attract employers, help
retain a workforce, particularly
among young people, and
improve tax revenues.
"We know from extensive
studies that transportation alternatives
are one of the top three
things major companies look at,"
Donigan said. "We also know
when young people are deciding
where to live, they don't want to
be dependent on cars.
"There's no doubt it'll cost a lot
of money," she added. "No one
hides from that fact. But it's an
investment in our future."
The plan can be found at
www.semcog.org (under the
"transportation" link).
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