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Proposed
ballfieldsnot a hitBy Jackie Harrison-MartinThe News-Herald
BROWNSTOWN TWP. Several family-fun proj-ect are in the works for
therecreation campus at theKing/Telegraph Road area,but two planned
baseballdiamonds are not exactly ahome run with everyone.
Several residents ofLloyds Mobile Home Park,20665 Telegraph
Road, have expressed concerns about the
proximity of the diamonds to their properties.The proposed
diamonds are part of a multiple phase of
recreational projects, which include a dog park, walkingpaths,
soccer fields, an event barn and more.
Construction has yet to begin on the diamonds, but someresidents
of the mobile home park are trying to strike theproject.
Sharon Kriss lives right behind the proposed park andsaid she is
somewhat the representative for those opposingthe diamonds.
She said she spoke to the township Board of Trusteessome time
ago and expressed concerns about potentialnoise, littering, rude
behavior and other issues.
Kriss said she did her homework before addressing theboard by
visiting the current diamonds across King Road.She said some
residents are concerned about baseballs
By Jackie Harrison-MartinThe News-Herald
BROWNSTOWN TWP. Aninvestigation into a fatal accident
onTelegraph Road near Cora has beencompleted, but police are not
yetreleasing information on what stepswill be taken.
A single-car accident claimed thelife of Casandra Mazanec, 23,
of NewBoston at about 11:30 p.m. Feb. 16.
According to police, the preliminaryinvestigation shows that the
vehicleMazanec was in with a 27-year-oldman, also of New Boston,
left the road-
way northbound on Telegraph and raninto a ditch, where the car
rolled.
Police said Mazanec was pinned bythe vehicle and was partially
ejected.
She was pronounced dead at thescene.
It is not clear if Mazanec or theother occupant was driving,
policesaid.
Police have not released the name ofthe other person in the
vehicle.
He was transported to a hospital.Police said his injuries were
not lifethreatening.
Although numerous snow squalls
were reported earlier that day andseveral accidents occurred as
a result,police said Telegraph Road was dry atthat time.
Police still have not determined thecause of the accident.
See thenewsherald.com andfuture editions of The
News-HeraldNewspapers for more on this story.
Contact Staff Writer Jackie Harrison-Martin at 1-734-246-0837
[email protected]. Follow her onFacebook and @JackieMartin22
onTwitter.
Police finish investigation of Feb. 16 fatal crash on
Telegraph
Photos by E.L. Conley
Candlelight vigil marksone-year anniversaryof deadly garage
fireJaclyn Titus and Cody Hartford(above) of Taylor were among
about100 people at a candlelight vigilThursday at Northwest Park in
Taylorto honor the memory of DustinMcCloud on the one-year
anniversaryof his death, Feb. 28, 2012. McCloud,20, died in a
garage explosion in the5900 block of McGuire that also left
hisyounger brother, Frank McCloud, anda family friend, Cory Skees,
both now18, critically injured. The blaze eruptedwhen gasoline was
poured on a fire.Skees (right) has undergone 25 sur-geries during
her recovery.
By J. Patrick PepperThe News-Herald
DETROIT A Fraser man faces up totwo years in prison after
pleading guilty to
trying to run over a kitten in Woodhavenand then throwing it out
of a moving car.
At a pretrial conference in Wayne CountyCircuit Court on Friday,
Justin SamuelCoppola pleaded guilty to animal killing/torturing, a
felony, in exchange for prosecu-tors dropping lesser misdemeanor
chargesof animal cruelty and reckless driving.
Coppola, 20, had been scheduled to goto trial April 29. He now
will be sentencedMarch 26.
Coppola was arrested Oct. 4 after anoff-duty Taylor police
officer reportedwatching him try to run over a kitten in the
Woodhaven Meijer parking lot.The officer told investigators that
after
multiple errant passes, Coppola picked upthe kitten and left the
lot in his car. At KingRoad and Millbury Drive in Woodhaven,
the officer, who was tailing behind, saidCoppola threw the
kitten out of his passen-ger window and continued driving. He
wasultimately arrested by Riverview police.
The next day, an animal control officerfound a kitten hiding in
some brush just offthe intersection. It was in fine health andhas
been adopted.
Coppolas attorney did not immediatelyreturn a message seeking
comment.
Contact J. Patrick Pepper at 1-734-246-2702 or
[email protected]. Follow himon Facebook and @jpeppernews on
Twitter.
Man accused of throwingkitten out of car pleads guilty
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Justin Samuel Coppola stands for his arraignment on animal
cruelty charges inOctober. Coppola pleaded guilty Friday to animal
killing/torturing, a two-year felony.
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