By Alan BurdziakThe News-Herald

SOUTHGATE — A 53-year-old resident was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stab-bing his mother to death last Wednesday.

Police said the death is the first homicide in the city in more than two years.

James Alan Shields was arraigned Friday in connec-tion with the death of Irene Shields, 86, in their house in the 12300 block of Longtin Street. She was stabbed multiple times.

Her son was arrested at the house Thursday.

The Michigan State Police Crime Lab was called to collect evidence. A pre-liminary examination of the evidence against Shields is scheduled for 9 a.m. July 20 in 28th District Court.

The last homicide in the city was early Feb. 13, 2010, outside Gleason’s Bar and Grille, which has since closed. Elijah Keith Young, 42, was shot four times in the back as he was leaving the bar after an argument. He died minutes later as friends attempted to take him to a hospital.

Two men, Kyle Frederick Wilkerson, 24, of River Rouge and Johnathon Glenn Reese, 26, of Lincoln Park, were convicted in King’s death. Reese agreed to tes-

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James Alan Shields, 53, of Southgate was charged with fi rst-degree murder for allegedly stabbing his mother to death last Wednesday at their house on Longtin Street.

Police: Man stabs, kills his mother

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By Alan BurdziakThe News-Herald

HURON TWP. — A bal-loon release is planned for noon tomorrow during a service in memory of Kyle Holland at Michigan Memorial Park, 32163 Huron River Drive.

The service will mark the second anniversary of his death.

Kyle was 5 years old when a dog owned by the man his mother was seeing at the time killed him as he slept at a home in the 1500 block of Empire Avenue in Lincoln Park on July 12, 2010.

After a yearlong inves-tigation by several law

enforcement agencies and animal experts, his mother, Debbralyn Holland, and her now ex-boyfriend, Earl Dwayne Adkins, were charged in June 2011 with multiple felonies in the boy’s death.

The preliminary exami-nation of the evidence against them lasted several days and they both pleaded guilty in April in front of Wayne County Circuit Judge Annette Berry.

Holland, 31, pleaded guilty to all three charges she faced: involuntary man-slaughter, accessory after the fact and second-degree child abuse. Adkins, 37, was charged with dangerous animal death and posses-

sion with intent to deliver/manufacture marijuana. He pleaded guilty to the charge of dangerous animal death, which is treated similar to manslaughter. The marijua-na charge was dropped.

Holland pleaded no contest and faces between 29 months and 15 years in prison.

Adkins entered into a sen-tencing agreement and is expected to serve 24 months to 15 years in prison.

Berry will sentence them Friday.

Contact Staff Writer Alan Burdziak at 1-734-246-0882 or aburdziak@heritage.com. Follow him on Facebook and @AlanBurdziak on Twitter.

Memorial for 5-year-old mauling victim tomorrow

Kyle Holland, 5, was killed July 12, 2010, by his moth-er’s boyfriend’s dog while he was sleeping in the 1500 block of Empire Avenue in Lincoln Park. A memorial is planned for him at noon tomorrow at Michigan Memorial Park in Huron Township. His moth-er and her now ex-boy-friend were convicted of felonies in connection with the boy’s death and will be sentenced Friday.

By Scott HeldThe News-Herald

PHOENIX — More charges were filed Monday against five men allegedly involved in a shootout that ended in the death of a Border Patrol agent who

was from Downriver. Federal law enforcement

officials also unsealed the identities of four of the sus-pects who remain at large.

Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, Jesus Rosario Favela-Astroga, Ivan Soto-Barraza,

Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes and Lionel Portillo-Meza are charged with first- and sec-ond-degree murder, along with robbery and other fed-eral firearms violations, for their parts in a Dec. 14, 2010, incident in Arizona, near

the U.S. -Mexico border.Brian Terry, 40, a Flat

Rock Community High School graduate and former police officer in Lincoln Park and Ecorse, was fatally

More charges fi led in shooting death of Border Patrol agent

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Relief ahead?Downriver motorists might soon see some relief on the roadways as several construction projects are pro-gressing as planned. Please see Page 13-A for more coverage.

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