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ORG 2014 - 2015 NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT Recommended Slate of Officers & Executive Committee Michael Berke, President David Kramer Harriet Orley, Vice President Jonathan Sterling Carolyn Tisdale Jay Must, Vice President Carolyn Bellinson, Vice President Executive Committee Dr. Allen Berman, Treasurer Members-at-Large Michael Graub, Secretary Stuart Sherman, Past President Recommended for a First Three - Year Term Carolyn Tisdale Pamela Torraco Dr. Jonathan Fellows Steven higher Lori Pogoda Recommended for a Second Three - Year Term Jonathan Sterling Andi Wolfe Richard Barr David Broner Susie Pappas NEXTGen Liaison Leora Tapper Appointed to the Advisory Committee Michele Bleznak Amy Ersher Karen Sachse Annie Cohen Vladimir Gendelman Dr. Mitchell Shek Debbie Colman Dr. Alan Simons Joel Hechler Loren Dickstein Scott Rosenblum Sheryl Wolberg Nominating Committee Arthur Liss, Chair Committee Members: Stan Bershad Nita Cohen Susie Pappas Jonathan Sterling David Contorer, Executive Director 14 June 5 • 2014 JN Preliminary Exam Suspects arrested for shooting attorney David Zacks to stand trial. Ronelle Grier Contributing Writer I ollowing a preliminary exam before 48th District Court Judge Kimberly Small, four suspects charged with the April 30 shooting and attempted robbery of attorney David Zacks were bound over for trial in Oakland County Circuit Court. Zacks was shot through the front door of his Bloomfield Hills home after he refused to open his door to a man claiming to be a police officer around 11:45 p.m. When Zacks said he was going to call the police, the man, believed to David Zacks be accused suspect Devon Miller, 21, fired five bullets through the front door. Zacks was struck three times, in the abdomen and upper thigh. After his wife, Rebecca, called police, Zacks was taken to a local hospital for emergency surgery. He remained there for several days before being released to continue his recovery at home. He is reported to be in stable condition. Four Macomb County residents were arrested: Cassandra Chobod, 23, Christopher Hernandez Montiel, 20, Henry Williams, 20, and Devon Miller, 21. Police believe the shooting was the result of a botched robbery plan initi- ated by Chobod, who was acquainted with Zacks and had visited his home prior to the incident. Attorney Mitchell Ribitwer, who is representing Miller, said Zacks first met Chobod at BT's Executive Club in Dearborn, where she worked as an exotic dancer. Markeisha Washington, Chobod's attorney, refused to comment on the relationship between Zacks and her client. Hernandez Montiel waived his right to a preliminary exam and testified on behalf of the prosecu- tion, who agreed to drop three of the four charges against him in exchange for his testimony, according to his attorney Jonathan Jones. After stating that Miller offered him $200 to drive the other three suspects to and from Zacks' home, Hernandez Montiel described the events leading up to the shooting. Borrowing his father's F Camaro, he drove the group to Burlington Coat Factory, where Miller obtained some gloves, and then pro- ceeded to Zacks' home according to directions one of the other suspects had programmed into a GPS device. He said Chobod told them no one would be home and that she knew the locations and combinations of the safes in the house, adding that Chobod became agitated on the way over after texting with Zacks and learning that he and his family were home. After arriving at the home, Hernandez Montiel said the group dis- cussed the need for an alternate plan and directed him to drive to a house in Detroit to obtain a gun, which he said Miller placed under the hood of the car. At first he claimed he was unaware of the gun or the robbery plan, but later admitted he was nervous about storing a gun so close to the car's engine. After driving back to Zacks' house, he waited in the car while the other three suspects approached the house. He heard gunshots, and then the others returned to the car and he drove back to Miller's house. Son Testifies Zacks' son, Jeremy, who had been asleep with his girlfriend in the lower level of the home at the time of the shooting, also took the stand. He described hearing gunshots and running up the stairs to find his step- mother screaming and his father lying on the landing bleeding. "I asked what happened, and my father said, 'I've been shot. An African American shot me through the front door;' said Jeremy, who added he did not see who fired the gun, nor did he see anyone running away. The suspects are charged with several felony counts, including armed robbery, conspiracy to com- mit home invasion in the first degree and felony firearms charges. Miller is also charged with assault with intent to murder. Jones said Hernandez Montiel is expected to be charged with conspiracy to commit home invasion in the second degree, a felony that carries a maximum jail sentence of 15 years. All four suspects are being held in Oakland County Jail on bonds ranging from $2-$5 million. Arraignment is scheduled for June 9 in front of Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Martha Anderson. A trial date has not been set. ❑