LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, September 12, 2000- 3 *CRIME Domestic abuse incident lands husband in jail Department of Public Safety offi- cers responded to a domestic abuse call early Friday afternoon at the Northwood II Apartments on Cram Circle, DPS reports state. Upon investigating the scene, offi- cers arrested a male subject and placed him under custody in the Washtenaw County Jail. The victim was escorted to a Safe House and the ncident remains under investigation. Students harassed via AOL messenger Two residents of South (quad Resi- dence Hall reported having received threatening messages via America Online Instant Messenger last Thurs- day, DPS reports state. The residents requested to speak with an officer concerning possible legal action against the alleged harassers. Housing officers met with the residents but reports state that the officers found "no threatening com- munications were involved." Both residents were advised to con- tact AOL and to call DPS if the mes- sages became more threatening in nature. Markley vacum cleaner stolen A vacuum cleaner was reported stolen from Mary Markley Residence Hall, early Thursday morning, DPS reports state. Kresge custodian falls for hoax A member of the custodial staff at the Kresge Medical Research Build- ing, located on Zina Pitcher Place, reported the theft of a radio late Fri- day afternoon, DPS reports state. Upon investigation at the scene, responding officers found that co- workers hid the radio as a prank. No report was filed. Subject exposes self, found with marijuana, GHB A male subject allegedly exposed himself near section 1 I of Michigan Stadium during the football game last Saturday afternoon, DPS reports state. When officers made contact with the subject, he was found in posses- sion of marijuana and GHB. *Suspects dump hot coals on tires Several suspects 'were chaged with malicious destruction Saturday after- noon when they dumped hot coals on a bystander's car tires on State Street, DPS reports state. The suspects were present when officers arrived on the scene and an incident report was filed. A driving instructor requested the * assistance of DPS officers late Satur- day night when his driving student collided with a stop sign during their lesson, reports state. An incident report was filed but DPS did not report whether any sanc- tions will be taken against either the student or the instructor. Noise complaint prompts threats Two male subjects were reported threatening another man with a wood- en board Sunday night in the North- wood II housing unit located on North Campus, DPS reports state. The man alleged that when he asked the subjects to turn down their music, one of the men pulled the board from his car and wielded it in a threatening manner. Reports state that *no physical assault actually took place. - Compiled by Daily StaffReporter Caitlin Nish. A? to build $5 million homeless shelter By Laura Deneau Daily StaffTReporter Pending final approval, $5 million will be put toward building a homeless shelter in Ann Arbor. But problems with the facility's site provide one of a few obstacles facing the shelter's plan- neres. The proposed site, on a vacant parking lot at 314 W Huron St., is located above a sanitary sewer line and also on a flood plain. "Both issues need to be addressed and they are not easy questions, they are difficult ques- tions," said Susan Pollay, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority. But "there is a possibility that the plans could go to construction early next year, but this will be determined by how quickly the plans get through the approval process," Pollay said. The county is building the new shelter to consolidate more efficient services for Ann Arbor's homeless under one roof. The pro- posed three-story, 22,679 square feet building would include counseling rooms, a resource area and administrative offices. The facility will be designed to hold 50 indi- viduals and includes a meal preparation area with the capacity to provide three meals per day for 150 people. The shelter's kitchen is an opportunity for work experience. The homeless will help in the kitchen and with serving. "Many people were having conversations about the situation that homeless people face and found that the existing facilities were less than desirable," said Karen Hart, city planning director. The services provided by the existing shelter one block away have become insufficient, said Larry Friedman, city housing services manag- er. The new shelter will eventually replace the old facility. "The general idea is that this would get rid of a lot of shelters throughout the area," Hart said. An estimated 1,200 homeless people in Ann Arbor currently rely on different area charities, such as the Day Shelter on Ashley Street and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. A night-shel- ter service provided by various churches on a rotating schedule also aides Ann Arbor's homeless. "The homeless will now have access to many different services without having to traipse all over the place," Hart said. The shelter is the second of three phases in a five-year plan to place the city's homeless in permaent homes, Friedman said. The first step, provided a shelter for homeless families, located on West Jackson Road in the old Alpha House. The third part of the plan will provide permanent housing for people as they move out of the shelters. Various non-profit organizations involved with the Washtenaw Housing Alliance in con- junction with the Washtenaw Shelter Associa- tion have contribtued donations for the project. Last July, Lori Sipes, a Smith Group architect hired by the county, submitted plans for the building. The city planning committee and vari- ous city departments then reviewed the plans. Despite the general community approval of the project, complaints have been made ab'out the shelter's location, which will be in olose proximity to a residential area. "People who live close to the facility arenot totally thrilled," Hart said. "But we are makng an effort to acknowledge anything that happens in shelters that is negative." A new look 4 ". " 444 455 i: y 55 * ~4 ~~AOL, 6' R+ 45 ~.-MM Man sentenced for allowing access to gun useci to 1(1 .., ,. FLINT (AP) - The man accused of allowing a 6-year-old boy access to the gun police say was used to shoot first-grader Kayla Rolland was sentenced yesterday to 2-15 years in pnson. Jamelle James, 20, was charged with leaving a .32-caliber semiauto- matic pistol in a shoe bok in his bed- room. Police say the boy then took the gun the night before the Feb. 29 shoot- ing at Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, just north of Flint. "It vindicates this little girl's death," Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch said. Circuit Court Judge Judith Fullerton sentenced James to at least 2 years, with the first nine months to be served in a federal prison. He will be eligible for parole after 2 years. Before Fullerton handed down her sentence, James raised his voice at Kayla's father, Ricky Rolland, who was seated in the courtroom, saying "He don't know me to talk about me like that. I don't appreci- ate that." Minutes earlier, Kayla's father made a victim's statement in which he chas- tised James for leaving the gun where the boy could find it. "I'm still hurt," Rolland said. "My whole family's still hurt." James later apologized to Rolland. "I'm sorry about the loss of his daughter. I know I've got to do my time," James told the court. Kayla's mother, Veronica McQueen, was not present at the sentencing. She said in a faxed statement that she knew it was her right to be present and to speak, but that she chose to leave the matter "to the wise discretion of the trial judge." The boy who allegedly shot Kayla was living with James, his older brother and an uncle in what prose- cutors described as a "flophouse" where guns and drugs were exchanged. His mother left the boys at the house a week before the shooting after being evicted from her home. James accepted a plea deal last month, just before jury selection was to begin in his Circuit Court trial. Under the agreement, James withdrew his innocent plea and instead pleaded no contest to the charge, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sen- tencing purposes. Defense attorney Robert Polasek said James accepted the proposed plea agreement against his advice, adding that he thought the facts would Pave supported an innocent verdict. "This was very unfortunate-every unfortunate chain of events;" Pojasek said during the sentencing hearitg. "I know my client pleaded no contest, but I don't believe he's the only culpable person here.' Busch has admitted it would shave been difficult to prove the case against James, who has been held in the Gene- see County Jail since his arrest March 2. - "Considering all the experts that thought I couldn't win this, nowjhe's going to prison. This is a good result," Busch said. The boy, now 7, was too young to be charged in Kayla's death. He told investigators that he was only trying to scare the girl and that the shooting was an accident. The boys' uncle, Sir Marcus Win- frey, also lived at the house. He plead- ed guilty in July to possessing the stolen handgun used in Kayla's shoot- ing- a point Polasek said he would have raised in his defense of Janes, had the case gone to trial. A federal grand jury on March 16 indicted James, Winfrey and a third man, Robert Morris III, on charts of possessing stolen weapons and using illegal drugs while possessing a firearm. MARJORIE MARSHALL/Daily The Michigan Theater's new marquee, part of its renovation was unveiled last week. Grand Valley State president steps aside after 30-year career I U ALLENDALE (AP) - Arend D. "Don" Lubbers announced yesterday that he will retire next year after serv- ing more than three decades as Grand Valley State University's top adminis- trator. Lubbers has been the school's pres- ident since January 1969, longer than any other current president of a public university in the nation, GVSU spokesman Stephen Ward said. Lubbers made the retirement announcement during his annual State of the University speech to the school's Board of Control. His last day as presi- dent will be June 30. The board already has set into motion a plan to begin looking for his successor. A search committee will submit a list of three finalists to the board by March 15. Lubbers, 69, a Holland native, is only the second president that the school has had since being chartered as Grand Valley State College in 1963. He replaced James Zumberge, who would serve as president of the Uni- versity of Southern California from 1980-91. The main campus of GVSU is in Allendale. The rapidly growing uni- versity also has branch campuses in Grand Rapids and Holland, and educa- tion centers in Muskegon and Traverse City. Its fall enrollment of 18,579 stu- dents is up 6 percent from fall 1999 and 600 percent higher than when Lubbers took office. He said after the meeting that he started thinking seriously about retirement early this summer, as work wrapped up on the Richard M. DeVos Center, the centerpiece of a S60 million expansion of the school's downtown Grand Rapids campus. "The DeVos Center was such a big project, I said, after that's fin- ished, I'm going to retire sometime, then I didn't really think about it again until after" the center was completed, Lubbers said. During his tenure as president, GVSU has established schools of busi- ness, nursing, education, social work, health sciences, engineeringand com- munication. In addition, the universi- ty's programs in music, art, chemistry, education, social work, business and nursing have earned professional accreditation. 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