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Monday, July 12, 2010
The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com
DPS
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"Due to the suspect and suspect
vehicle's suspicious activity on that
night, a marked Ypsilanti City PD
unit was contacted and requested to
make contact with the suspect and
vehicle," the report said. "The prior
contact led to the arrest of the sus-
pect for open intoxicants within the
vehicle and possession of suspected
cocaine."
The surveillance records show
that Beatty made a stop at the house
where he was suspected to have
purchased cocaine at in the past.
After a few other stops, the report
shows Beatty, along with two pas-
sengers, remained in the car with the
lights off on a darkened street for an
extended period of time, prompting
the officer following him to contact
Ypsilanti Police and request contact
be made with the vehicle.
Ypsilanti police officer Tony
Schembri, of the K-9 unit, said in the
report that he initially activated his
bright headlights to see the three
men in the car, and all three made
"furtive movements towards the
floor board below them and next to
them."
Schembri then said in the report
that when he left his car and
approached the driver's side door of
Beatty's vehicle, all three men inside
continued to move around. Schembri
noted that their actions made him
grow more suspicious of their actions.
Schembri said in the report that
when he asked what they were doing,
Beatty responded that they were
"just chillin' and listening to the
radio." One of the passengers of the
car pointed to a nearby residence and
said he lived there.
When asked if he had anything
illegal in the car, Beatty told Schem-
bri he had alcohol, but that was all,
according to Schembri's account in
the report.
Schembri wrote in the report
that Beatty said he was a police offi-
cer and had his firearm on him at
the time. Once Schembri secured
the gun from Beatty, he said in the
report that he removed all three men
from the vehicle to conduct a search
of the car.
Under Michigan law, an officer can
be charged for having their gun on
their person while intoxicated if the
charge is specifically for endanger-
ment or intoxication itself. Because
Beatty is not being charged with
intoxication, his possession of the
firearm at the time is not a part of the
charges he will face.
Schembri wrote in the report that
when he searched Beatty's vehi-
cle, he found both the open bottle
he observed earlier and a red cup
containing a similar liquid, which
smelled of intoxicants. Schembri also
said he discovered a small bag of a
"white powdery substance," which
he said he believed to be cocaine, in
an open pack of cigarettes.
Schembri said that when he asked
the three men whose pack of ciga-
rettes it was, Beatty identified it as
his. The report said that when he told
Beatty there was cocaine in the pack,
Beatty said he did not know it was in
there.
According to the report, Schem-
bri conducted a field test of the sub-
stance in the bag, which contained
just under a gram of powder, and that
it tested positive for cocaine.
The report stated that after the
vehicle and the three men were
searched once more and no other
contraband was found, the two pas-
sengers were released and Beatty was
taken into custody and escorted by
Michigan State Police Trooper Aaron
Darkins to the Ypsilanti Police Post.
Upon his arrest, Executive Direc-
tor of DPS Ken Magee and Deputy
Chief of DPS Joseph Piersante were
notified and arrived at the Post and
were allowed to speak with Beatty in
the interview room, according to the
police report.
But while he was in the inter-
view room alone, the report states
that Beatty made a series of phone
calls on his personal cell phone, and
revealed during those conversations
his actions before being arrested,
which included admitting to drink-
ing while operating the vehicle at the
time.
Beatty's phone conversations in
the interview room were recorded
on a VHS tape, which, according the
Darkins's statement in the report,
broke up occasionally in the audio.
Darkins reported that he made
DVD copies of the tape before put-
ting the tape in the LAWNET prop-
erty room, with the intent to send
the copies to "the appropriate agen-
cies."
The existence of the copies of the
recording was the reason given to
Washtenaw County District Judge
Chris Easthope when Beatty's attor-
ney requested for an adjournment
for the preliminary exam for his
charges on Thursday. The adjourn- *
ment was granted and resched-
uled for Jul. 29, to give time for the
defense to look further into the
recording copies.
Both Schembri and Darkins, along
with Michigan State Police Troop-
er Greg Setla, who conducted the
majority of surveillance, are listed as
witnesses for the preliminary exam,
according to the report.
Beatty currently remains out on
bond, which was set at $5,000 on
Jun. 10, the date of Beatty's arraign-
ment, according to the report.
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Burger restaurants to.
open locations in 2
Fatburger, Five Guys
Burgers and Fries and
@burger seek new
campus locations
By BRIENNE PRUSAK
Daily StaffReporter
Ann Arbor residents looking for a
burger fix will have even more options
in the near future as gourmet burger
restaurants Fatburger, Five Guys
Burgers and Fries and @burger are in
the process of opening new locations
on campus.
The opening of the three burger
restaurants - two of which will open
before the end of this year - may be
in response to high student demand
for more fast-food options on campus,
according to the restaurant managers
and owners.
Five Guys Burgers and Fries will
open in September at the location on
State St. once held by Shaman Drum
bookstore, said Molly Catalano, a
spokesperson for the company.
According to AnnArbor.com, Fat-
burger is set to open an Ann Arbor
location next year. However, no loca-
tion has been confirmed yet.
@burger - which is planning to
open on Jul.17 in the McKinley Towne
Centre at 505 E. Liberty St. - is a new
venture that restaurant chain Big Boy
has decided to test out in Ann Arbor,
which could be the first location of
a national chain, confirmed Kurtis
Hoeve, assistant manager of@burger.
Hoeve said the restaurant could
serve as a place to get fast, casual
food, and would be a good place to go
between classes.
Hoeve added that while he expects
people of all different ages to eat at
the restaurant, he knows that stu-
dents will be their primary customers
because of the location.
Varujan Arman, the owner of
Quickie Burger, said the influx of burg-
er places to Ann Arbor is a response to
students' demands for a good product
at an affordable price.
Burgers are also a popular product
because they're the "All-American
food ... It's our food," Arman said,
noting that the current state of the
economy has driven many customers
to avoid spending too much on other
foods.
Hoeve echoed Arman's sentiments,
saying that burgers restaurants are
popular at the moment, because stu-
dents are looking for fresh food and
good service.
Arman said he chose to open Quick-
ie Burger in Ann Arbor because while
he was a student at the University,
he noticed the only late-night food
options were pizza and burritos. He
added that people seem to appreciate
the variety that burgers allow, and he
believes all of the incoming restau-
rants will do well in Ann Arbor despite
the competition, because they have
something different to offer relative to
one another.
To add to that variety, many burger
restaurants are offering health-con-
scious options like vegetable burgers
and salads because of the popularity
of those choices in Ann Arbor.
Hoeve said the food, ultimately, is
the reason customers will visit, and at
@burger customers can expect special
meat recipes and homemade sauces.
Great food is necessary to sustain-
ing restaurant business, Arman said,
but good service is another key ingre-
dient in any burger restaurant.
"We appreciate our customers,
because without customers we don't
exist," he said.