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By Jackie Harrison-Martin
The News-Herald

Brothers murder convictions thrown out

were sentenced to life in prison. Lawyers for the two were hopeful the Highers brothers would be released on bond pending the trial. It appears that is not going to happen immediately. A hearing is set for Aug. 13 before Wayne County Circuit Judge Lawrence Talon, who will decide if the men will be released while awaiting trial. Talon intends to use the interim to review the behavior of the men while they were incarcerated. Both have committed several offenses, including drug possession and fighting, since they have been imprisoned. The convictions were tossed after a comment about the men in a 2009 Facebook post sparked a conversation about the murder that eventually led two new witnesses to come forward. Witnesses have told police they saw two black men shoot Karey. The Highers brothers are white. At the time of the incident, it was reported that the brothers, admitted crack cocaine users, intended to rob Karey, who had been selling marijuana out his eastside Detroit home of years. During their trial, a witness said he saw two white men pull up to Kareys house, go to the back door and then gunshots were heard. He identified the Highers brothers as the men he saw fleeing in a vehicle. Kevin Zieleniewski, a former Detroit resident, saw the Facebook entry posted by Mary Evans mentioning the murder and convictions. Eventually, word reached John Hielscher, who agreed to testify at an evidentiary hearing with another friend. The men said they were at Kareys house the night of the murder. Both testified in March that they were at Kareys back door when they saw two armed black men and heard a gunshot. The testimony has been enough to raise doubts, but an assistant prosecutor assigned to the case believes the turn of events is part of a conspiracy to free the brothers. At the time of the twoweek bench trial, a witness told police the men inside the fleeing vehicle looked very similar. Another man testified that he was inside the house at the time and someone shot at him, but he did not see who was shooting or Karey being shot. The Higherses were arrested about a week after the shooting. Members of the mens family told several media outlets the years without the two men have been horrible. Contact Staff Writer Jackie Harrison-Martin at 1-734246-0837 or Jackie@heritage.com.
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DETROIT A murder case that made headlines in The News-Herald Newspapers 25 years ago is back on the front page. Thomas Highers, then 22, and his brother, Raymond Highers, then 21, were convicted in the 1987 murder of Robert Karey, 65, of Detroit, but their convictions were thrown out Thursday and a new trial has been ordered. The pair were found guilty of first-degree felony murder, assault with intent to commit murder and possession of a firearm and

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Alleged serial rapist bound over for trial

By Alan Burdziak
The News-Herald

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At this point in the afternoon, the southbound trafc on Telegraph Road was backed up more than a mile from Wick to Ecorse roads. Police reported 2 1/2-mile backups from Goddard to I-94 throughout the day.

Police shut down Telegraph after jam packed cruise clogs the road
By Dave Gorgon
Special to The News-Herald

TAYLOR A day of fun at the Telegraph Tomorrow Car Cruise turned into a night of utter chaos before police closed parking lots of spectators and shut down Telegraph Road. Taylor police Cmdr. John Blair

said thousands of spectators were sent home starting at 11 p.m., the same time officers closed southbound Telegraph at Ecorse Road and northbound Telegraph at Wick, diverting traffic onto Ecorse and Wick, respectively. Police officers and auxiliary officers were busy throughout the night.

Blair said there was one drunkendriving arrest, four reckless driving tickets and at least two accidents that left one driver hospitalized and other spectators scrambling to safety. He said a number of tickets were for impeding the flow of traffic
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LINCOLN PARK A man suspected of being a serial rapist was bound over for trial on three charges yesterday in 25th District Court. Elmore Nichols Jr., 52, of Detroit was caught after he allegedly tried to rape a 64-year-old Lincoln Park woman after breaking into her house on Electric Avenue at Nichols about 5:30 a.m. July 7. Nichols was arrested shortly afterward. He was arraigned July 9 on charges of felony home invasion, attempted rape and receiving and concealing stolen property. He also is a suspect in other breakins and sexual assaults in Oakland and Wayne counties. His alleged victim testified yesterday at a preliminary examination of the evidence against Nichols.
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Off-duty ofcers loaded gun is stolen; juvenile suspect may be tried as an adult
By Jackie Harrison-Martin
The News-Herald

HURON TWP. A juvenile could be tried as an adult after he allegedly broke into a house in the 1900 block of Verna Lane and stole an off-duty Detroit police officers semi-automatic gun.

Police said the officer was asleep when the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. Monday. According to police, the suspect, 16, broke into the house through a window. He already had swiped the fully loaded departmentissued gun off a nightstand,

some electronics, a wallet and a cellphone before the officer awakened. Police declined to comment on the exchange between the officer and the suspect, but said the juvenile fled the house with the officers belongings. The officer ran to a neigh-

bors house and called 911. Police called for K-9 assistance from Brownstown Township. The police dog led officers to a wooded area surrounding Verna Lane, where property stolen from vehicles were located.
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