Crime time Fire destroys Bridgeport Township home

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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Crime time
Leroy
Hickman Jr., 60
OF SAGINAW
Received his life sentence for the
Patricia
May 7, 1972, slaying of his wife,
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Hickman, 23. Then-Saginaw Cou
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of the Living, 1907 Janes. Hickman
oner at
sentenced April 2, 1973, is a pris
Facility
the Ionia Maximum Correctional
in Ionia.
Albert
Price Jr., 52
OF SAGINAW
Received a life sentence for the
Aug. 21, 1975, triple slaying of Thaxton
R. Schneider, 47, his wife, Eleanor, 47,
and their son, Danny, at their Mott Street
home during a robbery. Price pleaded
guilty to second-degree murder, and a
judge sentenced him Dec. 6, 1976. He is
an inmate at the Lakeland Correctional
Facility in Coldwater.
OF BRID
TOWNSHGEPORT
IP
Frank
F. Wander, 68
Received a life se
April 2, 1966, mur ntence for the
der of Jack R. W
an
at the elder man
’s home. The youn der
ge
Wander pleaded
guilty to second-d r
egree
murder of his 54
-year-old father.
Wander,
sentenced March
27
at the Kinross Co , 1967, is an inmate
rrectional Facility
in
Kincheloe.
NO KNOWN
ADDRESS
John
H. Fitchett, 66
OF SAGINAW
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that changes in
Michigan’s parole laws since Oct. 1, 1992, “as they have been
applied in practice retroactively to non-drug parolable lifers
who committed their crimes before that date, violates” the U.S.
Constitution.
Here’s a look at some of Saginaw County’s most notorious
criminals seeking parole hearing.
Marcos G.
Martinez, 55
Martinez, who had no known address,
received a life sentence for the Oct. 26,
1974, slaying of Kim S. Crawford of
Saginaw. A jury convicted Martinez of
shooting Crawford at an “after hours
establishment” on Glenwood between
Webber and Hiland. Martinez, sentenced
Nov. 1, 1979, is in the Lakeland
Correctional Facility in Coldwater.
Other mid-Michigan inmates
who could receive a hearing:
! John S. Bergevin, 68, of Bay County was convicted
by a jury of kidnapping involving a child stemming from
a May 19, 1974, incident. Bergevin, sentenced Nov. 24,
1980, is an inmate at the Saginaw Correctional Facility in
Tittabawassee Township.
! Phillip L. Lippert, 55, of Ithaca in Gratiot County
pleaded guilty to second-degree murder stemming from
a Nov. 19, 1970, incident. Lippert, who received his
sentence Jan. 26, 1971, is a prisoner at the Lakeland
Correctional Facility.
! Michael D. McLaughlin, 59, of Bay County pleaded
guilty to second-degree murder stemming from a July 3,
1972, homicide. McLaughlin, sentenced May 14, 1973, is
in the Ryan Correctional Facility in Detroit.
! Curtis Tate, 54, who listed a Saginaw address, was
convicted by a jury of kidnapping stemming from a
Dec. 10, 1974, incident. Tate, who received his sentence
June 2, 1976, is a prisoner at the Lakeland Correctional
Facility.
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Received his life sentence for the
Aug. 10, 1975, killing of Dora Soto Guerra,
27, in her Saginaw home on South 13th
near Janes. A jury convicted Fitchett
of firing a shot through the window of
Guerra’s home. Fitchett, sentenced
Oct. 1, 1976, is in the Chippewa
Correctional Facility in Kincheloe.
OF SAGIN
AW
John
Howard, 68
Sentenced to life
June 19, 1969, m in prison for the
urders of Carol A.
Brothers, 30, and
Thomas W. Boga
rd
43, both of Sagin
aw. Howard plead us,
ed
guilty to two coun
ts
murder for shootin of second-degree
g
Bar at 2624 Gene the pair at Paul’s
see. Brothers wo
rked
there as a waitres
s,
a patron. Howard and Bogardus was
, who received his
sentence March
27, 1972, is an inm
ate
at the Lakeland Co
rrectional Facility
Coldwater.
in
Reynoldo J.
Rodriguez, 52
OF SAGINAW
Serving life for the July 31, 1976,
murder of Robert Cuellar, 18, who
was riding a bike on Glenwood near
Hiland after a disagreement. Rodriguez
pleaded guilty to second-degree
murder and received his sentence
April 21, 1977. He is a prisoner at the
Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer.
OF BUENA VISTA
TOWNSHIP
Martin
Vargas, 54
for the
life sentence
Received his
rape of a
d
, abduction an
rt Saginaw
Fo
Oct. 12, 1971
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fro
oman
Vista
17-year-old w
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Holland in B
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Mall, 3245 E.
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te
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ry conv
Township. A ju sentence Aug. 7, 1972.
s
he received hi at the Ionia Maximum
er
on
is
a coHe is a pr
cility. He was
Correctional Fa ent of Edward Guerrero.
defend
OF CHES
TOWNSHANING
IP
Edward M.
Guerrero, 53
Behind bars since 1972 for three counts each of
kidnapping, armed robbery and rape. In
July 2004, a third three-judge panel ruled
that the 1972 life sentence that former
Circuit Judge Joseph R. McDonald
handed down to Guerrero will stand.
Guerrero pleaded guilty to the rapes;
he is in the Thumb Correctional Facility.
Prosecutors have argued his crimes
were so heinous that corrections officials
should never release him from prison.
The state Parole Board has denied
Guerrero release eight times since 1983, despite a
prison record that one Saginaw judge once called one of
the best he’s ever seen.
OF HEM
LOCK
Randy
C. Rohn, 53
Sentenced to life
Dec. 10, 1974, sla in prison for the
ying of Arthur F.
Cole, 58, who liv
ed in Hemlock. Ro
hn
killed Cole while
he
his Cole’s Variety was working in
St
jury convicted Ro ore in Hemlock. A
hn
murder. Sentence of second-degree
d Aug. 20, 1975,
he
is a prisoner at th
e Thumb Correcti
onal
Facility in Lapeer
.
Saginaw News Staff Writer Darryl Q. Tucker compiled this report.
Center needs
blood donations
Michigan Community
Blood Center, 1771 Tittabawassee in Carrollton Township, is hosting blood drives.
Times and locations are:
3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at
St. Matthew Catholic Church,
510 W. Cornell in Zilwaukee;
1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at
St. Martin Lutheran Church,
10995 Canada in Birch Run
Township; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday at Delta College,
1961 Delta in Frankenlust
Township; 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday at St. Helen
Catholic Church, 2415 N.
Charles in Saginaw; 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday at Pat’s
Food Center, 7620 Midland
in Freeland; and 10:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Saturday at Wickson Memorial Library, 359 S.
Franklin in Frankenmuth.
Anyone in good health and
at least 17 may donate.
Saginaw workers
enforce code
Beginning Sunday, July 1,
police officers, firefighters,
environmental and housing
inspectors will address code
violations.
The effort targets junk
vehicles, trash and debris
in yards, parking violations,
housing code violations and
dilapidated fences. It will
begin in one geographic area
and rotate.
School employee
contracts online
the firefighter’s name but the home contributed to the
said he sustained minor inju- blaze, he said.
ries and likely would remain
Nelson said he didn’t know
under observation until this where the family is staying. ❖
afternoon at Covenant Medical Center.
The residents discovered
the fire in a bedroom, and by
the time firefighters arrived,
flames had engulfed half the
house, Nelson said. Spaulding Township firefighters
assisted.
Oxygen tanks stored in
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Bridge tenders
agree to contract
BAY CITY — The city and
its bridge tenders struck a
tentative deal to keep five
full-time bridge tenders on
the job through 2012.
The tradeoff for the bridge
tenders’ union is that it will
allow the city to use nonunion
seasonal workers to fill four
other bridge tender positions.
And as full-time positions
open, seasonal workers would
fill those jobs.
The Utility Workers Union
of America Local 542 offered
the compromise to head off
interest in studying privatization of bridge operations.
Governor will
visit wind farm
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm
will visit Harvest Wind Farm
Monday and meet with business and community leaders
who helped launch the greenenergy project near Elkton.
Expanding renewable
energy is a key component of
the governor’s plan to grow
the state’s economy. Also
visiting are state Agriculture
Director Don Koivisto and
Skip Pruss, Granholm’s chief
adviser for alternative energy
and the environment. ❖
LANSING — Union contracts for all school districts
in Michigan are now online.
The Mackinac Center for
Public Policy posted contracts From staff and wire service
covering teachers, janitors,
reports.
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Lunch served from 11am – 2pm
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A Bridgeport Township
family of two is homeless
after a Saturday afternoon
fire destroyed their house.
Fire Chief Patrick B. Nelson said a state fire investigator will look into the cause of
the blaze at 2282 Madsen that
firefighters fought for nearly
five hours beginning at noon.
“We should know more
Monday,” Nelson said, add-
ing he should have a damage
estimate by then.
An elderly female and her
adult son escaped injury. A
firefighter received a shock
when he came in contact with
an active electrical outlet,
Nelson said.
“Consumers (Energy officials) said they pulled the
meter,” he said. “We thought
it was off, but it wasn’t. We’ll
be looking into that, too.”
Nelson wouldn’t disclose
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Fire destroys Bridgeport Township home
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