How Could You? Hall of Shame-Jere Clark UPDATED
This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.
From Antrim County, Michigan, foster parent Jere Clark, 69, is “accused of sexually assaulting the girl from an extended period of time from the Summer of 2004 to late December 2009” when she was aged 12 to 18. He was not the victim’s foster parent. “Clark is the former foster father of the victim’s adoptive mother. For many years, Clark, as well as the victim’s mother, have been involved in providing foster care in their homes for many children in the Bellaire area.”
That is why investigators believe that there may be more victims.
Felony complaints of”(1) count of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, which carries a penalty of up to Life in prison, and six (6) counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Third Degree, which carries a penalty of 15 years in prison.” have been issued.
Anyone with more information or allegations are asked to contact Det. Ed Smith at the Antrim County Sheriff Department at 231-533-6827, extension 3524, or Erin House or Charles Koop at the Prosecuting Attorney’s office at 231-533-6860.
Man Arrested For Assaulting Girl for 5 Years
[Up North Live.com 3/3/11 by Roxanne Werly]
“The Michigan Department of Human Services would not comment on the case.
Michigan was sued in 2007 for failing to protect children in foster care. Under a settlement agreement, the state agreed to hire more case workers to protect children in the system.”
Antrim County Foster Care Provider Accused Of Sexual Assault
[Interlochen Public Radio 3/3/11 by Peter Payette]
Update: Second victim is adopted daughter.
“Jere Clark, from Bellaire, is now accused assaulting an adoptive daughter from 1996 to 1998, while she was a teenager. The county prosecutor did not know whether she had been adopted by Clark through the foster care system.
Just last month, Clark pleaded not guilty to six counts of sexual assault and rape involving another girl. That victim never lived with Clark. He had provided foster care to her mother, and police say the girl considered him a grandfather.”
More Sex Assault Charges For Bellaire Foster Dad
[Interlochen Public Radio 5/31/11 by Linda Stephan]
“New charges have been filed that could mean life in prison for an Antrim County foster care provider accused of sexually assaulting a young girl.
The Bellaire man was arrested in March after a year-long investigation.
Prosecutors recently charged Jere Clark with four counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct and say the crimes happened over five years.
Police say the 12-year old victim wasn’t in his foster care at the time, but Clark was close to her family.”
New Charges Filed for Antrim County Foster Care Provider
[9 & 10 News 6/1/11]
“Clark will remain in the Antrim County Jail after judges declined to set bond. His pretrial is set for June 9 in Bellaire.”
Former Foster Dad Faces News Sex Charges
[Traverse City Record-Eagle 6/1/11 by Alex Piazza]
Update 2: “In the last four decades, he and his family have taken in around 120 foster children, many of them disabled; many of them fleeing abusive homes.”
Special Assistant Attorney General “House said there are four or five more cases involving alleged victims
that could lead to additional charges against Clark.
In fact, Clark has since been charged with another case of criminal sexual conduct. Antrim County Prosecutor Charles Koop said he would not comment about whether additional cases will be filed.”
“The alleged victim from the first case, who the Northern Express will call Girl No. 1 to protect her identity, was adopted by Jere Clark’s daughter, Patty Lowery, in August, 2002.
Lowery was once a foster child of Jere Clark and she lives in a farm house next-door to Clark’s farm. Now an adult, Patty Lowery sits on the Antrim County board for the Department of Human Services, the state agency responsible for the welfare of foster children.
Girl No. 1 said Jere Clark at first acted as though he was her grandfather. “It started out like a parent — like a grandfather/granddaughter kind of thing,” Girl No. 1 testified.
But the girl, now 19 years old, said the relationship soon became perverted. “Like when I was sick, he would rub my stomach and rub my back,” she testified. “And then it graduated into a sexual relationship over the years.”
The sexual relationship began, Girl No. 1 said, in the summer of 2004, when she was 12. She said she was baby-sitting Jackie Clark, Ruth Clark’s roughly 40-year-old autistic son, when Jere came to the house and asked that she take a ride with him in his pickup truck.
“We went to a hill where there’s a broken down motor home and that’s where he took me inside and laid me down…” Girl No. 1 said.
All four wheels were gone. It sat on grass and its motor had been removed. It was dirty inside, but Girl No. 1 said she laid down on blankets. Jere Clark removed her pants and underwear, she said. This time they did not have sex, but she said Jere Clark penetrated her with his finger and pleasured himself.
Afterward, “He sat down and he told me to get dressed and said, ‘thank you.’”
“She was afraid to say anything to anyone for several years, she testified, because she knew Jere Clark had a bad temper and was prone to violence.
“He had a tendency to hit people,” she said, Later, she said Clark would hit her if she refused to have sex with him. Sex happened “a bunch of times. More than I can count,” she said.
Clark had sex with her repeatedly, beginning in the winter of 2004, she said. It happened in a Ford F-250 standard cab pickup, at the house Jere Clark shared with his wife (Ruthie), at Girl No. 1’s adoptive mother’s house, at a relative’s house in Bellaire and at another’s in Mancelona. Often Clark took her along snow plowing as a way to get her alone, she testified.
Once, when Girl No. 1 refused sex, Clark allegedly destroyed a vibrator in front of her. “He took his hand and he slammed it against the center console repeatedly until it broke in multiple places,” she said.
In another allegation, Girl No. 1 said Jere Clark had sex with her while Jackie Clark, the autistic man in his 40s, sat on a sofa in the same room and watched country music videos.”
“In May or June of 2006, an investigator from the Department of Human Services came to Girl No. 1’s school and pulled her out of class. She was 14 at the time.
The investigator asked her whether there had ever been any inappropriate contact from Clark. She told him, “No, I’m not being sexually abused, sexually touched by Jere Clark,” according to her testimony.
In November, 2010, as prosecutors were mulling police reports, but before charges had been filed, Girl No. 1 told a female DHS worker over the telephone that all of the allegations were untrue.
“I don’t remember the person,” Girl No. 1 testified. “All I know is it was a lady over the phone.” She also testified that a family member other than Jere Clark had instructed her to recant the allegations.
“I told her that my family was harassing me about dropping the court case,” she said. “And that my family has been harassing me and I feel like it’s getting nowhere. I want to drop it and get it done and over with and never look back on it.”
“In May or June of 2006, an investigator from the Department of Human Services came to Girl No. 1’s school and pulled her out of class. She was 14 at the time.
The investigator asked her whether there had ever been any inappropriate contact from Clark. She told him, “No, I’m not being sexually abused, sexually touched by Jere Clark,” according to her testimony.
In November, 2010, as prosecutors were mulling police reports, but before charges had been filed, Girl No. 1 told a female DHS worker over the telephone that all of the allegations were untrue.
“I don’t remember the person,” Girl No. 1 testified. “All I know is it was a lady over the phone.”
She also testified that a family member other than Jere Clark had instructed her to recant the allegations.
“I told her that my family was harassing me about dropping the court case,” she said. “And that my family has been harassing me and I feel like it’s getting nowhere. I want to drop it and get it done and over with and never look back on it.”
“The second case stems from Girl No. 2, who was adopted by Clark’s daughter, Jan Clark, when she was 13 years old.
Jere Clark is accused of sexually abusing the girl from when she was age 14 until she was 21 years old, although the charges pertain to when the alleged victim was between the ages of 13 and 16. She is now 29 years old.
The alleged abuse is supposed to have happened in a corn field on Clark’s property, in the basement of Clark’s home, in Patty Lowery’s home, and in a Winnebago motor home.
The similarities between the cases are striking, House said. Girl No. 2 also told investigators that Clark got her alone by taking her out to plow snow.
During a preliminary hearing for the second case, Clark appeared defiant in court. Clark looked at the second woman to come forward with sex abuse allegations against him and he smirked through much of the proceedings. At times, he laughed to himself, like when she testified about how he would allegedly hit her with a backhand to the face for refusing sex.
After the hearing, as Clark was led in shackles back to jail from the courthouse, he said to a reporter: “Better make sure you get the right story.”
Girl No. 2 could apparently not stand to look at Clark as she testified at a preliminary hearing in late June.
She turned her face away from Clark as she sat just feet away from the man she said raped her as many as 500 times.
She testified she was 13 years old when she was adopted by Jan Clark and Jere Clark became her grandfather.
Prosecutor House asked her why she was in court that day. Girl No. 2 seemed on the verge of weeping as she spoke: “I am here because my adoptive grandfather has raped me and multiple other girls.”
At first Clark just touched her in a way she thought was inappropriate, she testified, on her arms and legs. Later his hands moved to her breasts and private area, she said.
“I didn’t like it because it’s not what a grandfather is supposed to do,” she said.
“District Court Judge Michael Haley said he found the young woman’s testimony credible and he bound Clark over to circuit court to face trial on the four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.”
“The Department of Human Services “has been receiving reports for the last 10 years that there have been allegations of sexual assault of children going on in Mr. Clark’s home,” said Erin House, who is prosecuting the case for the Antrim County Prosecutor’s office, at a criminal hearing for Jere Clark.”
[Northern Express 7/11/11 b yPatrick Sullivan]
Update 3: We have not been able to find new media reports, but the criminal court proceedings are posted online. Jere Clark has three records in the Antirim County Criminal Court Records .It appears that there have been a lot of actions in this case over the past month and a final conference will be at 1 PM on October 17, 2011. The jury trial is scheduled for October 19, 20, 25-28 and 31 each starting at 8:30 AM.
The summary of the records are pasted in chronological order below:
First Record-Case Closed. Re-Opened Two New Ones.
Case #: 2011-4416 FC County: Antrim
Case Type: FELONY/CAPITAL Case Status: CASE CLOSED
Defendant: CLARK, JERE WENDELL Birthdate: 08/08/1941
Opened on: 04/29/2011 Closed on: 07/22/2011
Arraigned on: 04/29/2011 Judge:
Assigned to : POWER, THOMAS G.
Offense date: 06/01/2004
Complaint # : 105027310 On: 03/02/2011 By:
Arrested: 03/03/2011 By: ANTRIM COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.
Defense Attorney: FREEMAN, STEVEN A P-Number: 45125 Court Appointed: N
Prosecutor : KOOP, CHARLES H. P-Number: 27290
State Id # : 4180983W CTN# : 51002205201
Trial Ready ?: Fingerprinted?: Y
Offense/Sentencing Information
Judge: POWER, THOMAS G. P-Number: 24270
Charge reduction: Delayed sentence: Amended Order:
Combined judgment: Case dismissed: Disposition: INACTIVE STATUS
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Count |
Offense |
Description |
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1 |
750.520B1A |
CSC/1ST DEGREE UNDER 13 |
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2 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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3 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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4 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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5 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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6 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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7 |
750.520D1B |
CSC-3RD FORCE OR COERCION |
Court Proceedings
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Date/Action |
Proceeding |
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04/29/2011 AR |
CIRCUIT COURT ARRAIGNMENT HELD IN 86TH DISTRICT COURT; DEFENDANT PLED NOT GUILTY, PRELIM AND CONTINUATION HELD, DEFENDANT BOUND OVER ON ALL COUNTS. DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO REDUCE BOND-DENIED. BOND CONTINUED./STEPKA |
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04/30/2011 OR |
ORDER FOR COUNSELING AND TESTING FOR DISEASE- INFECTION/STEPKA |
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05/02/2011 |
ADULT BIND OVER RECV’D FROM 86TH DISTRICT COURT |
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05/02/2011 NPT |
NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON MAY 9, 2011 @ 8:00 AM. |
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05/02/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (1): AIMEE LOWERY |
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05/03/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S PETITION FOR SURETY RECOGNIZANCE -DENIED |
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05/09/2011 |
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE: MR. FREEMAN (DEFENSE ATTY) DID NOT APPEAR. MR. FREEMAN REQUESTED MR. MICHAEL TURKELSON TO APPEAR ON HIS BEHALF. MR. FREEMAN MUST APPEAR FOR FINAL CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH/PER |
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05/09/2011 OR |
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: DEFENSE ATTORNEY STEVEN FREEMAN FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR 5/9/11 CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE. SHOW CAUSE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 13, 2011 @ 8:00 AM./PER |
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05/10/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S CIRCUIT COURT PRE-TRIAL SUMMARY /FREEMAN DEFENDANT’S DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL WITHIN 90 DAYS OF NO BOND ORDER/FREEMAN W/POS |
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05/11/2011 CPT |
CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER |
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05/12/2011 NFC |
NOTICE OF FINAL CONFERENCE: JUNE 20, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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05/12/2011 NJT |
NOTICE OF JURY TRIAL: SIX (6) DAY JURY TRIAL TO BE HELD ON JULY 6-8 AND JULY 12-14, 2011 @ 8:30 AM. |
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06/06/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S TRIAL WITNESS LIST/FREEMAN W/POS |
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06/06/2011 POS |
PROOF OF SERVICE: DR. OKLA’S CURRICULUM VITAE, DR. OKLA’S SUMMARY FOR DEFENSE EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY, DR. OKRA’S LIST CASES, TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW BETWEEN AIMEE LOWERY AND DEBRA NEWLAND BY DETECTIVE EDWARD SMITH, TRANSCRIPT OF INTER- VIEW OF AIMEE LOWERY BY DETERCTIVE ED SMITH. |
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06/09/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION TO ADJOURN TRIAL DATES/HOUSE W/POS |
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06/13/2011 TRA |
TRANSCRIPT RECV’D: PRE-TRIAL HEARING HELD ON MAY 9, 2011 BEFORE HONORABLE PHILIP E. RODGERS (JESSICA MATULA CSR 7597) |
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06/13/2011 TRA |
TRANSCRIPT RECV’D: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PART II HELD ON APRIL 29, 2011 BEFORE HONORABLE MICHAEL STEPKA (ANGEL KALEY-WOLFE CER 7489) |
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06/13/2011 |
RESPONSIVE PLEADING TO SHOW CAUSE ORDER/CRONKRIGHT W/POS |
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06/13/2011 AP |
APPEARANCE: ATTORNEY MICHAEL CRONKRIGHT ON BEHALF OF STEVEN FREEMAN/CRONKRIGHT W/POS |
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06/13/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING:PEOPLE’S MOTION TO ADJOURN TRIAL TO BE HELD ON JUNE 20, 2011 @ 8:00 AM. |
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06/15/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S OBJECTION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ADJOURN JURY TRIAL/FREEMAN W/POS |
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06/15/2011 NJT |
NOTICE OF JURY TRIAL:AUGUST 3-5 & AUGUST 9-11,2011 2011 @ 8:30 AM. |
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06/16/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (8): DET/SGT JAMES JANISSE, DET. EDWARD SMITH, PATRICIA LOWERY, CHARLES KING, DEBRA NEWLAND, MIRANDA LOWERY, DEREK NEWLAND, MOLLY CLARK. |
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06/17/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (1): DET. EDWARD SMITH |
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06/20/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION TO ADJOURN TRIAL DATES: TRIAL HAS BEEN ADJOURNED TO AUGUST, 2011. DEFENSE REQUESTS A BOND. PEOPLE OBJECT TO P/R BOND. BOND ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED AT 7/22/2011 MOTION DATE/FINAL CONFERENCE. EACH ATTORNEY SAYS NO MOTIONS TO BE FILED./TGP |
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06/20/2011 |
FINAL CONFERENCE: PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ADJOURNMENT. DEFENSE AGREES TO ADJOURNMENT. FINAL CONFERENCE TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR 7/22/2011. TRIAL 8/3- BOTH PARTIES ACCEPT DATES./TGP |
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06/21/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (2):JACK HAGERMAN, PAM SOFFREDINE |
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06/21/2011 NFC |
NOTICE OF FINAL CONFERENCE: JULY 22, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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06/21/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: BOND ISSUE TO BE HELD ON JULY 22, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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06/22/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (2): DET. EDWARD SMITH, D/SGT. JAMES JANISSE. |
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06/29/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (3): CHARLES KING, PATRICIA LOWERY, AIMEE LOWERY |
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07/07/2011 MOT |
THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES/HOUSE W/POS |
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07/08/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES TO BE HELD ON JULY 22, 2011 @ 8:00 AM. |
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07/08/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (6): JACK HAGERMAN, DEBRA NEWLAND, DEREK NEWLAND, MIRANDA LOWERY, PAM SOFFREDINE, JASON CLARK. |
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07/11/2011 |
THE PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE PRIOR ACT EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO MCL 769.27A AND MRE 404B /HOUSE W/POS |
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07/19/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (2): MOLLY CLARK, AIMEE LOWERY. |
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07/20/2011 |
DEF’S PETITION FOR PRE-TRIAL RELEASE |
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07/20/2011 OBJ |
DEF’S OBJECTION TO PL’S MOTION FOR JOINDER OF CASES |
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07/22/2011 MOT |
THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES: NEW CHARGES PENDING IN DISTRICT COURT. PAO REQUESTS ADJOURN- MENT OF AUGUST, 2011 JURY TRIAL. DEFENSE OBJECTS TO ADJOURNMENT OF TRIAL AND JOINDER OF FILES. FILES 11-4416-FC AND 11-4424-FC ARE JOINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRIAL./TGP |
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07/22/2011 MOT |
HEARING ON BOND ISSUE: PEOPLE OPPOSE BOND. P/R BOND GRANTED-REQUIRED BY 90 DAY RULE/TGP |
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07/22/2011 |
*FINAL CONFERENCE:PAO AND DEFENSE REQUESTS ADJOURN MENT OF JURY TRIAL DUE TO CONSOLIDATION WITH 11-4424-FC. JURY TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR SOON THEREAFTER. THIS FILE IS TO BE CLOSED. PAO TO ISSUA AN AMENDED FELONY INFORMATION TO INCLUDE CHARGES IN 4416 AND 4424./TGP* |
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07/22/2011 |
RE: BOND: NOT WITHSTANDING BOND CONDITIONS, DEFENDANT MAY HAVE CONTACT WITH SON CASEY CLARK DURING VISITATION AT THE JAIL/TGP |
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07/22/2011 FCM |
FINAL CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM |
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07/22/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S FIRST AMENDED TRIAL WITNESS LIST/ FREEMAN W/POS |
Second Record
Case #: 2011-4424 FC County: Antrim
Case Type: FELONY/CAPITAL Case Status: CASE OPEN
Defendant: CLARK, JERE WENDELL Birthdate: 08/08/1941
Opened on: 06/30/2011 Closed on:
Arraigned on: 06/30/2011 Judge:
Assigned to : POWER, THOMAS G.
Offense date: 06/01/1996
Complaint # : 105101411 On: 05/26/2011 By:
Arrested: By: ANTRIM COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.
Defense Attorney: FREEMAN, STEVEN A P-Number: 45125 Court Appointed: N
Prosecutor : KOOP, CHARLES H. P-Number: 27290
State Id # : 4180983W CTN# : 51102302001
Trial Ready ?: Fingerprinted?: Y
Offense/Sentencing Information
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Count |
Offense |
Description |
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1 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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2 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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3 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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4 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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5 |
750.520B1A |
CSC/1ST DEGREE UNDER 13 |
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6 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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7 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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8 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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9 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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10 |
750.520D1A |
CSC-3RD-PERSON 13 TO 15 |
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11 |
750.520D1B |
CSC-3RD FORCE OR COERCION |
Court Proceedings
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Date/Action |
Proceeding |
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06/30/2011 AR 06/30/2011 |
CIRCUIT COURT ARRAIGNMENT HELD IN 86TH DISTRICT COURT; DEFENDANT WAIVES RIGHTS, PLED NOT GUILTY, PRELIM HELD, DEFENDANT BOUND OVER TO CIRCUIT COURT, BOND CONTINUED. ADULT BIND OVER RECV’D FROM 86TH DISTRICT COURT |
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06/30/2011 NPT |
NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON JULY 11, 2011 @ 8:00 AM (TO BE ASSIGN- ED TO JUDGE POWER) -RESCHEDULED |
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07/06/2011 NPT |
NOTICE OF PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE: JULY 22, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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07/07/2011 MOT |
THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES/HOUSE W/POS |
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07/08/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (1): MORGAN CLARK |
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07/08/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES TO BE HELD ON JULY 22, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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07/11/2011 |
THE PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE PRIOR ACT EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO MCL 769.27A AND MRE 404B /HOUSE W/POS |
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07/14/2011 TRA |
TRANSCRIPT RECV’D: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND CIRCUIT COURT ARRAIGNMENT HELD ON JUNE 30, 2011 BEFORE HONORABLE MICHAEL J. HALEY (MS. COLEEN ROCKER CER 1194) |
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07/20/2011 |
DEF’S PETITION FOR PRE-TRIAL RELEASE |
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07/20/2011 |
PROPOSED – DEF’S NOTICE OF LIEN AGAINST REAL PROPERTY PROPOSED – ORDER GRANTED DEF’S PETITION FOR SURITY RECOGNIZANCE |
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07/20/2011 OBJ |
DEF’S OBJECTION TO PL’S MOTION FOR JOINDER OF CASES |
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07/22/2011 |
RE: BOND; DEFENSE REQUESTS BOND/PRE-TRIAL RELEASE. BOND DENIED. NO BOND,/TGP |
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07/22/2011 |
RE: BOND; NOT WITHSTANING BOND CONDITIONS, DEFEND- ANT MAY HAVE CONTACT WITH SON CASEY CLARK DURING VISITATION AT THE JAIL/TGP |
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07/22/2011 MOT |
THE PEOPLE’S MOTION TO JOIN FILES: NEW CHARGES PENDING IN DISTRICT COURT. PAO REQUESTS ADJOURN- MENT OF AUGUST, 2011 JURY TRIAL. DEFENSE OBJECTS TO ADJOURNMENT OF TRIAL AND TO JOINDER OF FILES. FILES 11-4416-FC AND 11-4424-FC ARE JOINED FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRIAL./TGP |
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07/22/2011 |
FINAL CONFERENCE: PAO AND DEFENSE REQUESTS ADJOURN MENT OF JURY TRIAL DUE TO CONSOLIDATION. JURY TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR SOON THEREAFTER. 11-4416-FC IS TO BE CLOSED. PAO TO ISSUE AN AMENDED FELONY INFO TO INCLUDE CHARGES IN 4416 AND 4424./TGP |
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07/28/2011 NFC |
NOTICE OF FINAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 15, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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07/28/2011 NJT |
NOTICE OF JURY TRIAL: SEPTEMBER 21-23, & SEPTEMBER 27-30, 2011 @ 8:30 AM |
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07/28/2011 CPT |
CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER |
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07/29/2011 |
CORRESPONDENCE FROM DEFENSE ATTORNEY FREEMAN RE: CONFLICT WITH SEPTEMBER JURY TRIAL DATES |
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08/11/2011 |
PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE EXPERT TESTIMONY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF VICTIMS & PERETRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE & INCEST W/POS |
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08/11/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING PRIOR VICITIMIZATION OF PROSECUTION WITNESSES |
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08/11/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING DELAY BETWEEN REPORT BY INITIAL VICTIM (A.L.) AND CHARGING BY PROSECUTOR |
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08/11/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING DEFENSE ALLEGATION THAT VICTIMS HAVE MADE PRIOR FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE |
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08/11/2011 |
PROOF OF SERVICE |
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08/12/2011 |
LIST OF KNOWN WITNESSES W/POS |
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08/12/2011 |
AMENDED INFORMATION FELONY |
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08/12/2011 NOH |
PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE EXPERT TESTIMONY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR PATTERS OF VICTIMS & PERPERTRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE & INCEST – AUGUST 15, 2011 @ 10:30AM |
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08/12/2011 NOH |
PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE EXPERT TESTIMONY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR PATTERS OF VICTIMS & PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE & INCEST – AUG 15 2011 @ 2:30PM |
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08/15/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: PRIOR VICTIMIZATION OF PROSECUTION WITNESSES; PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: DELAY BETWEEN REPORT BY INITIAL VICTIM (A.L.) AND CHARGING BY PROSECUTOR; PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: DEFE DEFENSE ALLEGATIONS THAT VICTIMS HAVE MADE PRIOR FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABBUSE TO BE HELD ON‚ AUGUST 15, 2011 @ 2:30 PM. |
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08/15/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: DEFENSE ALLEGATION THAT VICTIMS HAVE MADE PRIOR FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE: DEFENSE HAS NO CLAIM OF PRIOR FALSE ALLEGATION(S) BY THE ALLEGED VICTIM(S) IN THIS CASE/TGP |
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08/15/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: PRIOR VICTIMIZATION OF PROSECUTION WITNESSES: HEARING IS TO BE RESCHEDULED/ADJOURNED. PARTIES TO FILE NOTICE OR BRIEF/RESPONSES. IF PARTIES CAN STIPULATE, THEN HEARING WILL BE CANCELLED./TGP |
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08/15/2011 MOT |
PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: DELAY BETWEEN REPORT BY INITIAL VICTIM (A.L.) AND CHARGING BY PROSECUTOR: THE DELAY BETWEEN REPORTING CRIME AND CHARGING DEFENDANT IS NOT RELEVANT TO TRIAL. DEFENSE IS NOT TO INFER THE DELAY SUPPORTS STREGNTH/WEAKNESS BY PAO OR POLICE DEPT. DURING TESTIMONY AND OPENING STATEMENTS/TGP ‚ |
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08/15/2011 |
PEOPLE’S NOTICE OF INTENT TO INTRODUCE EXPERT TESTIMONY CONCERNING BEHAVIOR PATTERNS OF VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND INCEST: NOTICE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY BOTH PARTIES AND EXPERT’S TESTIMONY WILL BE PERMITTED./TGP |
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08/17/2011 NOE |
NOTICE OF PRESENTMENT OF ORDER FOR ENTRY/HOUSE PROPOSED ORDER/HOLDING UNTIL 8/24/11 OR OBJ W/POS |
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08/18/2011 FCM |
FINAL CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM |
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08/22/2011 OBJ |
DEFENDANT’S OBJECTION TO PEOPLE’S PROPOSED ORDER /FREEMAN DEFENDANT’S PROPOSED ORDER/FORWARDED FOR JUDGE’S REVIEW W/POS |
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08/23/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: CONTINUED HEARING/PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE RE: PRIOR VICTIMIZATION OF PROSECUTION WITNESSES TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 @ 4:00 PM. |
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08/29/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S REQUEST FOR COPIES OF JUROR QUESTION- AIRES/FREEMAN W/POS |
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08/30/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (3):DET. EDWARD SMITH, MIRANDA LOWERY, DAVID NEWLAND. |
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08/30/2011 FI |
AMENDED FELONY INFORMATION/HOUSE W/POS |
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08/30/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: PEOPLE’S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING DELAY BETWEEN REPORT BY INITIAL VICTIM (A.L.) AND CHARGING BY PROSECUTOR TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 @ 8:29 AM |
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09/06/2011 |
PEOPLE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW ON ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF PRIOR SEXUAL ABUSE/HOUSE W/POS |
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09/06/2011 |
PEOPLE’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW REGARDING MCL 768.27A /HOUSE W/POS |
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09/07/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (9): THOMAS CLARK, AIMEE LOWERY, DEBRA NEWLAND, MINDY CZINDER, SHEILA CLARK, PAULA LIPINSKI, DEREK NEWLAND, THOMAS COTTRELL MSW SCSW LMSW, CONNIE BLACK-POND. |
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09/07/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW ON ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE OF PRIOR SEXUAL ABUSE/FREEMAN W/POS |
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09/09/2011 POS |
PROOF OF SERVICE: COPIES OF TRANSCRIPTS FROM DISCOVERY CD’S 1-2 AND DISCOVERY CD’S 4-12 |
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09/13/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (2): D/SGT JAMES JANISSE, MICHAEL FULKER |
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09/14/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S SECOND AMENDED TRIAL WITNESS LIST /FREEMAN W/POS |
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09/15/2011 NOH |
NOTICE OF HEARING: PRETRIAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS AND PROCEDURES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 @ 4:00 PM IN TRAVERSE CITY |
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09/15/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S THIRD AMENDED TRIAL WITNESS LIST /FREEMAN W/POS |
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09/16/2011 TB |
PEOPLE’S TRIAL BRIEF |
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09/16/2011 |
PEOPLE’S PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTION & VERDICT FORM W/POS |
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09/19/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN: DET. EDWARD SMITH |
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09/19/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA/ORDER TO PRODUCE RETURN: MARY SOUCKEL FOR BUSINESS RECORDS |
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09/19/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S FOURTH AMENDED TRIAL WITNESS LIST /FREEMAN W/POS |
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09/20/2011 |
PEOPLE’S MEMORANDUM OF LAW REGARDING MEDICAL PRIVILEGE/HOUSE W/POS |
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09/20/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURNS (2): CHRISTINA TROYER, MORGAN CLARK |
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09/21/2011 TB |
DEFENDANT’S TRIAL BRIEF/FREEMAN |
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09/21/2011 TB |
DEFENDANT’S TRIAL BRIEF/FREEMAN |
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09/21/2011 |
DEFENDANT’S PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS MICHIGAN |
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CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS SECOND (2D)/FREEMAN |
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09/22/2011 |
WRITTEN JURY INSTRUCTIONS |
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09/22/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (1): CONNIE BLACK-POND |
Third Record
Case #: 2011-4437 FC County: Antrim
Case Type: FELONY/CAPITAL Case Status: CASE OPEN
Defendant: CLARK, JERE WENDELL Birthdate: 08/08/1941
Opened on: 08/04/2011 Closed on:
Arraigned on: 08/04/2011
Assigned to : POWER, THOMAS G.
Offense date: 03/22/1998
Complaint # : 7906512011 On: 07/20/2011 By:
Arrested: 07/20/2011 By:
Defense Attorney: FREEMAN, STEVEN A P-Number: 45125 Court Appointed: N
Prosecutor : KOOP, CHARLES H. P-Number: 27290
State Id # : 4180983W CTN# : 51102323201
Fingerprinted?: Y
Offense/Sentencing Information
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Count |
Offense |
Description |
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1 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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2 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
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3 |
750.520B1B |
CSC/1ST DEG-RELATIONSHIP |
Court Proceedings
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Date/Action |
Proceeding |
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08/04/2011 AR |
CIRCUIT COURT ARRAIGNMENT HELD IN 86TH DISTRICT COURT; DEFENDANT STOOD MUTE, PRELIM HELD, DEFENDANT BOUND OVER TO CIRCUIT COURT, NO BOND. /JDG HALEY |
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08/04/2011 |
ADULT BIND OVER RECV’D FROM 86TH DISTRICT COURT |
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08/04/2011 NPT |
NOTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 15, 2011 @ 8:00 AM. |
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08/05/2011 S/R |
SUBPOENA RETURN (1): MIRANDA LOWERY |
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08/18/2011 CPT |
CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER /TGP |
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08/18/2011 NFC |
NOTICE OF FINAL CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 @ 8:00 AM |
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08/18/2011 NJT |
NOTICE OF JURY TRIAL: OCTOBER 19TH, 20TH, 25TH THROUGH 28TH AND OCTOBER 31ST, 2011 @ 8:30 AM. |
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08/24/2011 TRA |
TRANSCRIPT RECV’D: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND CIRCUIT COURT ARRAIGNMENT HELD ON AUGUST 4, 2011 BEFORE HONORABLE MICHAEL J. HALEY (MS. COLEEN ROCKER, CER 1194) |
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09/21/2011 NFC |
NOTICE OF FINAL CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 17, 2011 @ 1:00 PM |
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09/21/2011 FCM |
FINAL CONFERENCE MEMORANDUM |
Update 4: My Update 3 is in error over the trial date as it has obviously already happened. October 17 is the sentencing for Jere Clark. Below are two stories from October 4, 2011.
“An Antrim County foster parent likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Jurors on Monday found Jere Clark, 70, guilty of 10 felony counts of criminal sexual conduct, Antrim County Prosecutor Charles Koop said. The jury deliberated for less than an hour Monday afternoon, then delivered the verdict: guilty on five counts of first-degree CSC and five counts of third-degree CSC.
Clark’s sentencing is set for October 17 in Bellaire.
Clark has been a foster parent for four decades and has taken in more than 60 children, some of whom he adopted.
Antrim man may spend life behind bars
[Record-Eagle 10/4/11 by Eric Piazza]
“Police say that Clark, a foster care provider, sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl over the course of five years.
The young girl was not in his foster home during the assaults.
Clark was convicted of first and third degree criminal sexual conduct.”
Antrim County Man Found Guilty on Sex Charges
[9 and 10 News 10/4/11]
Update 5: Jere Clark was sentenced today to 25 to 60 years in prison.
“The 70-year old sat in a chair and rocked while the judge read his sentence. He told the court he was having difficulty standing.
Clark was found guilty in September of five counts of 1st Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and five counts of 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Clark sexually assaulted and raped two women starting in 1996.
Assistant Prosecutor Erin House says, “I hope for these victims that they finally have some closure. I think the sentence is appropriate. I know Mr. Clark is 70-years old right now, but I think he poses a danger to children as long as he is alive. We had four victims testify in trial. The first talked about a rape that occured when she was 12-years old and she went on to be raped hundreds and hundreds of times. Two to four times a week. She came forward and after she was brave enough to come forward other victims started coming forward too. They were all afraid they would never be believed.”
Judge Thomas Power told Clark that because of his role as a foster parent, he also violated the trust of society.
Throughout the case, Clark has maintained his innocence.”
Foster dad sentenced in rape case
[Up North Live 10/17/11 by Lauren Amstutz]
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