Trial of Warren man accused of killing Hazel Park woman in crash delayed

The homicide trial of a person concerned in a deadly crash in Warren final Memorial Day weekend, which was scheduled to start Tuesday, has been postponed as a result of the lawyer is unwell.

Anthony Eugene-Douglas Grier Jr., 34, of Detroit, was scheduled to face a jury trial in Macomb County Circuit Court docket in Mount Clemens on costs of first-degree homicide, first-degree fleeing from police and resisting arrest for the crash that killed Wendy Drew, 71, of Hazel Park, at Van Dyke Avenue and 9 Mile Highway.

Court docket data present Grier’s lawyer, Joshua Van Laan, requested a delay attributable to sickness.

Decide Matthew Sabaugh rescheduled the trial for July 7 on the Mount Clemens courthouse.

The incident started on Might 24 at 9:23 p.m. when Grier was reportedly seen by officers driving a Chrysler 300 at about 70 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour zone on Van Dyke in Warren. Warren officers tried to provoke a visitors cease, however Grier did not cease the sedan, ignored a number of visitors management alerts, drove on a sidewalk and grass and within the heart flip lane, dodged cease sticks at 10 Mile and Van Dyke and reached speeds of greater than 100 miles per hour in areas with velocity limits of 35 to 40 miles per hour, police and prosecutors stated. Grier fled on foot however was captured.

The incident is the most recent of a number of deadly crashes involving suspects fleeing police in Macomb County lately.

Lower than a month after the incident, Lawyer Common Peter Lucido instituted a brand new coverage of not providing plea offers in circumstances involving suspects evading police of their autos. Warren Police Chief Eric Hawkins stated on the time that it’s “superb” how typically suspects flee police and proposed laws and public service bulletins to attempt to curb the conduct.

Lucido known as on state lawmakers to strengthen penalties for fleeing police with obligatory sentences.

Grier, who’s being held with out bond, additionally faces an unrelated carrying hid weapons cost in Warren stemming from a March 28 incident, courtroom data stated. He shall be arraigned in that case subsequent month. He has earlier convictions.

Drew was survived by her husband of fifty years, 5 sons and 23 grandchildren.