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Obit bandit arrested after multi-department investigation BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
GROSSE POINTES — A suspect who has reportedly confessed to 12 home invasions throughout metro Detroit in recent weeks — including several in the Grosse Pointes — has been arrested. Jerry Ashley, 44, was apprehended at his Detroit home Feb. 27 by the Eastern Wayne County Special Response Team, or SRT, which is similar to a SWAT team and consists of officers from the five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods. Police said Ashley was finding homes to break into by reading death notices. “It looks like he was targeting obituaries and estate sales,” Grosse Pointe City Public Safety Director John Alcorn said. Ashley was arraigned on three counts of breaking and entering into a building March 1 in Grosse Pointe Woods Municipal LIBRAR on page 12A Court, where he was given a cash or surety bond of $700,000. He was slated, at press time, to be arraigned on additional charges March 7 in Grosse Pointe City Municipal Court, and he is expected to face charges in other cities as well, including Grosse Pointe Farms. Ashley remained in custody at press time at the Andrew C. Baird Detention Facility in Detroit.
From left, EyesOn Design Chief Judge Glen Durmisevich and artist Nicolas Rousselet unveil Rousselet’s painting of the McLaren F1, which is being used for the 2024 EyesOn Design poster. Photo by K. Michelle Moran
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POSTER WITH FAMOUS FAST CAR RAMPS UP EXCITEMENT FOR 2024’S EYESON DESIGN SHOW BY K. MICHELLE MORAN kmoran@candgnews.com
SHORES — Capturing speed on a still surface isn’t easy, but that’s what artist Nicolas Rousselet did in his poster for the 2024 EyesOn Design show, which will take place on Father’s Day, June 16, at the Edsel and
Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores. Rousselet, a native of France who now lives in metro Detroit, was tapped to create a poster featuring the McLaren F1, hailed as a remarkable driving vehicle and considered to be the fastest production road car ever made. See POSTER on page 19A
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