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Center Line man to stand trial for murder in shooting BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
STERLING HEIGHTS — A man from Center Line was bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court on charges related to a February shooting at the Extended Stay America motel in Sterling Heights. On Feb. 1, Luke James Svacha allegedly shot and killed JaJuan Marls, 24, of Detroit, at the motel on Van Dyke Avenue north of 14 Mile Road. After the shooting, Svacha reportedly fled to his Center Line home, where police spent hours trying to coax him to leave his house and surrender. Svacha is facing one count of Svacha first-degree premeditated murder, punishable by life in prison; a felony weapons charge, punishable by up to five years in prison; and resisting and obstructing a police officer, a two-year felony. On July 16, after a preliminary exam hearing that See SVACHA on page 7A
‘I NEVER FORGOT HIM’
Eastpointe resident Michaelene Buczak wanted to honor someone during the Memorial Day parade May 26, and she chose Lon Michael Holupko. The two attended junior high and high school together.
Vietnam Army Ranger killed in combat remembered decades later BY MARIA ALLARD allard@candgnews.com
EASTPOINTE — It has been more than 50 years since Lon Michael Holupko was killed in the Vietnam war, but Michaelene Buczak still thinks about him. They were classmates at Detroit’s Grant Ju-
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nior High and Osborn High School, where he was known as “Lonnie.” “He was very tall, very handsome and very quiet. He had a lovely twinkle in his eye. When you passed in the hall, he’d say hello and use your name, too. He was very popular,” Buczak recalled. “He was a very nice guy. I never forgot
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