Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Shane Spatafore, who stabbed his friend in September, will have the opportunity to pursue a college degree after a Macomb Circuit Court Judge placed him on three year probation.
A St. Clair Shores teenager who pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm for the stabbing of his best friend was placed on three year probation Wednesday by Macomb Circuit Court Judge Mary Chrzanowski. A grateful Shane Spatafore shook his lawyer's hand and looked to the ceiling after he received the sentence, which allows him to complete his high school degree and pursue a college education. The charges stemmed from the Sept. 3 incident where Spatafore got into an argument and stabbed his 17-year-old friend four times with a steak knife. He then fled the scene, damaging patio furniture at a neighbor's house on 13 Mile Road, before he was located and arrested. Before sentencing, the victim addressed the …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Shane Spatafore pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm for the Sept. 3 stabbing of his friend in St. Clair Shores.
A St. Clair Shores teenager accused of stabbing his best friend pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm before his trial was scheduled to begin in Macomb Circuit Court. Shane Spatafore had been originally charged with assault with intent to murder for stabbing his friend at a sleepover on Sept. 3. At the request of the family, the charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm was added. It carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. "The defendant needs to be held accountable," said Steve Fox, Macomb County assistant prosecutor. "This is a fair resolution." Police said Spatafore got into an argument and stabbed his 17-year-old friend four times with a steak knife. He then fled the scene…
Shane Spatafore, the St. Clair Shores teenager charged with stabbing his friend, is scheduled for trial Jan. 29 in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens.
A trial for a St. Clair Shores teenager accused of stabbing his "best friend" is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Macomb Circuit Court. Shane Spatafore reportedly got in an argument Sept. 3 with his friend, grabbed a steak knife and stabbed him four times. St. Clair Shores Police Detective Margaret Eidt stated during his arraignment that the force of the stabbings bent the knife blade, punctured a lung and may have caused internal bleeding. Spatafore was later arrested and charged with one count of assault with intent to murder, two counts of resisting arrest and one count of malicious destruction of property. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison. Defense attorney David Pietroski said his client was at his friend's house, and once…
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The lawyer for Shane Spatafore, the St. Clair Shores teenager charged with stabbing his friend, successfully had his client's bond reduced before waiving his preliminary exam in 40th District Court.
The defense attorney for a 17-year-old St. Clair Shores teen charged with stabbing his friend argued Tuesday to have his client's bond reduced. David Pietroski was able to have the bond for Shane Spatafore reduced from $200,000 to $75,000, or 10 percent. While the bond was reduced, 40th District Court Judge Joseph Oster attached a number of requirements. Spatafore will be placed on a tether and will be on house arrest, submit to drug tests and have no contact with the victim or anyone else in the case directly or indirectly through family, friends or supporters. If that is violated, Oster said there will be serious consequences. "I hope you take the bond conditions seriously," Oster added. "If something gets out, if something gets back to …
Friday, September 14, 2012
The defense attorney for a 17-year-old St. Clair Shores man charged with stabbing his friend was unsuccessful Friday in his attempt to get his client's bond reduced.
The defense attorney for Shane Spatafore unsuccessfully argued Friday in 40th District Court to have his client's $200,000 bond reduced. Spatafore, who is charged with stabbing his friend with a kitchen knife Sept. 3, has been held in Macomb County Jail since he was charged with assault with intent to murder. David Pietroski stated in 40th District Court that his client is a senior at Lake Shore High School and was carrying a 3.2 grade point average and has plans to attend Michigan State University. He added that Spatafore was not a flight risk if granted a lower bail because he does not have a car. "He is a student. He has aspirations and he has really conducted his life, academically and athletically, that would get him to Michigan State…
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The defense attorney and a friend of the Lake Shore student who is charged with stabbing his friend early Monday are speaking out about the incident.
The defense attorney for Shane Spatafore, the 17-year-old St. Clair Shores resident charged with stabbing his best friend, believes his client was drugged. David Pietroski told the Macomb Daily that his client doesn't remember stabbing the 17-year-old with a kitchen knife early Monday morning during a sleepover. Spatafore claims that when others started taking a "liquid" drug, he went to bed and was was drugged while sleeping. “My client remembers seeing a small, 1-inch tall vial in (the victim’s) hand that supposedly contained liquid acid or LSD, I guess it’s something new these kids are doing,” Pietroski told the Macomb Daily. A friend of Spatafore and the victim spoke to Fox 2 television about the incident. "It is really shocking ... I …
Jimmy
7:50 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wow. Just "wow". Circuit Court Judge Mary Chrzanowski has got to be the antithesis of a hanging judge. more ›