30. June 2009 by AJ.

If you were not able to attend, you didn’t miss anything. I was simply something to do with one of the two defendant’s probation violation. The next court date is July 10 at 8:30 am at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice. We were told that it will be brief but we will be given the trial date, court room and Judge’s name at that time so more to come on July 10!

AJ

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25. June 2009 by Coach Pyper.

I have a great story about Jimi  that most of you, if not all,  probably never heard. Jimi and I went to school together since elementary.  When we were in 7th grade Jimi came and picked me up at my house in a car, block on the accelerator and all, and we went to McDonald’s. I don’t remember what I ordered.  I think we then went to school but I have no idea how he got that car home.  It was one of my favorite adventures as a youth.  Jimi will always be remembered by me as an adventurer.  Another character trait that Jimi always possessed was his passion for life.  It didn’t matter what was going on Jimi always had that impish smile and  “wild at heart” spirit.  I will miss him and I will continue to pray for your family
Dave Pyper

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24. June 2009 by AJ.

Tonight (June 23rd) there was a memorial service in honor of Jimi at his church “Our Lady of the Woods”.

I’d like to thank each and every person that was there to share it with us and I’d like to thank Dee especially for making it all happen.

The choir was outstanding as was the entire service.

I do hope that the choir is able to replace the missing voice and I know that they can never replace Jimi.

THANK YOU ALL

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23. June 2009 by AJ.

I’ll do my best to explain as short and sweet as I can and everyone can add what they know as well. Please remember this is my recollection so others may have corrections. Also please note that this is an ongoing case and I’m not trying to publish my opinions…….yet.
I will not name them on here as anything more than what the prosecutor names them, alleged murderers. I don’t want anyone stumbling across this site to think I’m publishing defamatory statements………yet…

Things that we learned today that we didn’t know:

1. Jimi’s car was not where Bob, Butch, Steve and myself thought, It appears that our detective work after the fact was incorrect.

2. The DPD Officers were much closer than we originally thought.

3. The Officers surrounded the area in an extremely fast manner and left the two with no where to go.

4. The two had parked ten to twelve blocks away and walked to where Jimi was.

5. They both confessed without coercion and their stories don’t exactly match.

6. They both had ski masks and one of them had gloves. One of them did admit to wearing a ski mask

7. They found the handgun in close proximity to (20 ft. or so) to where the two were found

8. One of them confessed to having the gun and had gun shot residue on his hand

9. It was a K-9 Officer that found them hiding under a bush in someone’s back yard (NOTE: If you knew Jimi’s love for dogs you’d see the irony in a dog finding his alleged murderers)

10. One of them admitted to just want the car to sell it to a chop shop

11. Neither of them said anything to Jimi, It appears as though (at this point) they tried the door handle on the car, found it was locked so they fired at him through the window two times

12. The prosecutor has added two charges to each of the two defendants

13. The new charges should be posted on the Wayne county Sheriff’s website tomorrow 6-23-2009
http://www.waynecounty.com/sheriff/jails.html
(Click on Jail Division on the left hand side, then click on Inmate Info Online, Next click the link Search Inmate information and type in the last /first of either defendant and it will give you the list of charges)

14. The next court date is June 29 at 9:00 am.  It will be at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice and I believe that it will be where the two will be allowed to enter their plea of guilty or not guilty

This was approximately two and a half hours of really hot courtroom time to hear these things so be assured that this is only the icing and not the cake. As I said in the beginning of this post, I’ll keep it as correct as I can…..until this is all over…………Then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone that was there this day, please feel free to add to this either by comment or send it to me in email and I’ll add it to this post directly.

AJ

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20. June 2009 by Barb-sister5.

This is from Marge & Jim Troe of Sterling Heights (Jimi’s neighbor’s) while he was growing up. There are to many thing to remember just one. But we do know that our lives are much richer because we knew Jimi.

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17. June 2009 by AJ.

I am in the process of making a DVD of pictures, If you have any pictures that you’d like to be included just email them to me at lmaison@maisonmartialarts.com

Comments about the pictures will help too!

AJ

P.S. Friends send your pictures too!!!

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17. June 2009 by garyfootekarate1.

This was another day at Karate (Maison Martial Arts). Jimi and his Sensi/Nephew David were doing punches down the floor. David had some pads on his hand thinking that Uncle Jimi would break his hand by punching it. When they were by the wall David moved and instead of Uncle Jimi breaking Davids hand he dented the wall! After that Jimi took a pen and autographed the wall with his Signiture.  I think David was thinking thank you for these pads.

 Thats the story ” DANG IT, HE DENTED THE WALL!”

 God Bless Uncle Jimi! You will truley be missed!

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16. June 2009 by Phil Blandford.

I have a lot of great memories of Jim and one of the best is remembering Jim as my motorcycle riding buddy.

For a couple of years I thought about buying a motorcycle and finally did so in October 2008. I had never ridden a bike in my life (am I the only person that ever bought a bike and had to ask the previous owner to deliver it?). What I learned about bikes leading up to that purchase came from three sources: (1) the internet, (2) my brother and (3) Jim. After looking at a few bikes and asking Jim a lot of questions (some of which I think he ran by AJ), I bought a 2006 Yamaha V Star 1100.

I took the Motorcycle Ohio safety course and rode a few times in my neighborhood. I had never ridden more than a couple of miles from home when Jim said “let’s take a ride”. We rode 50 miles that day….that was a long ride for me. Showing respect for the experienced rider, I asked Jim if he wanted to lead on the ride. He said that I could lead and he would follow. It wasn’t until after the ride that he told me he didn’t want to lead because he was worried that if we had to stop suddenly, I wouldn’t be able to stop and would ride into the back of his bike! It made a lot of sense when I thought about it. On May 3 we went on another ride….this time for 105 miles. My riding skills were much improved but he still knew better than to lead!

Jim gave me a bell (about 1 inch tall) that I hung on my bike. The tradition is that there are little road gremlins that can cause problems for bikers. The bell protects the biker from the gremlins….they get trapped in the hollow of the bell. The ringing of the bell drives them insane and they can’t cause problems for the biker. I feel pretty good knowing that I have the bell and that Jim is up above watching over as I ride.

And AJ….thanks for letting me know about this site.

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12. June 2009 by Barb-sister5.

What I remember is JIMI always gave great HUGS. When ever he was leaving he always made a point to shake your hand or always gave you a hug which meant he loved you.

WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU JIMI

Barb

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12. June 2009 by Barb-sister5.

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