raneice gardner

Mon, Oct 25, 2010 : 12:35 p.m.

rest in Peace Big Cousin i Love You So Much & Miss You Like Crazy. I Remeber You Use Two Love To Be On The Computer & On Skype. Now You On Here RealTalk Man i Think About You Every Day & My Dad " Fry " / Jeremy. Think About You All The Time, i Got You Right Here In My Heart. smh. ( Tearss ) Tell Auntie Viola & Shanise i Said Hey & imiss Them also. We Will Meet aqain. * Oh. & For The Others Sycamore Just Beqan To Be Like This Not From The Manaqe Ment. From The Residents

ronn oneal

Tue, Jan 26, 2010 : 1:44 a.m.

Wow how wrong you are to believe that ssi and poverty and Aid reciepients is a mix for disaster. I have disagree. Parents not doing their jobs to raise law abiding, God fearing, drugs and, alcohol free children. I only here Blacks friends speaking up. R.I.P. My Brother Black but, I do know also that he had a difrrent side to him. I hope that this ends now and not turn into a big Gang shoot out with more life wasted. I would love to become an YPSIADVOCATE. need more info on ypsi advocates. Im a living, breathing testamony of making poor choices, becoming a man, making better choices by trial an derror but I know that I wasted enough time in and out of rehabs and prison and near death..... I want to save lives by telling my story.

GOD'S PROPERTY

Mon, Jan 25, 2010 : 1:28 p.m.

WOW!!! This type of thing happening in our community is not surprising to any of us and everyone has a solution or suggestion on how to fix it but it starts with each individual and the finger pointing has to stop. Have you attended any NeighborhoodWatch meetings? Have you written any letters to anyone that could help and show your concerns? There is crime everywhere so for people to say it's "those" people and no it is "those" people is silly. We are all in this together because we all live in this community and could be effected by these crimes in one way or another. If nothing but seeing our beloved property values go down. What about the people? The deaths? WOW!!! I am one of the residents who has lived both in Sycamore Meadows and now reside in Washington Square across the street. I'm one I guess one writer here would refer to as "got out" in a sense. I feel so guilty at times because I have taken on the "that's those folks business" attitude myself. If you are not involved then it doesn't involve you. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! People are dying. I have raised 3 kids in this community and two of which graduated from Willow Run High School. I am afraid of stray bullets and being robbed and all of the above but fear this in other areas I am in as well. I think the point I want to make is WE ALL have to do something and complaining and being fearful and trying to stay in our nice lovely home or not so nice low income homes and evading the problem is not going to help us. We has a community MUST get involved and do something. None of us has that answer yet and need to come together and brain storm and work together to figure it out. It is true that the government, police or the management alone can not do it. WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE IN THE OAKBROOK, BROOKSIDE,WIARD ROAD WASHINGTON SQUARE, SYCAMORE MEADOWS, DANBURY PARK MANOR, areas.

tiredofmess

Mon, Jan 25, 2010 : 10:33 a.m.

To all those that blame management and the goverment your blame is misplaced. Do you not see that the suspects listed here in this paper reside in Oakbrook subdivision and came to sycamore to do their dirty work.Give it a break this altercation started outside of sycamore and was finished by non-residents from across the street where it is said to be a safe community.Please know the facts before posting.

bucksnort

Mon, Jan 25, 2010 : 6:02 a.m.

well they shut the police sub station down on holmes road. with in a mile of the green. so the next time you here shots it will be a little longer befor you hear the police

bucksnort

Mon, Jan 25, 2010 : 5:53 a.m.

ya bulldoze it an then what?

Monica

Mon, Jan 25, 2010 : 5:50 a.m.

Here are some facts. Ms. Pittman and Mr. Convington are son and mother. I know, the ages of these "suspects of interest" may confuse some but it is highly possible to have a baby at 17. Mr. Convington has been in and out of trouble for years. Breaking and entering, unarmed robbery and more. Since at the time, he was Juvenile, these former criminal acts have not YET been reported in the paper. They will soon. The other "suspect" Ms. Pittman has been in trouble with the law too many times to count...on mostly low level offenses. Let's just say stealing and fraud does not fall to far off the tree. Danbury Park is not Sycamore Meadows or vice versa. The only thing that is the same about these complexes are the low income housing. Not all of the people that live within these complexes are bad....but with ALL neighborhoods in the area, there are pockets. As for not escaping that area of Superior Township, I lived their for many years and I moved out many years ago. The problem is NOT just the residents but the management that keeps allowing certain individuals in to obtain the mightly Section 8 or Section 236 dollars. Danbury Park was good when my former management was there.....because they cared. If I have it correct, none of these individuals involved in this shooting, actually lived in Danbury Park or Sycamore Meadows. For the people of Oakbrook, two of these "suspects" live in your community. I have no idea where the other "suspect" live. The murder victim did not live primarily in this area either. Just because he had family in the area, does not mean he lived their F/T. This was a WEAK response to a fight where the accused shooter got beat and decided to go home and get some steel courage, in order to finish the fight. What is the issue with dealing with the "backside" whipping and staying at home with your anger? The WCSD is doing less with more. They had a task force in these areas that greatly reduced the level of criminal activities in these areas. In the same aspect, with the mileage being voted down, they are trying to do more, with less, RIP to the victim and God Bless victim's family

reddog801

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 8:15 p.m.

Can we please get down to the real issue at hand here? Some will not like my statements here but it is the truth. How many shootings have occurred on MacArthur Blvd over the last few years? Too many. How many people have been murdered there? Too many. Why does the County of Washtenaw and or the state allow this to go on? I know people struggle. I know people need a place to live, but low income housing coupled with folks on SSI and Food stamps is just a recipe for disaster. Michigan is one of the only states that I know of that allows you to stay on their state ran system as long as you want. They offer no way out. These people that are living in Low income housing don't want a way out. It is a breeding ground for violence and drugs. Once statement above was that people fear to even let their children outside to play. Well, then educate yourself and get a decent job and get the hell out of there. The only person that can help someone that lives there is their selves. If they don't want anything better they will never get it. Now, I am all for the state helping people that need it but for a limited time. You cannot stay on aid forever. At some point you need to man up and become a better person for yourself and your children if you have any. What are the children learning from living in places such as these? It's not sending a good message and the State of Michigan and Washtenaw County are not sending a good message by allowing these people to stay in low income housing as long as they want sucking off the system. The sheriff department should be the one complaining more than anyone. They are not there to babysit a community. They are there to serve and protect. Again I know this will piss a lot of people off, but they need to do the same thing that they done to the other apartment complex that was there in the 70's. Bulldoze it. Build quality homes on the property and drive the riff raft out. I realize that not everyone in low income housing is responsible, but come on, why would you put yourself in that predicament? There are better options. Until the community comes together and urges that the low income housing projects be removed there will be continued murders, shootings and violence there. Is this really what you want Superior Township? Washtenaw County is this really what you want? State of Michigan why not step up to the plate and do something about this? It's in your hands and you are the one that started it and thus provide the breeding grounds for this type of behavior. My heart goes out to the family of the young man that was shot and killed. Nobody should have to go through that. My condolences to the family.

from d2y

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : noon

Once again a shooting in Sycamore Meadows, where neither the victim or the suspects reside, (just like the previous incidents). Take a closer look at your neighbors outside of Sycamore, instead of pointing the finger at management and residents, guess where the suspects reside? Jamar was a loving father and an all around special guy. R.I.P. "Black"

Deb

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 10:51 a.m.

As I stood at my bedroom window and watched the investigation scene unfold in front of me last night I became enraged with anger and sadness. Why do innocent people have to put up with this kind of ignorance? Children aren't able to go out and play because their parents fear what could happen to them. Individuals can't get out and take a walk to try to clear their minds because of the situation of a downed economy they are in and worrying about how they will pay their bills, even more so eat and keep a roof over their heads and take care of their families. I live very near McArthur Blvd and see and hear all the trouble that has occured over at the apartments across the street. I hear the gunshots go off and see the sheriff's cars arriving on the scence. I somehow have to believe the management at these subsidized apartment complexes have got to be held responsible for some of this crime. "Slum Lords" will take in anybody and anything as a resident to hoard money, yep it has come down to the almighty dollar and not the safety and concern for people who are struggling to make a living. I think a clean sweep should be made and background checks done on everybody who lives in these apartments and root out the bad seed. Residents need to be aware of the bad people and report them to the authorities or otherwise this place will never be a safe place to live. I feel like I live near downtown Detroit.

mliverox

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 9:31 a.m.

@blake138 Because it would be asking too much for the RESIDENTS causing all of those problems to be held responsible. Sure there is a small majority that causes most of the problems. But the rest of the residents allow it to go on by not holding their neighbors accountable, refusing to coooperate with police, etc.

Cash

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 8:21 a.m.

Guy, I'm right there with you! I too am an Oakbrook resident and have lived here for 25 years. I have the best neighbors in the world! We are an eclectic mix of ages and ethnic backgrounds. We have watched our children and now grandchildren grow up and are like an extended family. We watch out for each other and when anyone needs help, we are all there for them. The potshots at all of MacArthur Blvd are foolish. My heart goes out to the many good people who are struggling in Sycamore Meadows. It is unfair that they have to live in fear. If I point my finger at anyone it's the management of that complex. When you know who causes trouble evict them! Keep the peacemakers and lose the troublemakers.

guyfroma2mi

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 1:30 a.m.

Great. Another shooting at Sycamore Meadows. I do wish, though, that people would stop referring to MacArthur like the entirety of it is lined with slums and public housing, rather than referencing the one subsidized apartment complex along it and a liquor store across the street from it that account for the vast majority of problems along this mile-long road; it demonstrates ignorance and demeans (and affects property values of) the subdivisions along it. I wouldn't make a blanket statement like "Ann Street (in A2) is dumpy" because there are a couple blocks with trash-strewn rental homes, or "Michigan Ave is prostitute-ridden" or "dangerous" because of a couple bad stretches- I'd qualify it. I've lived in the Oakbrook Sub, just off MacArthur down near Clark, for 3 years and the only time I've seen a police incident on my block was to break up a teenage party- there are no barred windows, kids are always outside playing driveway basketball, lawns and homes are generally well-kept, and it's a friendly, stable, mixed-race middle-class neighborhood.

YpsiAdvocate

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 12:34 a.m.

Jamar Gardner, this young man was witty, kind, and very bright. He truly will be missed. God Bless the Gardners including the extended Family and Friends - including the Sycamore Meadows Community (Village). As an YPSIADVOCATE...Let us pray for the entire Sycamore Community (Village). The Community is strong with familiies in the area, and the surrounding subdivisions, that have grown to love and care for one another. Let them come together. Teach that it is Life or Death; choose to LIVE, RIGHT. As an YPSIADVOCATE...let us also pray for the individuals who will have to live with the fact that they took the life of another, now his generation has been disruppted, those will have to continue on throughout life without, without a father,a brother, a son, a cousin - let us pray... As an YPSIADVOCATE, let us pray that those that commited the horrific act do the right thing and turn themselves in. Be a man. As an YPSIADVOCATE, do not harbor those, if you know something CALL the sherrif @ 734-973-7711 do not stand back and let this happen in YOUR Community. Some one is dead, never to take another breath. Take a stand. Loving thy neighbor as thy self. Become an YPSIADVOCATE!

mike

Sun, Jan 24, 2010 : 12:06 a.m.

This is a bad lost he was good peoples r.I.p black

jb82

Sat, Jan 23, 2010 : 11:33 p.m.

MacArthur is the "wild wild west". It is time to do something about it already. I understand certain unfortunate people need the low income housing to survive, but the various projects around Ypsilanti are too dangerous.

Erica Hobbs

Sat, Jan 23, 2010 : 9:16 p.m.

The Sheriff's Department had reports that the car could be a Honda or a Hyundai.

ferdcom

Sat, Jan 23, 2010 : 6:27 p.m.

How do they know the car was a foreign make? Do they know the make of car? Why not release the information?