OIDV Project Of Michigan - Officer Involved Domestic Violence Project Of Michigan: Macomb County Sheriff Department

In October 1999, Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel was investigated for raping an acquaintance during a Michigan law enforcement convention. Sheriff Hackel maintained that the sex was consensual.

In November 1999, Sheriff William Hackel was charged with rape, after he failed a polygraph exam.

During his trial in April 2000, Sheriff Hackel falsely maintained that the sex had been consensual. The jury convicted Hackel of rape.

In May 2000, Sheriff Hackel was sentenced to at least 3 years in prison for the October 1999 rape. He served 5 years and was released in 2005.

In June 2000, Sheriff Hackel filed an appeal on his rape conviction...He was still falsely claiming that the sex had been consensual. Hackel's appeal was denied.

In 2007, the Detroit US Federal Court turned down Sheriff Hackel's request for a new trial on his rape conviction. Hackel was still maintaining that the sex had been consensual.

Sheriff William Hackel has been throwing the words "consensual sex" around for years. In 1991, when male jail inmates broke into the female inmate section of the jail, the male inmates did not rape the women: "There's no question that they had sex," Hackel said, "It was consensual".

Although former Sheriff William Hackel is a convicted and registered sex offender, he was hired as the head of security for the Detroit Masonic Temple.
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Accusations fly in Detroit Masonic Temple lawsuits
Aug. 26, 2013 - 7:00 AM
Written by Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer http://www.tennessean.com/article/C4/20130826/NEWS01/308260041/Masonic-Temple-lawsuit-Detroit

An ugly legal battle that pits the owners of the Detroit Masonic Temple against the building’s former management company has thrust the iconic landmark into the spotlight in the last year, ensnaring several prominent businesspeople in the case and prompting embarrassing headlines for the 87-year-old facility.

The Masonic Temple Association, which owns the Masonic Temple, booted the management company, Halberd Holdings, out of the facility last year. The association claims, among other things, that Halberd was ruining the temple’s reputation by not paying its bills and hiring felons, such as former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel, who was convicted in 2000 of two counts of criminal sexual conduct and is a registered sex offender, as head of security.

The financial issues led DTE Energy to threaten last year to shut off the entertainment venue’s power, because of a more than $300,000 overdue bill, and required rocker Jack White’s intervention to save the temple from tax foreclosure.

Dueling lawsuits were launched beginning in November, when the association sued Halberd in Wayne County Circuit Court on allegations that included breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Halberd filed a countersuit in January, making its own claims of breach of contract and unjust enrichment. But Halberd also claims it has an ownership stake in the Masonic and wants a judge to force the association to negotiate a purchase agreement with the company.

Jason Abel, the attorney representing the Masonic Temple Association, dismissed Halberd’s claims as bogus.

"I think all of their claims are egregious and without merit. The fact that they’re contending that they have any right to take ownership of the Masonic Temple is wholly baseless," Abel said. "The Masonic Temple is an important fixture in the Detroit community, and it’s unfortunate that certain individuals are trying to undermine its effective operation in an attempt to obtain monies that they’re not entitled to."

Abel filed a motion in Wayne County Circuit Court asking that sanctions be imposed against Halberd and its law firm, Norman Yatooma and Associates, citing delays in turning over documents as part of the discovery process. During a court hearing Friday, the firm was given 30 days to turn over documents. Yatooma, perhaps best known for his spirited advocacy on behalf of the family of slain stripper Tamara Greene, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Severed ties
The legal case represents a dramatic undoing of a relationship that was supposed to provide stability to the Masonic Temple’s operations but instead ended up in court. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and touted as the largest Masonic temple in the world.

Halberd, hired in 2011, is accused of having accrued more than $1.2 million in debt related to expenses tied to the Masonic Temple the month before it was booted from the facility, but Masonic officials paint the facility’s current finances as stable.

Halberd, which denied many of the allegations in the initial suit, says in its countersuit that the Masonic owed $900,000 when Halberd took over management and that the company was brought in both to pay down the debt and develop new business for the temple. It says Halberd was entitled to manage the temple for two years, which should have given it until this coming fall.

In addition, Halberd claims that when it was locked out of the temple, the company lost access to production equipment and other items as well as $50,000 in cash in a safe on the premises. Halberd says the equipment is worth $2 million, but Masonic officials say it is worth a fraction of that.

The legal case also hasensnared several prominent individuals, including former Detroit Lions star Mel Farr and Donald Foss, the founder of Southfield-based Credit Acceptance Corp. Both men had ties they have since severed to Halberd — Farr as a named investing member and Foss through another company called Longstock III.

Foss, who was listed by Forbes Magazine among America’s wealthiest people in the 1990s, withdrew Longstock III from Halberd in March 2012.

The date of Farr’s separation from Halberd is unclear. In a brief phone conversation, Farr said he would need to check with some people before he could talk but then did not respond to follow-up requests for comment.

Halberd’s remaining investing membersaccording to court records are attorney Michael J. Smith, who has an office in Mt. Clemens, and Matthew Mazer, a New York filmmaker. In a copy of an April 2012 e-mail sent from Farr to Smith, he lashes out, saying he felt like he had been taken for a fool.

"I want my ... money back," according to Farr’s e-mail. "I want the management of the MTA (the association) to know exactly how you and Matt took them, and the investor I brought to the table, on this horrific ride."

It’s unclear how Smith and Mazer are connected, and neither responded to multiple requests for comment.

Mazer’s Internet Movie Database page credits him with being a producer and writer on "Buried Prayers" in 2010 and "Keepers of Eden" in 2007, and it lists him as co-executive producer on the 1994 animated film, "The Swan Princess." Mazer’s personal life was in the news after his nanny, Patricia Francois, sued him in 2009, saying he had attacked her for telling him to stop berating his daughter about her preparation for a holiday skit. Mazer filed a counterclaim, alleging an assault by Francois, who was eventually awarded almost $14,000 as well as attorney fees for the assault and associated overtime claims.

The case, according to various news outlets, sparked a protest outside Mazer’s Manhattan apartment over the treatment of domestic workers.

A list of accusationsHalberd’s claims to an ownership stake in the Masonic Temple rest on whether it is allowed to assume the role of Longstock III. The Masonic Temple Association and Longstock III had held out the possibility that the Masonic could eventually have been sold to Longstock III under certain conditions. That never happened, and Halberd, which was only the management company, announced that it was stepping into Longstock III’s shoes after Foss pulled Longstock out of Halberd. But Masonic officials say such a sale is off the table when it comes to Halberd.

Halberd had set up its own company, Detroit Masonic Temple Theatre Co., to manage the Masonic, which the association claims was not authorized and was designed to shield Halberd from its creditors. DMTTC was incorporated in November 2011, with Smith as the incorporator. In January 2012, Foss sent a letter to Smith asking that Halberd dissolve itself. The letter cited "a number of recent unauthorized activities" and a failure to provide certain financial reports. In March, after Smith replied that Halberd could not dissolve, Foss withdrew Longstock III from its membership in Halberd.

DMTTC filed for bankruptcy protection in June of this year. News of that filing prompted a flurry of news reports that incorrectly assumed the owners of the Masonic Temple were the ones filing for bankruptcy protection. DMTTC also was sued by the temple owners but its involvement in the lawsuits is likely sidelined by the bankruptcy filing.

The lawsuits themselves are a treasure trove of accusations. In making its case that Halberd failed to manage the Masonic as a first-class entity, the temple referenced a performance in the Masonic parking lot in May 2012 by DJ Pauly D, whose real name is Paul DelVecchio. The suit claims that Halberd investing member Smith tried to force DJ Pauly D to provide a private concert afterward but let him go when Smith realized he could not legally hold the performer.

The suit also claims that Halberd failed to pay payroll taxes for its employees regularly and that Halberd replaced whistle-blowers with felons. The suit says at least one member of Halberd is believed to have taken Masonic Temple revenue for his own personal account.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

07112012 - Deputy Thomas Romano Sauve Jr. - Sentenced - Macomb SD

Also See:

Deputy Thomas Romano Sauve Jr. charged with home invasion, stalking, unauthorized use of law enforcement computers, and domestic violence [March 03, 2011]

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2011/03/deputy-thomas-romano-suave-jr-macomb.html

Deputy sentenced for stalking
By Frank DeFrank
Macomb Daily
Posted: Thursday, 07/12/12 12:01 am
Updated: Thursday, 07/12/12 09:13 am
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20120712/NEWS02/120719946/deputy-sentenced-for-stalking

A suspended Macomb County deputy sheriff was placed on two years’ probation Wednesday following his conviction for stalking and domestic violence, according to court records.

Thomas Sauve, 35, also was ordered to have no contact with the victim, a woman with whom the married deputy admitted he’d had an affair. Sauve still must deal with allegations he improperly used the Law Enforcement Information Network system as well as face internal discipline from the county sheriff.

Sauve was sentenced Wednesday by Macomb Circuit Judge Matthew Switalski, who presided over the deputy’s trial. Sauve initially faced a felony home invasion charge, which could have sent him to prison for up to five years. He was accused of climbing to the woman’s second-floor apartment and entering without permission while she was there with a male friend. But he was acquitted of that charge and convicted of the lesser misdemeanor offenses last May.

The deputy’s future employment with the Macomb County Sheriff Department is still to be determined. Sauve was suspended pending the resolution of the criminal charges. Now, he’ll face discipline procedures as outlined by the deputies’ collective bargaining agreement.

RELATED ASSETS
“Now that the sentencing aspect is over, we will move forward,” said Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham. “He’s going to have an opportunity (for a discipline hearing). We’ll make our decision after that.”

Wickersham said the discipline to be meted out to Sauve could range from a suspension “up to and including discharge.”

Sauve went to work for the Macomb County Sheriff Department in 1999 as a corrections officer. He was sworn in as a deputy in 2003.

Jury to decide fate of suspended Macomb County deputy
By Jameson Cook
Posted: Wednesday, 05/23/12 12:01 am
Updated: Wednesday, 05/23/12 07:44 am
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20120523/NEWS02/120529857/jury-to-decide-fate-of-suspended-macomb-county-deputy

A Macomb County jury Wednesday will begin deliberating whether a suspended sheriff’s deputy stalked and assaulted his mistress, and illegally entered her apartment.

The jury trial of Thomas Sauve concluded Tuesday in Macomb County Circuit Court with prosecuting and defense attorneys arguing whether Sauve’s actions were criminal or over-reactions to the ugly, sometimes alcohol-influenced end to an illicit affair. Sauve admitted to repeatedly lying to his wife and his mistress.

“Divorce is drama, drinking is drama, dating is drama,” assistant Macomb prosecutor Betsy Mellos told jurors. “This we know is criminal. … Separate the drama from the elements of the crime.

“He’s a law enforcement officer in a position of power, and he broke the law himself.”

RELATED ASSETS
Sauve’s defense attorney, Kenneth Karam, called Sauve’s accuser, Amanda Sanchez Kolos, a liar, and that she was as much in the wrong as he was.

“To say one is better than the other in this tryst is news to me,” Karam told jurors.

Sauve testified: “I’m not on trial for lying. I’m not on trial for adultery.”

Friday, March 4, 2011

03032011 - Deputy Thomas Romano Sauve Jr. - Macomb County SD

Macomb County Sheriff Deputy Thomas Romano Suave Jr. was charged with harassing his ex-girlfriend; breaking into his ex girlfriend's home; stalking; domestic violence; and unauthorized use of a LEIN system.

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Deputy Suave's arraignment

Judge Lucido ordered that he have no contact with his ex-girlfriend. He also ordered Deputy Sauve to wear a global positioning system tether which will sound an alarm if he goes within 500 feet of his ex-girlfriend.

In her PPO request, Deputy Suave's ex-girlfriend stated that she had discovered that Suave had lied to her about being married...and she broke off the relationship.

Deputy Suave began to stalk her...and he even broke into her home.

During one confrontation, Deputy Suave threw her to the ground and choked her as he screamed at her: "F***ing whore! Slut! Bitch! F*** you! I hate you!..."

It has been over a year since Deputy Suave's arrest....and it appears that his case has disappeared. I cannot help but worry if Deputy Suave is back out on patrol and is continuing to stalk his ex-girlfriend...or if he is trolling for a new victim in his Macomb County Sheriff Department cruiser....

Deputy sentenced for stalking
By Frank DeFrank
Macomb Daily
Posted: Thursday, 07/12/12 12:01 am
Updated: Thursday, 07/12/12 09:13 am
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20120712/NEWS02/120719946/deputy-sentenced-for-stalking

A suspended Macomb County deputy sheriff was placed on two years’ probation Wednesday following his conviction for stalking and domestic violence, according to court records.

Thomas Sauve, 35, also was ordered to have no contact with the victim, a woman with whom the married deputy admitted he’d had an affair. Sauve still must deal with allegations he improperly used the Law Enforcement Information Network system as well as face internal discipline from the county sheriff.

Sauve was sentenced Wednesday by Macomb Circuit Judge Matthew Switalski, who presided over the deputy’s trial. Sauve initially faced a felony home invasion charge, which could have sent him to prison for up to five years. He was accused of climbing to the woman’s second-floor apartment and entering without permission while she was there with a male friend. But he was acquitted of that charge and convicted of the lesser misdemeanor offenses last May.

The deputy’s future employment with the Macomb County Sheriff Department is still to be determined. Sauve was suspended pending the resolution of the criminal charges. Now, he’ll face discipline procedures as outlined by the deputies’ collective bargaining agreement.

RELATED ASSETS
“Now that the sentencing aspect is over, we will move forward,” said Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham. “He’s going to have an opportunity (for a discipline hearing). We’ll make our decision after that.”

Wickersham said the discipline to be meted out to Sauve could range from a suspension “up to and including discharge.”

Sauve went to work for the Macomb County Sheriff Department in 1999 as a corrections officer. He was sworn in as a deputy in 2003.

Jury to decide fate of suspended Macomb County deputy
By Jameson Cook
Posted: Wednesday, 05/23/12 12:01 am
Updated: Wednesday, 05/23/12 07:44 am
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20120523/NEWS02/120529857/jury-to-decide-fate-of-suspended-macomb-county-deputy

(Mt Clemens, MI) The home invasion and stalking trial of a Deputy with the Macomb County Sheriff continued Tuesday morning as he took the stand and denied that he harassed the woman with whom he had an extra-marital affair.

Thomas Sauve, 35, appeared before Judge Matt Switalski and a jury of 8 women and 6 men, of whom 12 will be selected as final jurors to decide later this week upon his guilt or innocence.

Sauve, a nine-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, was having a two-year affair with Amanda Sanchez, according to police and prosecutors. After she broke it off, he allegedly stalked her, assaulted her and broke into her apartment while another man was there. Sauve is married with two children.

Under intense cross-examination by Assistant Prosecuting attorney Betsy Mellos, who repeatedly asked him to “admit you’re lying,” the deputy testified that he was not trying to “push her buttons” - referring to his repeated messages and voicemails to Sanchez. He further denied contacting her even she mentioned getting a restraining order against him.

“You’re a police officer, you’ve handled domestic violence matters, so you knew the rules, right?” Mellos quizzed. “Didn’t it dawn on you that you were harassing her?”

Sauve countered, “Your investigators didn’t do their job,” claiming that Clinton Township, MI police ignored certain evidence and failed to obtain numerous text messages that showed she was content to receive his affections and encouraged his admiration and attention. Mellos asked why he did not get them himself; he answered, “I tried to obtain them from Verizon but was told they were not available.”

Sauve called the woman a “Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde” type, describing an “on-again, off-again relationship.”

Mellos inquired of him why he asked Sanchez to listen to a song by Taylor Swift titled “Back to December.” “Was it because December was when you realized that she had begun dating and having a sexual relationship with another man, and so you became jealous and angry? Wasn’t that the significance of the song?”

No, replied Sauve. He was then asked by the assistant prosecutor if he tried to “play”on the feelings of Sanchez by implying to her that he considered committing suicide.

Sauve had previously testified, upon questioning from his defense attorney, that at all times he was invited to Sanchez’s apartment only at her request, and that he met her in public places only when she wanted him to be there or expected him to be present, and that once she went to his house when she was highly intoxicated and started crying and screaming at him to “get out” of his house and “come see her.”

Sauve is accused of felony 3rd degree home invasion and two misdemeanors. He has been suspended by Sheriff Anthony Wickersham’s department since March 2011 pending the criminal case’s outcome.

Macomb deputy charged with stalking, domestic violence
Published: Friday, March 04, 2011
The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/03/04/news/cops_and_courts/doc4d70845aad249808360763.txt

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Macomb County sheriff’s deputy has been suspended without pay after accusations he stalked and attacked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her home.

Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Sauve was arraigned Thursday in Clinton Township District Court. A judge released him on a $20,000 personal bond and ordered him to wear a tether and stay at least 500 feet from the woman.

Sauve’s preliminary examination is March 28 on charges of home invasion, stalking, domestic violence and unauthorized use of law enforcement computers.

Sheriff Tony Wickersham says that Sauve is a 11-year veteran of the department who worked road patrol.

No one answered Sauve’s home phone Thursday night. Defense lawyer Mark Pellechia tells WDIV-TV his client has a good work record, a wife and two children, and no criminal history.

Ex-girlfriend says Macomb County deputy stalked, beat her

Published: Friday, March 04, 2011
By Gordon Wilczynski
Daily Tribune Staff Writer
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2011/03/04/news/doc4d70db924b933750297801.txt

A veteran Macomb County sheriff’s deputy has been suspended without pay after being charged with harassing his ex-girlfriend and then breaking into her apartment while she was with another man.

Thomas Romano Sauve Jr. also was charged with stalking, domestic violence and unauthorized use of a LEIN machine, all misdemeanors.

His ex-girlfriend said he met her on Cass Avenue recently and beat and choked her while cursing her. She also alleges he often drives past her apartment and has followed he to her job.

“I am afraid,” she said in her request for a personal protection order.

Sauve, 34, stood mute at his arraignment on Thursday before 41-B District Judge Sebastian Lucido. He was released on $20,000 personal bond and a preliminary examination was set for 8:30 a.m. on March 28.

Sauve had been scheduled to turn himself in for arraignment 10 a.m. on Thursday but failed to show when he was in a different courtroom on another matter. But the case before Lucido was delayed for two hours because he had to appear before Macomb County Circuit Judge Mary Chrzanowski on a personal protection order hearing.

Clinton Township police investigated the case and turned their results over to the Macomb County prosecutor’s office for a warrant. The warrant was issued Wednesday, police said.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said Sauve was suspended immediately without pay. Wickersham said the sheriff’s department is conducting its own internal investigation.

“Based on those results and the criminal case it could lead to disciplinary measures up to and including termination,” Wickersham said

“We hold our deputies to a higher standard. If the facts are true, actions like this won’t be tolerated.”

A complaint filed with Clinton Township police by Sauve’s ex-girlfriend indicates they dated on and off for two years. She found out from his friends that he was married and had been lying to her about that during their entire relationship.

The ex-girlfriend said she confronted him about being married on Feb. 5 while both driving separate vehicles down Cass Avenue. She said they both pulled over and started yelling at each other. In the personal protection request she said Sauve pushed her girlfriend, who was trying to be a mediator, out of the way.

“He threw me on the ground and choked me,” the woman said. “While he was choking me he was yelling I was a (blank) whore, slut, bitch, (blank) you, I hate you. ...”

The woman said she managed to get up and drive away. She said she had broken blood vessels in her neck and bruises on her body, right elbow and arm.

The woman said she was sleeping at 4 a.m. in November, 2010, with her boyfriend at her apartment when Sauve broke in and started shaking her awake, she said.

“My current dating relationship and I were sleeping in my bed when Tom was all of a sudden standing over me shaking me to awake. He went into the living room and I was yelling at him to get out.”

The woman said Sauve finally left. The woman said she and Sauve were not together at this time but he couldn’t accept breaking off their relationship.

“He was constantly calling me and texting me begging me to take him back,” the woman wrote.

The woman said she and her friend were sitting on a couch on Jan. 3, 2011, when Sauve broke into her residence by pushing open a second-story French door. She said he threw her to the floor and took her phone so she couldn’t call police

She said he knocked everything from a kitchen table to the floor.

Later, the woman said she lives in a gated community and Sauve keeps on getting in. She also said he knows her friend’s driving record and has called her employer and sent her flowers at work during the last two months.

She said he goes to her job looking for her and that at times she has hidden herself from him.

Court records show Sauve has been married for the past six years and has two children. He graduated from L’Anse Creuse High School and started at the sheriff’s department in 1999 as a corrections officer.

He was sworn in as a deputy in 2003. He has been assigned to Harrison Township.

While releasing Sauve on personal bond, Lucido ordered that he have no contact with his ex-girlfriend. He ordered Sauve to wear a global positioning system tether which will sound an alarm if he goes within 500 feet of her, whether she is at work or home.

Sauve’s attorney, Mark Pellecchia, said he couldn’t comment on Sauve’s alleged actions because he hasn’t read the file.

Macomb Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Missig, sergeant at arms with the Macomb County Deputy and Dispatchers Association, said he wanted to hear both sides before commenting. He said so far he has heard only the woman’s allegations.

“At this point I can say Tom is well-liked and did a good job for the sheriff’s department,” Missig said.

The sheriff’s department employs 484 people and has 175 deputies.

Michigan deputy charged with stalking, domestic violence
Associated Press Report AP
5:57 a.m. EST, March 4, 2011
http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-michigan-deputy-charged-with-stalking-domestic-violence-20110304,0,215711.story

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Macomb County sheriff's deputy has been suspended without pay after accusations he stalked and attacked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her home.

Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Sauve was arraigned Thursday in Clinton Township District Court. A judge released him on a $20,000 personal bond and ordered him to wear a tether and stay at least 500 feet from the woman.

Sauve's preliminary examination is March 28 on charges of home invasion, stalking, domestic violence and unauthorized use of law enforcement computers.

Sheriff Tony Wickersham says that Sauve is a 11-year veteran of the department who worked road patrol.

No one answered Sauve's home phone Thursday night. Defense lawyer Mark Pellechia tells WDIV-TV his client has a good work record, a wife and two children, and no criminal history.

Sheriff’s deputy accused of LEIN misuse, harassing woman
Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011
By MITCH HOTTS
For The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2011/03/03/news/local_news/doc4d6fc29934fdd244051657.txt

A Macomb County Sheriff’s deputy is due in court Thursday after he was arrested in Clinton Township for allegedly harassing a former girlfriend and misusing a police computer system for personal reasons.

Thomas Sauve is expected to be arraigned in 41B District Court on charges of stalking the woman and misuse of the Law Enforcement Information Network, a computerized database of court and police records used by police agencies.

Sauve had been moved from road patrol duties to work in the Macomb County Jail while the investigation was pending.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham would not discuss the case on Wednesday night. Clinton Township police Detective Capt. Richard Maierle referred inquiries to police Chief Fred Posavetz, who could not be reached for comment.

Sauve is the second sheriff’s deputy in recent months alleged to have misused the LEIN system.

Sheriff’s Sgt. David Willis is under criminal investigation by the Michigan State Police for using the system to obtain information about an employee who worked for the county’s senior citizens services department.

Willis’ mother, Angela, was recently fired by Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel as the head of the senior services.

David Willis, an announced candidate for the sheriff’s position, has said the criminal probe against him and his mother’s termination are politically motivated, a charge denied by Hackel.

The first offense for misusing the LEIN system is a misdemeanor punishable by 93 days in jail and a $500 fine.

Deputy Suspended After Arraignment For Attack On Ex-Girlfriend
March 3, 2011 11:42 PM
CBS NEWS, Detroit MI
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/03/03/deputy-suspended-after-arraignment-for-attack-on-ex-girlfriend/

MACOMB CO. (WWJ) - A Macomb County sheriff’s deputy has been suspended without pay after accusations he stalked and attacked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her home.

Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Sauve was arraigned in Clinton Township District Court. He’s free on a $20,000 personal bond and ordered him to wear a tether and stay at least 500 feet from the woman.

The deputy is also charged with using his position to access restricted law enforcement information for personal use.

Sauve’s lawyer says his client has no criminal record.

Macomb County Sheriff Tony Wickersham says that Sauve is a 11- year veteran of the department who worked road patrol.

Sauve is now suspended without pay pending the results of an investigation.

Deputy charged with stalking, domestic violence
By The Associated Press
MLive.com
March 03, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Updated March 03, 2011 at 10:04 PM
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/03/deputy_charged_with_stalking_d.html

A Macomb County sheriff's deputy has been suspended without pay after accusations he stalked and attacked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her home.

Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Sauve was arraigned Thursday in Clinton Township District Court. A judge released him on a $20,000 personal bond and ordered him to wear a tether and stay at least 500 feet from the woman.

Sauve's preliminary examination is March 28 on charges of home invasion, stalking, domestic violence and unauthorized use of law enforcement computers.

Sheriff Tony Wickersham says that Sauve is a 11-year veteran of the department who worked road patrol.

No one answered Sauve's home phone Thursday night. Defense lawyer Mark Pellechia tells WDIV-TV his client has a good work record, a wife and two children, and no criminal history.

Michigan Officer Involved Domestic Violence

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

09192007 - Sheriff William Hackel - Denied New Trial - Macomb County SD

Also See:

[Sheriff] William Hackel - Masonic Temple Head of Security - Registered sex offender

August 26, 2013

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2013/08/sheriff-william-hackel-masonic-temple.html

[Sheriff] William Hackel - Registered sex offender - Released from prison

April 24, 2005

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2005/04/sheriff-william-hackel-registered-sex.html

[Sheriff] William Hackel - Appeal

June 6, 2000

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2000/06/sheriff-william-hackel-appeal-macomb.html

Sheriff William Hackel - Sentenced

May 15, 2000

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2000/05/sheriff-william-hackel-sentenced-macomb.html

Sheriff William Hackel - Trial: Convicted

April 17, 2000

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2000/04/sheriff-william-hackel-trial-convicted.html

Sheriff William Hackel - Charged w/ CSC

October 11, 1999

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/1999/10/sheriff-william-hackel-macomb-sd.html

Judge refuses new trial for Hackel
The Morning Sun
By SUSAN FIELD Clare Managing Editor
PUBLISHED: Friday, September 21, 2007 http://www.themorningsun.com/stories/092107/loc_trial.shtml

A federal judge has refused to accept a judge magistrate's recommendation that could have led to a new trial for a former downstate sheriff convicted of rape in Isabella County.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Whalen in Detroit had recommended that former Macomb County Sheriff William Harry Hackel be given a hearing to determine whether jurors might have been tainted but U. S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds rejected that Wednesday.

Hackel was convicted of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in April 2000 for raping a then 25-year-old woman during a conference at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort.

During the trial, according to court documents, Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police offered a job as a corrections officer and dispatcher to one of the jurors. Tribal police had investigated the allegation of rape.

Isabella County Chief Judge Paul Chamberlain dismissed the juror as soon as Isabella County Prosecutor Larry Burdick and defense attorneys became aware of the job offer and Hackel's attorneys appeared to agree that the action was adequate.

Hackel, who served three years in prison, later argued that Chamberlain should have conducted a hearing with all jurors to determine if they had been tainted because the juror told another on the panel about the job offer.

Hackel, in both his federal and state appeals, demanded that full-blown hearing.

The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected that argument. But Whalen, in the federal case that Hackel filed when he was still in prison, said Chamberlain should have held that hearing.

Edmunds, however, agreed with the state court.

In a 10-page order issued Wednesday, Edmunds ruled that Chamberlain had done an adequate job when he questioned the single juror and dismissed him.

Hackel's constitutional right to an impartial jury was not violated, and "was not contrary to and did not involve an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court."

Chamberlain conducted a "Remmer" hearing during the trial with Burdick, defense attorneys James Howarth and Daniel Waller, and the juror hired by tribal police.

After questioning the juror, Chamberlain dismissed him, and the defense attorneys complimented the judge, who indicated he did not find that there had been wrongdoing on the part of either tribal police -- who notified Burdick when they learned that a potential employee was on the jury -- or the prosecutor's office, according to court documents.

Chamberlain described the scenario as "ill advised at best, and at worst has the appearance of jury tampering."

Edmunds ruled that the Michigan Court of Appeals had "correctly observed that the trial court did conduct an investigation concerning the job offer" and that "all interested parties participated."

Edmunds also said that defense attorneys "were given ample opportunity to show that actual juror bias on the part of jurors other than" the juror who was offered the job.

"The Michigan Court of Appeals properly reviewed the record, concluding that under the facts presented here that there was no plain error," Edmunds wrote in the ruling.

After the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld Hackel's conviction, the Michigan Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal, according to court documents.

Sun Staff Writer Mark Ranzenberger contributed to this report.

No new trial for former sheriff
The Saginaw News
Posted by LaNia Coleman
September 20, 2007 - 23:26PM
http://blog.mlive.com/saginawnews/2007/09/no_new_trial_for_fomer_sheriff.html

A federal judge has ruled that a former sheriff received a fair trial the first time.

U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds on Wednesday overturned an earlier order for hearings on possible jury tampering in the case against former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Whalen on Aug. 17 ordered Isabella County Chief Trial Judge Paul H. Chamberlain to conduct the hearings to determine whether Hackel received a fair trial on charges of sexual assault.

Hackel alleged jury tampering in the 2000 case, which sent him to prison.

Ex-sheriff loses new trial bid
U.S. judge rules against Macomb's William Hackel on jury tampering issue.
The Detroit News
Paul Egan
Thursday, September 20, 2007

A federal judge in Detroit on Wednesday shot down former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel's latest bid for a new trial on his sexual assault conviction.

U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds overturned a federal magistrate judge's recommendation that the Isabella County Circuit Court grant Hackel a hearing on whether the jury at his 2000 trial was tainted.

Edmunds ruled the jury tampering issue had already been considered and rejected by the Michigan Court of Appeals and did not need to be heard again.

Hackel, 65, the father of current Sheriff Mark Hackel, was convicted of third-degree sexual assault for raping a 25-year-old acquaintance at a 1999 law enforcement conference at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant.

Hackel admitted having sex with the woman but claimed it was consensual. He was released from prison in2003.

In 2004, Hackel went to federal court seeking a new trial.Among other issues, Hackel said the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police, which investigated the incident, offered a juror a job during the trial.

The juror was dismissed, but Hackel argued the juror may have tainted those left on the panel.

On Aug. 17, U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Whalen recommended that Hackel be granted a hearing on that issue. But Edmunds ruled Wednesday that the Michigan Court of Appeals considered the issue in 2002 and found that Hackel's right to an impartial jury had not been violated.

Hackel's attorney, Terence Page, could not be reached for comment.

Former Sheriff Denied New Trial
WNEM News 5
POSTED: 4:41 pm EDT September 20, 2007
UPDATED: 4:57 pm EDT September 20, 2007
http://www.wnem.com/news/14161269/detail.html

SAGINAW, Mich. -- A former Macomb County sheriff convicted of rape in Isabella County has been denied a new trial.

William Hackel was convicted on two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in the 1999 rape of a 25-year-old at the Michigan Sheriffs Association conference at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort.

A federal judge in Detroit then recommended a hearing to determine whether jurors might have been tainted, after one was offered a job as a corrections officer with the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police.

It was tribal police that investigated the original complaint, but the claim was rejected Wednesday. Hackel served three years in jail.

Judge Grants Hearing In 7-Year-Old Hackel Case
Click On Detroit
POSTED: 3:23 pm EDT August 21, 2007
UPDATED: 11:27 am EDT August 22, 2007 http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/13942246/detail.html

Seven years ago, former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel was convicted of sexual assault in Isabella County.

Hackel was charged with raping a woman while at the Soaring Eagle Casino, but Hackel claimed the sex was consensual.

Now, a federal magistrate granted a hearing on claims of jury tampering. One of the jurors was dismissed.

During the trial, Saginaw Chippewa tribal police made a job offer to one of the jurors.

Prosecutor Burdick and Chamberlain admitted in court that the situation was worrisome, and the judge indicated his level of concern by dismissing Morden, Griem had argued.

Griem had argued that the judge "acknowledged the prejudice" created by the job offer "without curing it" by declaring a mistrial and ordering a new trial.

Chamberlain twice in court said the job offer had "an appearance of jury tampering," according to Griem's brief.

The judge also "failed to determine whether other jurors were influenced by Morden after he was tainted," Griem said in the brief.

Hackel served as sheriff for 23 years. His son, Mark, won the post in fall 2000 and was re-elected in 2004.

Hackel's rape trial was possibly tainted
Juror's job offer leads federal judge to grant hearing on new trial
Macomb Daily
By Jameson Cook
Macomb Daily Staff Writer
PUBLISHED: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/082107/loc_20070821004.shtml

A judge's order for former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel to receive a hearing for a possible new trial is a decision long awaited by Hackel's former appellate attorney.

David Griem, who represented Hackel in his appeal of his 2000 rape conviction, said Monday he is glad Hackel will get the court hearing because he still believes Hackel was wrongly convicted and should have won a retrial.

"The only person who got raped in the Bill Hackel case was Bill Hackel," Griem said.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Whalen's last week reportedly ordered a hearing within 90 days about whether the jury that convicted Hackel was tainted because of a juror being offered a job during the trial with the Tribal Police of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, which investigated the case, and the juror talking about it to another juror.

Whalen reportedly indicated that the juror's situation was not adequately probed by the trial judge, Judge Paul Chamberlain of Isabella County Circuit Court in Mount Pleasant.

The juror, Dan Morden, was offered the job on the second day of testimony during the 2-week trial, and accepted it two days later. But Isabella County Prosecutor Larry Burdick did not learn about it until April 25, when he informed Judge Chamberlain.

Morden sat in the trial for several days and told another juror about the job offer, according to appellate documents in the original appeal in the state courts. Chamberlain then dismissed him, leaving the jury with its minimum level of 12. One other juror had been dismissed previously.

Hackel's federal appellate attorney, Terence Page, could not be reached Monday for comment.

Hackel, now 66, was convicted April 27, 2000, of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for acts on a 25-year-old woman in October 1999 in a hotel room at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant, on the Saginaw Chippewa reservation. He was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison and was released in 2003after serving three years.

The incident occurred while Hackel was attending a conference staged by the Michigan Sheriffs Association, for which the victim worked.

Hackel, who was married, argued the sex was consensual.

In Hackel's state appeal, the Court of Appeals in December 2002 criticized his defense attorney in the trial, James Howarth, for failing to seek a mistrial because of Morden's activities.

Howarth at the time defended his decision, saying a new trial could have favored the prosecution and would have further increased Hackel's legal expenses, although he did admit one time before that not seeking the mistrial may have been a mistake.

Griem said he had made the same argument Page did regarding the juror -- along with other arguments -- in his appeal, but lost in the state Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court.

In his appeal, Griem had argued that Morden telling a fellow juror tainted the case beyond repair.

"He (Morden) told her he was probably getting the job but claimed not to have discussed how it might impact the case," Griem says in his brief.

Prosecutor Burdick and Chamberlain admitted in court that the situation was worrisome, and the judge indicated his level of concern by dismissing Morden, Griem had argued.

Griem had argued that the judge "acknowledged the prejudice" created by the job offer "without curing it" by declaring a mistrial and ordering a new trial.

Chamberlain twice in court said the job offer had "an appearance of jury tampering," according to Griem's brief.

The judge also "failed to determine whether other jurors were influenced by Morden after he was tainted," Griem said in the brief.

Hackel served as sheriff for 23 years. His son, Mark, won the post in fall 2000 and was re-elected in 2004.

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MI: Former sheriff and convicted rapist, William Hackel, eligible for parole in April
By Macomb Daily Staff and Wire Reports
December 26, 2002
Edited by Dec 31, 2002 6:16 pm
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Imprisoned former Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel has lost an appeal for his conviction for raping a female acquaintance at a law enforcement conference.

The Michigan Court of Appeals, in a unanimous decision released Monday, affirmed the ex-lawman's convictions and his 3-to-15-year sentence for third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Hackel, spending his second Christmas behind bars at a Kentucky federal prison, is eligible for parole in April.

"That is just sad," said Gerald Medley, a retired sheriff's detective. "I really feel bad for his mother, his wife and his family, especially at this time of year."

Hackel served 24 years in the sheriff's office now held by his son, Mark. He was convicted in 2000 of raping a 25-year-old woman in 1999 in her hotel room at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mount Pleasant.

Hackel, who turned 61 earlier this month, had claimed the two had consensual sex, but the woman insisted she had been sexually assaulted.

In the appeal, Hackel said his attorneys should have been allowed to challenge testimony from the woman's mother that he said indicated that the woman was after money in a civil lawsuit.

The victim, now 27, has filed a pair of civil lawsuits seeking damages above $25,000 for distress and anxiety. Both lawsuits have been dismissed.

Hackel's appeal also said the court should have declared a mistrial when it learned a juror had been offered a job by police involved in the rape investigation, and that his attorneys had provided an inadequate defense.

But the appeals court ruled Michigan law restricting testimony about a complainant’s sexual past could be used to restrict questioning of the woman's mother. It also said that the trial court acted properly when it dismissed the juror with the job offer.

A call to David Griem, Hackel's appeal attorney, was not returned Wednesday.

In the past, Griem had called the case against the former sheriff "an extremely weak one." It is not known whether Hackel will pursue the appeal to a higher court.

Meanwhile, Hackel continues to remain a popular figure among his friends and colleagues in Macomb County. They've held fund-raisers to help him pay an estimated $100,000 in legal bills.

"No one will ever make me believe Bill raped that woman," said Medley, who has known Hackel since both were teen-agers.

Accusations fly in Detroit Masonic Temple lawsuits
Aug. 26, 2013 - 7:00 AM
Written by Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer http://www.tennessean.com/article/C4/20130826/NEWS01/308260041/Masonic-Temple-lawsuit-Detroit

In October 1999, Macomb County Sheriff William Hackel was investigated for raping an acquaintance during a Michigan law enforcement convention. Sheriff Hackel maintained that the sex was consensual.

In November 1999, Sheriff William Hackel was charged with rape, after he failed a polygraph exam.

During his trial in April 2000, Sheriff Hackel falsely maintained that the sex had been consensual. The jury convicted Hackel of rape.

In May 2000, Sheriff Hackel was sentenced to at least 3 years in prison for the October 1999 rape. He served 5 years and was released in 2005.

In June 2000, Sheriff Hackel filed an appeal on his rape conviction...He was still falsely claiming that the sex had been consensual. Hackel's appeal was denied.

In 2007, the Detroit US Federal Court turned down Sheriff Hackel's request for a new trial on his rape conviction. Hackel was still maintaining that the sex had been consensual.