Monday, July 2, 2012
Sandra Layne, who admittedly told police that she killed her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman will be in court Monday morning.
Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has an exam scheduled at 48th District Court in front of Judge Kimberly Small Monday at 11 a.m. West Bloomfield Police detectives said that Layne admitted killing her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, on May 18. Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school, was shot multiple times in the condominium he shared with Layne and her husband in the Maple Place Villas complex, on the 6000 block of Brookview Lane. Layne faces a charge of open murder and felony firearms possession. On May 24, Small had granted the prosecution a delay in the preliminary exam to allow for a test of competency. If bound over by a district court judge, a circuit court judge will determine whether she …
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Jonathan Hoffman, 17, of West Bloomfield, tested positive for K2, also known as Spice, by Oakland County Medical Examiners.
Jonathan Hoffman, 17, of West Bloomfield, whose grandmother is charged in connection to his death last month, had tested positive for the drug called K2, also known as Spice, as part of his probation requirements on the day he was shot and killed, according to attorneys. Toxicology tests done by the Oakland County Medical Examiners' Office revealed the substances' presence in Hoffman's urine, according to a report in The Detroit News. Sandra Layne, 74, is charged with open murder and felony possession of a firearm in connection to the May 18 incident at her Maple Place Villas condominium. Initial blood tests did not reveal the presence of drugs in Hoffman's system. Court records show that at 10:38 p.m. March 17, Hoffman was stopped by …
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hearing for 74-old-old Sandra Layne of West Bloomfield charged in grandson's death is postponed. Father says he 'relented,' when Jonathan Hoffman wanted to stay behind after family moved to Arizona.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The 74-year-old West Bloomfield grandmother accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old grandson as he pleaded for his life during a 911 call spoke softly to a judge Thursday morning to authorize a delay for her preliminary exam. Sandra Layne, 74, is scheduled to be back before Judge Kimberly Small at 48th District Court on July 2 after Small authorized a motion from prosecutors to test Layne's competence. Prosecutors say Layne shot grandson Jonathan Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Hills Central alternative high school, multiple times Friday at the condo they shared in Maple Place Villas. Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota denied allegations that Layne had pre-planned Hoffman's death by asking her 84-year-old husband to …
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Sandra Layne, who admittedly told police that she killed her grandson, Jonathan Hoffman will be in court Thursday morning.
Sandra Layne, 74, a former schoolteacher, has a preliminary exam scheduled at 48th District Court in front of Judge Kimberly Small Thursday at 8:30 a.m. During her arraignment on open murder and felony firearms charges Monday, Layne bowed her head and sat mute amid testimony from West Bloomfield Police detectives that said she admitted killing her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, on May 18. Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school, was shot multiple times in the condominium he shared with Layne and her husband in the Maple Place Villas complex, on the 6000 block of Brookview Lane. If bound over by a district court judge, a circuit court judge will determine whether she should face first-or second-degree …
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48th District Court, State of Michigan
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Hundreds attend Tuesday morning funeral to honor the Farmington Central High School student who police say was gunned down by his grandmother at their West Bloomfield home.
SOUTHFIELD — Hundreds of friends and family packed the Ira Kaufman Chapel for the funeral service of 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, three difficult days after police say he was shot and killed by his grandmother in their West Bloomfield condominium. Friends and classmates spoke late Tuesday morning in front of a filled chapel in Southfield, not of the circumstances of Hoffman's death, which sent shockwaves throughout the community, but of a Farmington Central High School senior who was coming into his own while remaining one of a kind. "He was unafraid of being himself, even if it meant he was different from everyone else," Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel said in eulogy. "He wasn't just a computer geek. He was a cool computer geek…
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Two dozen people gather at Temple Israel on Monday night to share memories about the 17-year-old West Bloomfield resident who was shot and killed Friday .
As Max Dashevsky and friends were asked to recount minor details about their last day with 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman, the need to tell the bigger story grew Monday night. Interchangeably known as a road trip partner, video games teammate and a first best friend, Hoffman was remembered at a small gathering Monday night before his Tuesday morning funeral. The Farmington Central High School senior was fatally shot multiple times at his grandparents' West Bloomfield condominium Friday evening, officials say. His grandmother, Sandra Layne, was charged with murder Monday in his slaying. The teen's death and his grandmother's connection set off a shockwave in the community. With rain moving in Monday evening, Dashevsky and about 25 friends …
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Temple Israel
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Sandra Layne, a 74-year-old former schoolteacher from West Bloomfield, is being held without bond after being charged with murder in 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman's shooting death.
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Hoffman called 911 and pleaded for help after being shot in the chest, allegedly at the hands of his 74-year-old grandmother in their home in a gated community in West Bloomfield , according to police testimony at Sandra Layne's arraignment hearing Monday afternoon. Layne, a former schoolteacher, was arraigned Monday with an open charge of murder in Friday's shooting death of her grandson, a senior at Farmington Central alternative high school who previously attended North Farmington and Hillel Day School. After waving to family, including her husband, in the 48th District Court courtoom, Layne bowed her head and stood mute as a West Bloomfield Police detective described Hoffman's plea to …
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The Northern Star student newspaper talks to former classmates of Jonathan Hoffman, 17, who was shot to death Friday.
74-year-old Sandra Layne of West Bloomfield 'distraught' after spending the weekend in jail, not talking with investigators.
Update, 1:35 p.m.: Sandra Layne, a 74-year-old grandmother from West Bloomfield, was arraigned Monday afternoon on a charge of open murder in the fatal shooting of her 17-year-old grandson in their home Friday evening. Layne, who spent the weekend in the West Bloomfield jail, was denied bond by Judge Marc Barron of 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township. 1 p.m.: The 74-year-old woman being held in connection with the shooting death of her grandson Friday evening "is feeing very distraught and disturbed," her laywer, Mitch Ribitwer, told West Bloomfield Patch at 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township. The West Bloomfield grandmother is expected to be charged in the case early this afternoon. 10:15 a.m.: Arraignment is now expected …
A moment of silence will be held Thursday night at North Farmington High in memory of Jonathan Hoffman, 17, who will be laid to rest Tuesday. Meanwhile, his grandmother awaits possible charges by the West Bloomfield Police.
As the community comes to grips with the shooting death of Jonathan Hoffman, the 17-year-old's grandmother remains in custody by West Bloomfield Police in connection with the teen's homicide Friday night. Police would not say Sunday night if charges have been filed, or if they would be filed, against the unnamed 74-year-old woman. Her attorney spoke out over the weekend, saying she acted in self-defense. The Oakland County Medical Examiners Office confirmed Saturday that Hoffman, the son of a prominent divorce attorney, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting was reported to police around 5:27 p.m. West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond said the boy was pronounced dead after being taken to Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills …
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West Bloomfield Police Department
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Eric F
3:36 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
It stopped being an internal family matter when the shooting occurred. That makes it a potential crime and a matter for the state to investigate and if approprite to prosecute. How does shooting someone when they are down and calling the police constitue self defense? If the grandmother felt threatened by the grandson's drug use why did she not just kick him out of her house or call the police … more ›