Preliminary Exam for Accused Bank Robber This Week
Michael Boshell, 41 of Chesterfield Township, is accused of passing a note around 3:50 p.m. Friday, March 23, to a Genisys Credit Union teller and demanding money.
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A Chesterfield Township man accused of robbing a credit union late last month is scheduled to appear this week in 42-2 District Court for a preliminary exam.
Michael Boshell, 41, was charged with bank robbery for the March 23 theft at Genisys Credit Union on Gratiot south of 23 Mile. Boshell was originally scheduled to have a preliminary exam April 2 in the New Baltimore court. However, the exam was postponed to 9 a.m. Thursday because his lawyer requested more time for discovery, township police said Monday.
His girlfriend Cara Tamer, 28, of Chesterfield, will also have a preliminary exam at the same time on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property more than $1,000 from the robbery. Police said Tamer used money that Boshell gave her to buy the couple cell phones.
Boshell is accused of passing a note to a Genisys Credit Union teller and fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash. Chesterfield police, along with units from Michigan State Police and Macomb County Sheriff's Office, eventually found him inside Green Roof Motel at 49250 Gratiot, police said.
After initially denying involvement, Boshell then confessed to robbing the credit union. A search warrant was later executed inside the motel room, where officers retrieved money and clothing from the robbery, Detective Sgt. Deron Myers said.
Dave
4:53 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012
Not much to say about this so far.. just be aware that it is a misdemeanor to exceed the terms of the search warrant. I'm not saying it will affect this case, cause i can't see that anyone did. But, in this case i could see probable cause for you to search the cell phone records and do a follow up investigation. I can't see where someone else didn't know about it ahead of time. I think there are more people involved, more witnesses, etc... the phone records could possibly show who they called between the time they bought them and the time they got busted.. anyone that important to call when i was robbing a bank would be important enough to be questioned. Know what i'm saying?
Dave
5:16 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012
With all three agencies involved i'd wonder who was the lead investigator.. but since it is a federal offense it must be the FBI. I think they have plenty of evidence already to charge this guy.. and his girlfriend for the robbery.. her as an accessory after the fact.
I see nothing wrong with full disclosure of whatever the police have in discovery pertaining to the robbery itself. I see no problem with delaying the preliminary hearing untill both sides have access to all the facts. And especially i'd welcome the additional time to build a case myself if i were the prosecutor in this case. Does anyone know who that might be? Or is this supposed to be a guessing game?