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‘Crime spree’ teens to stand trial


Ihab Maslamani, left, confers with his attorney Joseph Kosmala on Thursday in 38th District Court in Eastpointe. Taylor and Ihab Maslamani, who are accused of taking a man from a fast food restaurant parking lot and killing him hours later, will go to trial on murder charges in suburban Detroit. (AP photo)

By ED WHITE

Associated Press Writer

EASTPOINTE— A judge on Thursday ordered two 17-year-olds to stand trial after hearing testimony from witnesses who said the men kidnapped a random stranger in a suburban parking lot, drew $300 from his bank account and killed him execution-style in a burned-out Detroit house.

Matt Landry was shot in ‘‘cold blood’’ by Ihab Maslamani and Robert Taylor, Macomb County assistant prosecutor Bill Cataldo told Eastpointe District Judge Carl Gerds III.

There is no evidence that Landry ‘‘knew these individuals and voluntarily got in the car with them. ... Something was wrong,’’ Cataldo said.

Landry, 21, disappeared Aug. 9 after buying sandwiches from a Quiznos shop in Eastpointe, near Detroit. His body was found four days later in an abandoned house. He had been shot once in the head.

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November 20, 2009

By KEN THOMAS

Associated Press Writer

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By COREY WILLIAMS

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