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ROSEVILLE — Roseville 39th District Court Judge Joseph Boedeker bound over a 54-year-old Roseville man to Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens June 17 on a charge of second-degree murder.
Mark Newsome allegedly got into a fight with his 72-year-old roommate, Dale Mitchell, that went from verbal to physical on Jan. 31. Mitchell died after Newsome punched him in the head several times, according to a press release from the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office.
In February, a competency exam for Newsome was conducted. On April 17, the district court ruled that Newsome was fit to stand trial on May 15. On May 15, the court set June 17 for Newsome’s preliminary examination, and he subsequently was bound over to circuit court.
A Roseville police press release said that the two men lived in a boarding-style home. The house allowed tenants to rent separate bedrooms and had a shared common area.
Newsome is charged with second-degree murder, a felony that carries up to a life sentence. A request for bond was denied by Boedeker.
“We are committed to ensuring that justice is served for the victim and his family,” Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in a June 18 press release.
Newsome’s attorney, public defender Gary F. Kennedy II, did not respond to a request for comment for this story before press time.
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