WEST MICHIGAN — Several notable court cases are still pending in Ottawa and Allegan counties.
Here are expected court dates:
Ottawa County 20th Circuit Court
James “Jimmy” Richard Beauchamp, 55, of Kentwood, was arrested in December 2023 after a months-long investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office. Beauchamp is a former employee of St. Patrick-St. Anthony Parish in Grand Haven. He is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old at a hotel in Grand Haven.
Beauchamp is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct during the commission of a felony, child sexual abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime and furnishing alcohol to a minor. A motion to suppress is scheduled for July 12.
The jury trial for Cinecca Madison is scheduled to begin Sept. 4. Madison, 21, is charged with open murder, assault with intent to murder and two felony firearm charges in the June 2022 shooting death of 19-year-old Antory Burrell.
Demontae Knight Jr., 18, was also shot and told police he played dead to avoid being shot again. Burrell and Knight Jr. were attacked while riding their bikes on 16th Street and College Avenue near Hope College in Holland. Police say all three knew each other.
Juan Sandro Cabrera has a status conference scheduled for July 10. Cabrera was found guilty of killing 14-year-old TJ Wells in a gang-related incident at the Hampton Inn in Holland Township in 2019. Cabrera was 18 at the time of the shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
In March 2023, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Cabrera should be resentenced. In 2022, the court ruled automatic life sentences for 18-year-old murderers violated the state constitution's ban on "cruel or unusual" punishment.
A status conference for Juan Nunez has been scheduled for Aug. 19. Nunez was convicted of murdering Pereddies Restaurant employee Scott Anderson, 22, during a robbery gone wrong in 1997. Nunez was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Nunez was 16 at the time, making him Ottawa County’s only “juvenile lifer.” Nunez was granted resentencing in 2016 and was again given life without the possibility of parole. That sentence was vacated by the Michigan Supreme Court in December 2022. Nunez will now receive a third sentencing.
Randall Grinwis has a final pre-trial conference set for Aug. 12. Grinwis, 58, is accused of killing his girlfriend, Donna Hyma, 63, on New Year’s Day in Zeeland Township. A post-mortem autopsy confirmed Hyma died of asphyxiation (suffocation).
Jerrell Lindsey was bound over to circuit court after a June 20 preliminary exam in 58th District Court. Lindsey, 19, is accused of killing Miguel Zamudio, 41, of Holland, in an April shooting on W. 19th St. Lindsey is charged with one count of open murder, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and two felony firearm charges.
Ottawa County 58th District Court
Augustina Villarreal will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 2. Villarreal, 37, of Hudsonville, pled no contest to aggravated domestic violence on June 21 for ordering her dog to bite a man during a domestic argument in May.
Villarreal was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, but the charge was reduced to a misdemeanor. A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.
Allegan County 48th Circuit Court
Kevin James Thorne is scheduled to be resentenced Aug. 5. Thorne appealed his March 22 conviction by jury trial of third degree criminal sexual conduct and his sentence of 75-180 months — or up to 15 years — in prison.
Thorne, 52, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in February 2020 in a pole barn on his property. The Michigan Court of Appeals upheld Thorne’s conviction but agreed he wasn’t properly scored for sentencing.
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Kent County 17th Circuit Court
Nicholas Mui is scheduled for a status conference July 15. Mui, 22, of Grand Haven, is accused of stealing and selling log-in information for mPerks, the loyalty and rewards incentive program for Meijer.
Mui was arrested and arraigned in December 2023. He was bound over to Kent County 17th Circuit Court from 59th District Court.
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at esasiela@sentinel-standard.com. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.
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