2/28/13 - A Howell Township woman has been bound over for trial on charges she stole a donation jar from a local convenience store, while her husband will be arraigned today in the case. 28-year-old Tena Cory waived a preliminary exam Wednesday in Livingston County District Court on a charge of larceny in a building. Her case will now go to trial in circuit court. Authorities say Cory and her 34-year-old husband Michael walked into the store at M-59 and Grand River with a child on the evening of Saturday, February 16th. Store employees told police they believed the man stole items before all three left the store. Police say video surveillance then shows Tena Cory come back into the store and engage the clerk in conversation, while Michael Cory, with a black hoodie on his head, walked in and grabbed a donation jar, stuff it down his pants and leave. Michael Cory is set to be arraigned in the case at 11:30 this morning via a video link from the Charles Egeler Correctional Facility in Ann Arbor, where he was taken after his arrest as he was on parole for a previous retail fraud conviction. The donation jar they are charged with stealing was collecting donations for a girl in Arkansas with Down syndrome to get a needed surgery. Several members of the community more than replaced the money after hearing about the story. (JK)
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