3/8/13 - The Hartland Township man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his son last year has been sentenced in the case. 53-year-old Mark Joseph Grabowski, a former football player who once played for the Detroit Lions, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful retention of a child by a parent. He was sentenced yesterday to 90 days in jail, with credit for 26 served, as well as 5 years of probation. A massive search effort began after Grabowski failed to return his 11-year-old son Connor home to his mother prior to Labor Day weekend last year. He was arrested at a hunting ranch in South Dakota about a week later. While with his father, a video of the boy was posted on YouTube in which he made allegations of abuse against his mother, but a Child Protective Services worker later testified that Conner was very eager to get home and an investigation found no evidence of any child abuse or neglect. (TD)
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