Overview

• Judge Richard L. Caretti sentenced Mark Joseph Newsome, 55, on Sept. 3 to a term of 5 to 15 years in state prison.
• Newsome received credit for 581 days already served and was ordered to have no contact with the victim’s family.
• Prosecutors said the Jan. 31, 2024 incident occurred in a Roseville group home where the victim, 72-year-old Dale Francis Mitchell, was found unconscious, bleeding and later pronounced dead at Ascension Macomb Hospital.
• Another roommate witnessed the altercation and called Roseville police, according to prosecutors.
• Local reports cited a dispute involving Taco Bell as a possible trigger, a detail attributed to Fox 2 Detroit rather than confirmed in court.