Augusta Township clerk returns to court later this month to face eavesdropping charges
Kathy Giszczak, the Augusta Township clerk facing felony eavesdropping charges, will return to court later this month for a pretrial hearing, according to court records.
Giszczak is facing one charge each of eavesdropping and divulging information obtained by eavesdropping. She’ll be in front of Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Donald Shelton at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 28, according to court records.
Giszczak was bound over for trial at a preliminary examination in June.
Giszczak has previously defended herself against the charges and contends no laws were broken when she allegedly recorded a conversation between township Supervisor Pete Hafler and former Deputy Treasurer Janice Blair. Giszczak allegedly played part of that conversation for township Treasurer Angela Sherbine.
Blair contended in a wrongful termination lawsuit that the portions of the conversation played for Sherbine resulted in her losing her job. The allegations surfaced during a wrongful termination lawsuit Blair filed against the township.
If convicted, Giszczak faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
Giszczak is seeking re-election. She'll be on the Aug. 7 primary ballot against Democrat Iva Bielec. Republican contenders in the primary are Kathleen McDonald and Linda Adams.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
j matt
Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 12:53 p.m.
and again the old coots are still on a witch hunt. So sad that the real crimes go unpunished. Yet the good news is that not only will Giszczak be exonerated, but the nasty supervisor (hafler) and his cronies will soon be out of a job once the results of today's primary are tallied. Goodbye and good riddens hafler, king, lula, jackson, dew, mcdonald (root of all evils in Augusta) Hello Giszczak, Tobler, Burek, Okeefe, Todd and Howard....Long Live AugustaPride.Org
empedocles
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 : 9:22 p.m.
Kwame Kilpatrick, Robert Ficano, Jase Bolger, and Roy Schmidt. Now we can add Augusta Township Clerk, Kathy Giszczak, to the list of politicians who embarrass the good ones and cost their residents real money for their foolishness. I understand Gisczcak has costs August Taxpayers over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in ridiculous lawsuits and scams. Even if she wins her election and then loses in Court she will forfeit her office and Augusta Township will have another special election. Send her packing now. Do not vote for Kathy Giszczak in the Augusta Township primary. Save our tax dollars for citizen services, not more silly lawsuits and criminal allegations. BTW did former Augusta Township Treasurer Angela Sherbine, who abruptly resigned and moved out of state receive immunity to testify against Giszczak.
j matt
Tue, Aug 7, 2012 : 12:58 p.m.
i suspect that the real problems may be sourced from those who generate the loudest accusations...ever wonder if KG was on the verge of uncovering real crime from the office of supervisor? It is my humble opinion that he is truly shifty.