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Onlookers shout insults as Imeson returns to
Huron County under guard for court appearance
John Miner
Accused multiple killer Jesse
Norman Imeson returned to Huron
County Friday, shackled and
appearing solemn as he was led into
the courthouse under heavy police
guard.
"I hope you rot in hell you useless
piece of crap," shouted one of about
40 onlookers as Imeson climbed the
four concrete steps to the court-
house.
"Murderer," called another.
Most of the crowd watched silent-
ly - including some who snapped
pictures with their cellphones as
Imeson shuffled from thpolice van
to the courthouse sur ended by
OPP officers.
Imeson stared straight ahead,
ignoring the comments.
In contrast to his appearance at
the Shawville, Que., hospital where
he was taken the
day after his
July 31 arrest,
Imeson, 22, was
cleanshaven.
Unlike in
Quebec, he
wasn't smiling.
He wore a
baggy white t -
shirt and green
track pants into
a court where he
was formally
charged with
first-degree mur-
der for the
killings of Bill
and Helene
Regier, a South
Huron farm cou-
ple.
The Regiers
were found shot
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CRUISING WOODWARD 49 YEARS AGO
By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective"
Every year in mid-August, tens of thousands of original and modified
vintage cars and trucks from all over North America cruise up and down
Woodward Avenue in Detroit. This spectacular event is known as the
Woodward Dream Cniise.
I first cruised up and down Woodward in an old car 49 years ago. Here
is how that happened...
I turned 16 on May 4, 1958. Two weeks later, my older brother and i pur-
chased a mint original 1940 Buick Super coupe for $500 from the GM deal-
er who had sold it new in our home town of Leamington, Ontario.
It came with blackwall tires, but my brother found a set of five 16 -inch
Denman wide whitewalls at a tire shop for $20 apiece. We put them on and
began cruising in style.
By living only 35 miles from downtown Detroit, we began cruising regu-
larly up and down Woodward Avenue with a carload of friends decades
before anyone thought of the Woodward Dream Cruise. We often glanced
at our car's reflection in store windows as we rolled by. and could hardly
believe we had such a cool ride.
Whenever it was my turn behind the wheel, i straightened my left leg to
add extra height to myself (I'm 5'8") because i desperately wanted to look
cool. And because i still wasn't shaving every day, i sported a pair of char-
coal sideburns. Up close, you could tell they were phoney, hut from ten feet
away I looked like Elvis's younger brother.
I had a ;57 Buick engine hack home that i was trying to sell, and i stuck an
ad in the rear window of our '40 Buick ("1957 Buick engine for sale"). Detroit
hot rodders who pulled up beside us at a red light thought our car was for sale
with that engine under the hood, and they began revving up for a drag.
When the light turned green, we could hardly see five feet in front of us
as the car alongside smoked its tires on a neck -snapping take -off. We took
off no faster than our grandmother.
I remember one evening turning in to a drive-in restaurant. The parking
lot was filled with chopped and channelled '32 Fords and '49 Mercs. Only
one parking space was available and I quickly turned into it.
But by driving in forward, we faced a brick wall. We had to twist our
heads and look at all the hot rod action through our rear window. Not very
cool. I finally got the car turned around but forgot to turn off the head-
lights. That oversight turned out to be good because that was the signal for
car hop service.
A cute young girl with a ponytail roller-skated over to our car and took
our order. I wonder where she is now...
Photos of this year's Woodward Dream Cruise are online at
www.CarStory.com. You can contact Bill Sherk by email bill@carstory.com
or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3.
Lynda I-fillman-Rapley photo
Cuffed and surrounded by police, Jesse Imeson is meshed into Goderich court for a five-minute court
appearance. He was formally charged with first-degree murder for the killings of Bill and Helene Regier,
an elderly South Huron farm couple.
Imeson didn't look at the 30 people
behind him in the courtroom.
Asked by the justice of the pease
if he understood the charges,
Imeson nodded and spoke softly.
His court appearance last about
five minutes. He is scheduled to
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appear by video link again Sept. 10.
The Regiers' deaths sparked a
massive police search involving air-
craft, canine units and emergency -
response team officers. Police had
earlier combed a nearby area
searching for Imeson in connection
with the death of a Windsor -area
man, Carlos Rivera, on July 19.
After the Regiers were killed, the
public was asked to keep a watch
out for the stolen Regier pickup
truck, discovered on the same day
as their funeral.
The truck was found 600 kilome-
tres away in dense bush off a back
road near Renfrew, west of Ottawa.
Imeson was arrested the next day
on the Quebec side of the river in a
joint Ontario -Quebec police opera-
tion.
He also has been charged with
first-degree murder in the death of
Rivera, who was found strangled in
Imeson's boarding house room in
Windsor.
Imeson is scheduled to appear
again.in Windsor court -by video link
on that charge Aug. 27.