MACOMB COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man will serve up to 15 years in prison for the murder of his roommate at a group home in Macomb County last year.

Mark Joseph Newsome, 55, of Roseville, was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison by Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Richard L. Caretti on Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Newsome allegedly killed his roommate, Dale Francis Mitchell, 72, at a group home in Roseville on Jan. 31, 2024.

Newsome was originally charged with second-degree murder, but he pleaded no contest to manslaughter at his jury trial earlier this year and the murder charge was dismissed.

Authorities said Newsome and Mitchell got into a physical confrontation, which Fox 2 in Detroit reported was over a dispute about food from Taco Bell.

One of their roommates witnessed the fight and calle

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