The owner of Oxford Center in Troy, where a 5-year-old boy died in a fire Jan. 31 while undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, will spend two days in the Oakland County Jail after she sold a gun in June instead of surrendering it to the court as part of her bond conditions.

Tamela Peterson switched out her black heels for a pair of flat shoes before a deputy escorted her out of 52-4 District Court after a hearing on Sept. 30 in Troy.

Peterson and three workers are criminally charged in the death of Thomas Cooper. She waived a hearing on the bond violation matter and pleaded guilty. She is not to possess or control any firearms as part of her overall bond conditions in the criminal case.

The district court judge sentenced her two days in the county jail, saying this was "very concerning t

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