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Chief homicide officer delivers message to contractor - South Send Tribune: Archives Page 2 of 3 Price, a Dowagiac resident, said he didn't know who Corbett was, but he was wearing a badge and carrying a gun. The man introduced himself, but Price said the name didn't register with him immediately. Corbett told him he wasn't there in an official capacity, but just as a favor to Urbanski, who wanted Price to return some materials to the Noma work site. Price said he told Corbett he didn't owe Urbanski anything. Price said Corbett told him that Urbanski wanted to send someone to Price's warehouse to try to point out the materials that belong to Noma. Instead, Price said, he asked Corbett to provide a list of the items in dispute. Corbett said he would get the list and deliver it to Price the next day, Price said. That never happened, he added. "The man said he's just trying to do me a favor," Price said. Corbett told him, he said, that he was trying to help Price avoid going to jail. Corbett did not return four telephone messages left for him over three days at the Metro Homicide Office. Nagy also did not return two telephone messages left for him on Wednesday. Prosecutor Michael Dvorak, who is the boss of both Corbett and Nagy, said he has asked both men to give him written reports about their involvement in the case. He said it's not unusual for police officers or investigators from his office to pay a visit to a party involved in such a disagreement. When ownership is in dispute, the police sometimes suggest that the property be returned to the person claiming ownership and that the quarreling parties let a civil lawsuit resolve the argument. But the head of the homicide unit? Dvorak repeated that he will ask Corbett why he got involved in the case. Price said he was frightened by Corbett's visit, especially since the officer was carrying a gun. The next day, he said, he called Urbanski to complain, and Urbanski suggested he talk to Dvorak. Instead, Price went to the county police to file a complaint against Corbett. He talked to John Botich, assistant chief of administration. Botich said he gave Price a form to fill out. Price left, he said, but has not returned so far to file the complaint. Price said he plans to file it today. As for Urbanski, he sees nothing wrong with calling Nagy or with Corbett's visit to Price. People "use the network they have," he said. "I'm grateful for what the prosecutor's office did to try to help us get stuff back," Urbanski said. Nancy J. Sulok's columns appear on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. You can reach her at nsulok @sbtinfo.com, or by writing c/ o South Bend Tribune, 225 W. Colfax Ave., South Bend, IN 46626, telephone (574) 235 -6234. [Illustration] Caption: Robert Urbanski talks on his cell phone outside Noma, an Asian fusion restaurant scheduled to open this fall in downtown South Bend. Urbanski said he is in the process of buying the building at 119 N. Michigan St. and will lease it to the owner of the restaurant/lounge. Tribune Photo /MARCUS MARTER Coming Sunday Construction of the new Noma restaurant has been plagued with problems since it began in June 2005. Nancy J. Sulok's Sunday column will look at the issues that have kept it from opening_; Photo: c Noma071806.jpeg Credit: Tribune Columnist http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/southbendtribune/access/I 122303 711.html ?FMT= FT &FMTS... 5/29/2012