Citing immunity under the Supremacy Clause, a federal judge has tossed the case of a former Michigan State Police sergeant who hit a man with a cruiser.
Brian Keely, charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Samuel Sterling last year, will not face federal charges, court documents say.
Jury finds ex-officer not guilty of using excessive force during arrest
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A state police trooper who drove an unmarked cruiser and fatally struck Samuel Sterling — a man a fugitive team sought to arrest — is heartbroken by the death, his attorney said.
Norton Shores attorney Marc Curtis indicated he is representing the trooper.
MSP Sgt. Brian Keely is charged with murder second degree or alternatively, involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of Samuel Sterling.
MSP Sgt. Brian Keely is charged with murder second degree or alternatively, involuntary manslaughter in relation to the death of Samuel Sterling.
Two veteran Macomb County sheriff’s deputies face criminal charges and are on paid leave after one of the deputies was accused of slapping a teenage boy in the face while he was in their custody to be transported to the Juvenile Justice Center, county authorities said.
The trial for Mathew Mistretta, a former officer with the Hartford Police Department, started Thursday. In 2021, Mistretta was charged with multiple counts of assault and battery, along with misconduct in office.
Sentences of community service and fines are too little for four Muskegon County Jail deputies charged in connection with a man’s jail death, his family said.
“To me it’s inconceivable. How can you do something like that and you don’t even get a bump on the wrist essentially,” said Jeremy Bulthouse, the younger brother to Paul Bulthouse.
Prosecutors have asked the state Court of Appeals to reinstate criminal charges against a former Lowell police officer who fired multiple gunshots at a fleeing car, injuring a passenger.
The former officer, Jason Diaz, contends he acted in self defense after the fleeing driver struck his patrol car.
A Lowell, Michigan, police officer was arraigned Tuesday on assault, misconduct and weapons charges after he fired at a fleeing vehicle last year, wounding a passenger in the head, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said.
In a statement announcing the charges against Officer Jason Diaz in Lowell, Nessel adressed another police involved shooting, saying there was insufficient evidence to charge Shelby Township Police Officer Jason Zuk in the 2018 fatal shooting of a man with mental health issues in a separate case.
Deaths of suspects fleeing police bring vastly different outcomes.
