Police: Body cam review led to charges against 2 officers
DETROIT (AP) — A random review of body camera footage has led to home invasion and other criminal charges against two Detroit police officers accused of entering a house without a search warrant and arresting a man.
Assistant Chief James White told reporters Tuesday that the investigation started in January and stemmed from a police department policy requiring supervisors to conduct the reviews.
Officer Bradley Clark and Sgt. Paul Glaza were arraigned last week and are suspended with pay.
A Detroit man has said two officers came to the west side home on Jan. 22 looking for another man who wasn’t there.
The man said the door was kicked in and he was arrested after he told the officers they had no right to be there without a search warrant.
Automatic life sentence for man in death of 4-year-old girl
DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter.
Brad Fields’ no-parole sentence was mandatory Tuesday, less than a month after the 29-year-old was convicted of murder and torture.
Police responding to a 911 call on New Year’s Day found Gabrielle Barrett with severe burns in a Sumpter Township trailer home. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators said Fields and the girl’s mother, Candice Diaz, discussed online how to punish the girl for wetting herself.
Fields declined to speak in court Tuesday. Diaz still faces trial.
Judge Vonda Evans compared the home to the castle in “Beauty and the Beast.” But the judge says the beast “had a good heart” while Fields was a “murderer.”
Detroit Bar Association to unveil member composite Oct. 10
Join the Detroit Bar Association in the Third Circuit Court lobby of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit at 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 10 to celebrate the unveiling of the DBA member composite.
The composite features the DBA’s 2017 lawyers and judges. Gathering the photos for the composite was a two-year project. It will be hung on the wall in the Third Circuit Court lobby next to the 1935 and 1947 Detroit Bar composites.
The unveiling will be followed by a reception at 5 p.m. at the Caucus Club, 150 W. Congress St. in Detroit.
The event is sponsored by Marko Law, and there is no charge to attend. Registration includes appetizers and a cash bar. Register at www.detroitlawyer.org.
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