Michigan man injured by stun gun sues sheriff’s deputies
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit man is suing two sheriff’s deputies after suffering injuries from being immobilized with a stun gun while riding his bicycle.
MLive.com reports that 59-year-old Ronnie Flemming alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was falsely arrested and unjustly assaulted by Oakland County deputies in July 2017. Flemming also says his civil rights were violated when the deputies fired a Taser into his hip while biking, causing him to fall and strike his face against a curb.
The lawsuit says Flemming received 10 stitches and several bone fractures. The deputies say Flemming fit the description of a wanted parole absconder. Both men are black, in their 50s and have graying beards. Deputies allege they feared Flemming had a weapon after he disobeyed multiple orders to stop fleeing and reached into his pocket during the chase.
Imprisoned former firefighter sentenced for another arson
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — An ex-firefighter imprisoned after confessing to lighting seven structures on fire has been sentenced for another southwestern Michigan arson.
The Herald-Palladium reports Kyle Norden was sentenced Monday by a Berrien County judge to 300 days behind bars for setting a small fire last fall in Coloma Township. It will run simultaneously with the terms he is currently serving.
The former Hartford firefighter previously confessed to lighting five fires in Van Buren County and two in Berrien County between September and October. Norden was charged in October with six counts of arson, four of which were later dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Berrien County Judge Donna Howard told Norden it took “something extreme like sending you to prison for this to stop.” Norden has said he suffers from depression.
Former Flint jail inmates sue over lead-tainted water
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Former inmates at a Flint jail say their rights were violated when they were exposed to lead-tainted water.
The lawsuit alleges that Genesee County officials withheld clean water, rationed bottled water and sometimes forced inmates to buy water. They’re also accused of rejecting deliveries of water by relatives.
Attorney Solomon Radner calls it “unconstitutional torture.” The lawsuit was filed Monday in Detroit federal court. Sheriff Robert Pickell says he won’t comment until he reads it.
The county jail, like the rest of Flint, was using water from the Flint River in 2014 and 2015. The city wasn’t treating water to reduce corrosion, and lead leached from old pipes as a result.
In 2016, the sheriff settled a separate lawsuit by agreeing to regularly test jail water.
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