Friday, April 24, 1998

04241998 - Deputy Orval Parker - Waived Preliminary Exam/Facing 4 Years In Prison - Monroe County SD







Deputy Waives preliminary examination
Monroe News
April 24, 1998
http://www.monroenews.com/
A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend with a handgun in March, will be arraigned in circuit court next month.

Orval (O.P.) Parker, 45, a 20-year veteran of the sheriff’s department, appeared in 34th District Court in Romulus before Judge Tina Brooks-Green on Wednesday and waived his right to a preliminary examination on the charge against him.
His circuit court arraignment in Monroe has been set for June 16.

Deputy Parker was charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony, in mid-March. The charge stems from an incident on March 11 at his home.

According to the state police investigators, Deputy Parker pointed a handgun at his ex-girlfriend during an argument and ordered her out of the house.

A special prosecutor from Washtenaw County reviewed the state police investigation and authorized the charge against him.

He remains on suspension from the sheriff’s department pending the outcome of the criminal charges. He is free on a $500 personal recognizance bond.

If convicted of the charge Deputy Parker could be sentenced to as many as four years in prison.

Monday, April 20, 1998

04201998 - Detroit PD Officer Michael Ferguson - Shot Pregnant Girlfriend











Officer charged in fiancée shooting
Police say he found her with another man
Detroit Free Press
April 21, 1998
A rookie Detroit police officer accused of shooting his pregnant fiancée in the neck when he caught her with another man was charged with attempted murder Monday night, police said. 

Michael Ferguson, 22, who works the midnight shift patrolling the 6th (Plymouth) Precinct, came home early Monday to the Parker Street apartment he shares with his 21-year-old fiancée and found her with another man, police said. 

The woman, who was four months pregnant, apparently thought Ferguson was...




ORIGINAL CHARGES: ATTEMPTED MURDER.

MDOC NUMBER: 278722
CURRENT STATUS: DISCHARGED
LOCATION:
SECURITY LEVEL:
EARLIEST RELEASE DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE: 03/01/2009

SENTENCE 1:
OFFENSE: WEAPONS- FELONY FIREARMS

MCL #: 750.227BA
COURT FILE # : 986090
COUNTY: WAYNE
CONVICTION TYPE: BENCH
MINIMUM SENTENCE: 2 YEARS 0 MONTHS
MAXIMUM SENTENCE: 2 YEARS 0 MONTHS
DATE OF OFFENSE: 04/20/1998
DATE OF SENTENCE: 01/19/1999
DISCHARGE DATE: 03/01/2009

SENTENCE 2:
OFFENSE: ASSALUT W/INTENT TO DO GREAT BODILY HARM LESS THAN MURDER

MCL #: 750.841
COURT FILE # : 986090
COUNTY: WAYNE
CONVICTION TYPE: BENCH
MINIMUM SENTENCE: 3 YEARS 6 MONTHS
MAXIMUM SENTENCE: 10 YEARS 0 MONTHS
DATE OF OFFENSE: 04/20/1998
DATE OF SENTENCE: 01/19/1999
DISCHARGE DATE: 03/01/2009