01012004 - Chief John Josten - Assault - Bloomingdale PD

Bloomingdale Police Chief, John Josten arrested for domestic violence assault against wife, an Allegan County Deputy [May 15, 2009].



1978: John Josten received a year probation for an assault and battery in Portage Michigan.

http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/1978/01/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

1993: John Josten hired by the Bloomindale PD and named as police chief later that year.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

2004: Chief John Josten was charged with assaulting a man in Barry County Yankee Springs. Josten was placed on prosecutorial probation and case was later dismissed.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2004/01/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

May 2009: Chief Josten was arrested for a domestic violence assault against his wife, an Allegan County Sheriff deputy.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

May 2009: Chief Josten pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault and battery charge, which will be dismissed within a year.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

May 2009: Chief Josten was supsended from the Bloomingdale PD.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

September 14, 2009: Council members who had supported the supension of Chief Josten, following his pleading guilty to domestic violence charges, had their car tires slashed on the same day.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

September 17, 2009: Chief Josten was fired from the Bloomingdale PD.
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html

June 2010: Chief Josten's domestic violence assault case would become nonpublic [under MCL 769.4a]
http://michiganoidv.blogspot.com/2009/05/chief-john-josten-bloomingdale-pd.html