Friday, January 29, 1999

01281999 - Deputy Kenneth Socia - Arenac County SD






Former deputy dies when van hits tree
Bay City Times, The (MI)
November 15, 2004
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A former Arenac County Sheriff's deputy who was involved in the notorious "cussing canoeist" case died early Sunday morning when his van struck a tree in the 2300 block of Broadway, Bay City police said.

Kenneth Socia, 38, of Bay City, was rushed to Bay Regional Medical Center after the 2 a.m. crash but died a short time later, police said.

A 46-year-old Bay City man who was riding in the van with Socia was injured and was being treated in the hospital. His name was not released.

Socia ticketed canoeist Timothy Boomer along the Rifle River in 1998 when he heard Boomer use profanity in front of a woman and her children.

The state Appeals Court threw out charges against Boomer in 2002 when it ruled that a 105-year-old state law against the use of profanity in public was unconstitutional.

Socia was charged in 1999 with domestic violence for allegedly striking his girlfriend, and was subsequently fired by Arenac County Sheriff Jim Mosciski.

Socia attempted to get his job back, but a state arbitrator ruled against him in 2001. He currently was self-employed.

Investigators said Socia's van was traveling north early Sunday when it veered off the street and hit the tree head-on. The passenger went to a nearby bar to call for an ambulance.

An autopsy was scheduled today to determine the exact cause of death, police said. The scene also was investigated by an accident reconstruction expert from the Michigan State Police. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

Socia was born in Bay City. His brother, Michael Socia, is a Bay City police officer.

Among survivors are two daughters. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Stanislaus Kostka Church with burial in St. Patrick Cemetery.




















































Tuesday, January 19, 1999

01191999 - Detroit PD Officer Michael Ferguson - Sentenced For Shooting Pregnant Girlfriend [04201998]









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










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 fiancee 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 fiancee and found her with another man, police said. 

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