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A drunken Detroit area pastor with multiple prior DUI arrests rams his car into a building, then turns around and rams the pursuing patrol car. This little stunt seems to have garnered him attempted murder charges.
FULL STORY: https://www.wxyz.com/news/ferndale-...s-accused-of-trying-to-kill-deputies-with-car
Update ... After months of evaluation in a psychiatric facility the pastor has been ruled competent to stand trial for the October 2021 incident.
FULL STORY: https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-...ty-sheriffs-deputies-competent-for-trial.htmlFerndale pastor charged with trying to kill 2 Arenac County Sheriff’s deputies competent for trial
A Ferndale pastor and frequent drunken driver accused of trying to kill two Arenac County Sheriff’s deputies has been found mentally fit for trial.
Arenac County District Judge Richard E. Vollbach Jr. on Tuesday, April 5, ruled 57-year-old David A. Jones is psychologically competent to participate in court proceedings. Vollbach based his ruling on reports from the Center for Forensic Psychiatry in Ypsilanti, where he had sent Jones for an evaluation on Oct. 26.
Jones, who remains in custody, is charged with two counts each of attempted murder and assaulting, resisting, or obstructing police and single counts of third-degree fleeing and eluding police, malicious destruction of police property, malicious destruction of a building less than $200, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, driving with an open intoxicant, and driving while license suspended.
Attempted murder, the most serious offense, is punishable by up to life in prison. ...