[MI] Charged with dv, Officer Chris Clark resigns

Niles officer resigns
WSBT-TV
Jan 23, 2008A Niles police officer arrested earlier this month on a domestic assault charge has resigned his position. Niles City Administrator Terry Eull said Chris Clark, 36, a nine-year veteran of the department, submitted his resignation Monday. He offered no other details. Clark had been suspended with pay after the alleged incident at his home Jan. 10....

NEWS FROM LAST WEEK: Niles police officer arrested for assaulting wife
WSBT-TV
Lou Mumford
Jan 14, 2008
NILES - A Niles city police officer has been suspended with pay after he allegedly assaulted his wife. Chris Clark, 36, a nine-year veteran of the department, was charged with domestic assault in the wake of the Thursday night incident, said 1st Lt. Michael Brown, commander of Michigan State Police in Niles. Booked at the Berrien County Sheriff's Department in St. Joseph, Clark was arraigned the next day in Berrien County Trial Court and released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond... Brown said the victim of the alleged assault was Clark's wife, Victoria. She suffered minor injuries and was released...

Niles police officer arrested for assault Nine-year veteran suspended with pay, faces charge of assaulting his wife.
South Bend Tribune
Lou Mumford
January 15, 2008
...First Lt. Michael Brown, commander of Michigan State Police in Niles, said troopers were dispatched to Clark's Niles area residence along with officers from the Niles city department... "Our officers determined a domestic assault had taken place... They had no option but to arrest Chris Clark"... Domestic assault is a 93-day misdemeanor. A $500 fine could also be imposed.

Niles officer arrested
Niles Daily Star
By ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:44 AM EST
...[Capt. James] Merriman said Clark, an eight-year veteran who joined the department in September 1999, has been suspended with pay, pending an internal investigation. A case trial has been scheduled for Friday...