Former Ishpeming police officer charged with domestic violenceuppermichiganssource.com
Posted: 10.04.2010 at 5:12 PM
ISHPEMING -- A former Ishpeming police officer, charged with one count of domestic violence, will be in court Tuesday afternoon.
His name is not being released until after his arraignment.
The officer, who resigned from the Ishpeming Police Department Sunday, is charged with a misdemeanor.
Michigan State Police and Marquette County Prosecutor's Office investigated the allegations that were recently brought to their attention by the victim.
According to officials, the domestic violence incident happened in Marquette County at the officer's home between 2005 and 2006, with a family member.
Officials say the officer was on the force when the incident happened, but was not related to his work as an officer.
Authorities say the victim was not injured. [Hmm. I bet this depends on the definition of "injured."]
The officer is to appear in Ishpeming District Court, Tuesday afternoon.
UPDATE:
Out of over a hundred combined article comments no one accused the commenter who claimed to be his daughter and his victim of lying. She wrote that there was no hitting, and said the crime had nothing to do with domestic violence but that the dv charge was a (snazzy, tricky) part of a plea agreement to hide a different family crime that had occurred.
EXCERPTS FROM COMMENTS:
...I just want everyone to know.. Ron never beat anyone.. there is alot that you people dont know.. and know one will ever know what happened except for the two people that were there...
=================
Katts replied: exactly you need to know what the original charge was.. because i know for a fact thats not what it was.. it was a deal cut.
=================
G.L. said: Boy are you dreaming. Let the white washing begin. I can hear the rustling of papers and the shredder going full speed.
=================
FORMER ISHPEMING POLICE OFFICER SENTENCEDuppermichiganssource.com
Posted: 10.05.2010 at 9:13 PM
The former Ishpeming police officer charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic violence was sentenced Tuesday at Marquette County District Court in Ishpeming. Ron Schultz, 37, plead guilty to the charge. The victim came forward in August. After a full investigation by the Michigan State Police, Schultz was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. Tuesday, he was fined over $600 and will see no jail time unless he fails to pay the fines in a timely manner. If the fines are not paid by October 15, Schultz will have to report to jail. He will have to spend one day for each $50 he owes. According to officials, the incident occurred with a family mejmber at the officer's home between 2005 and 2006. Schultz resigned from the Ishpeming Police Department on Sunday. [LINK]
EXCERPTS FROM COMMENTS:
Katts said: I want everyone to know that he never hit anyone. it has NOTHING to do with that at all...
=================
OK then replied: So Katts.......... all of your comments on these two stories make one logically figure that the daughter was molested, and he plead to a lesser charge...
=================
katts replied: Because i am the daughter.
=================
katts replied: um yes he did.. and i will tell you how i know that.. because im the daughter he did that to.
=================
AFYooper replied: You will one day realize what you have lost and it is already too late for you to get it back!! "Ron" as you now call him, did the right thing by his family by NOT letting this go to court...
=================
wth replied: Oh yes, because that is what he deserves, moving on quickly to a successful career and the pretend happy family!!!! Are you kidding me. The poor kids will be living their lives apart and the the mom without her daughter because of this jerk...
=================
Katts replied: Out of all the people on here, you have actually motivated me... thank you! i need positive people in my life.. again thank you.. its nice for someone to have my back in this situation.. :]
=================
Katts replied: NO you didnt stirke a nerve... And its not the case.. me being the daughter didnt want to break the family up like its did.. i tried to keep it together as long as i could...
=================
Katts replied: He never hit anyone. it was a plea agreement so he wouldnt get charged with what really happened.
=================
Katts replied: ...You dont know what went on behind closed doors, on him and his daughter does, No one will ever endure the pain that she has had, the sleepless nights because of him, the tears she shed because of the family she broke up...
=================
katts replied: That is not the reason why i left. Its not because i could not get my way. because for the most part i had it made living there.. it just so happens that what happened the day i left as like the straw that broke the camels back. Do you really think he would of pled guilty to something he didnt do? i dont think so...
=================
dano123 said: I would like to know why did this take so long?...
=================
Marshyliz replied: I agree with most of your questions. Why so long? Why wait until now to resign?...
=================
Katts replied: She finally broke.
=================
UP Watchman said: Well Bjorn should have seen this coming. You hire a guy with two drunk drivings what do you expect. Somebody should hold Bjorn responsible for hiring this guy as a police officer. Sounds like negligent hiring to me...
[police officer involved domestic violence oidv intimate partner violence (IPV) abuse law enforcement public safety michigan state professionalism]
Bless you Katts. Telling people someone they love did something horrible is hard. So hard. It is so easy to feel like you should keep it a secret. To protect them. To keep the pain from rippling across through everyone. But it isn't your cross to bear. You've felt enough pain and deserve to be free from guilt, shame, or fear. Victims rarely, rarely get justice in sex crimes and I feel so sad for you that they pled him down to dv. He should be held accountable. People should know he is not safe to have around their girls. I'm disgusted. Completely disgusted.
ReplyDelete