Assault, OWI among charges sought in Detroit airport terminal crash

Detroit Metro Airport police need the person they are saying drove his Mercedes by the airport’s McNamara terminal on Jan. 23 to be charged with aggravated assault, working whereas intoxicated, reckless driving and malicious destruction of greater than $20,000 in enterprise property.

Wayne County Airport Authority spokesman Matt Morawski confirmed to the Free Press that the 4 costs are a part of the company’s request to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Workplace.

Six individuals on the airport suffered minor accidents within the crash, however video confirmed a number of individuals close to the place the Mercedes plowed by narrowly lacking an excellent greater tragedy.

The Airport Authority beforehand mentioned the person was experiencing a “psychological episode” on the time of the crash, and that they had been awaiting toxicology outcomes and car acceleration information earlier than submitting a warrant for costs in opposition to the person with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Workplace.

That request was formally submitted on February 12, the Public Prosecution Service confirmed, and is at the moment below evaluation. It’s now as much as the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Workplace to resolve whether or not costs are acceptable.

“An replace shall be despatched when a charging resolution is made. No additional questions shall be answered till a charging course of is accomplished,” mentioned Maria Miller, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s workplace.

The Free Press will not be naming the person as a result of he has not but been charged with against the law associated to the crash as of Feb. 13.

The Airport Authority additionally confirmed that the Michigan State Police toxicology report had been returned to them, however didn’t instantly present the outcomes of that report. The person was hospitalized for psychological well being therapy after the crash, and on February 3, a decide ordered him to endure 180 days of psychological well being therapy.

The Free Press first reported that the person can also be dealing with a collection of authorized points past the airport incident, together with a 3rd home violence cost on Aug. 30 in opposition to a lady he had been courting for lower than two months, and a newer aggravated stalking cost filed on Feb. 12 after the lady mentioned the person despatched her a collection of disturbing textual content messages from Christmas Eve to Jan. 18 — simply days earlier than the airport crash — regardless of a no-contact order.

Andrea Sahouri covers felony justice for the Detroit Free Press. Contact her at asahouri@freepress.com.