Jason Barnes gets probation for firefighter, EMS impersonation

• Jason Edward Barnes from Clinton Township was convicted in Macomb County Circuit Courtroom.
• His sentence was aimed on the remedy of psychological well being and different issues, in response to the workplace of the general public prosecutor.
• The violations came about in 2023 and 2024, together with on the scene of a homicide, in response to the prosecutors.

A Clinton Township man who’s accused of performing as employees of firefighters or medical emergency help in incident scenes, together with a homicide, was sentenced to a probation interval in Macomb County Circuit Courtroom.

Jason Edward Barnes, 48, was convicted by circuit decide James Maceroni in response to the net judicial information from 19 August to 2 years of zero -tolerance and different situations. Barnes didn’t argue in three circumstances in June.

He didn’t argue for 3 counts of imitation of firefighters/EMS employees; One counts every of the possession of weapons-wide items by a forbidden particular person and arms-ammunitions by a forbidden particular person, and two counts of unlawful use of fireside emblems/logos, in response to the courtroom stories.

Maceroni condemned Barnes for 35 days within the jail of the province, served with credit score for 35 days, in response to the information.

Barnes’ lawyer, Kevin Kijewski, gave in an e -mail on August 21 that his buyer has no feedback.

In response to a launch of 20 August from the workplace of the general public prosecutor, Barnes’ punishment targeted on the remedy of psychological well being care. Public Prosecution Service Peter Lucido indicated within the launch that the sentence sends a message that emergency staff will “not be tolerated” and that “accountability will come first, whereas additionally requires psychological well being remedy to cut back the danger of future harm.”

Barnes’ punishment included that he should bear a psychiatric analysis and meet the advisable remedy or register for counseling for the next yr. He was not allowed to make use of alcohol or medicine with out a prescription; Sustaining the work of 30 hours every week; Don’t use different title apart from its authorized title; Don’t use or purchase costumes or masks, and no identification, insignia, badges, uniforms or different objects in reference to or recommend a felony or legislation enforcement company, in response to the courtroom.

The violations came about in 2023 and 2024. The workplace of the general public prosecutor introduced expenses in opposition to Barnes in June 2024.

The workplace indicated that Barnes represented himself as a primary responder and assisted a police officer of Clinton Township, who was in a home the place a homicide came about in October 2023. That led to additional analysis into Barnes.

In June 2024, public prosecutors introduced that Barnes was being charged with fascinated by fireplace personnel two different instances. Of their launch of 2024 they stated that in Could 2024 he got here to the scene of a homicide with an insignia, launched himself as a hearth brigade captain and tried to realize entry to the home the place a dying investigation was carried out.

Additionally they indicated that on one other day in Could 2024 he got here to a hearth investigation in a fireman with a badge and spoke with officers on the spot.

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