LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Thomas Bergstresser, a 31-year-old man from Battle Creek, was arrested for assaulting a girl whereas the 2 had been seated at the back of an Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace patrol automotive on Sunday.
The sheriff’s workplace stories that deputies had been despatched to the world of Proctor Highway and Carter Highway in White Oak Township at round 1:00 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash. The three folks contained in the automobile weren’t injured.
Regulation enforcement allowed the three to sit down at the back of a patrol automotive as a consequence of chilly climate.
Bergstresser was set free of the patrol automotive so he might search for his cellphone. The sheriff’s workplace stories that when he returned, he was upset as a result of he was unable to seek out his cellphone and pounded his fists on the rear seat partition.
Upon listening to the commotion contained in the automotive, a sergeant returned and opened the rear door to see Bergstresser assaulting the girl, who was additionally sitting within the again seat. Bergstresser was taken out of the automotive and arrested for home assault.
After reviewing the in-car video, a separate assault on the girl was discovered to have occurred earlier whereas the sergeant was outdoors the automotive.
Bergstresser was taken to the Ingham County Jail. The Ingham County Prosecutor’s Workplace charged him with one rely of misdemeanor home assault.
He was arraigned on Monday within the fifty fifth District Court docket and acquired a private recognizance bond.
