Mistrial Declared For St. Clair Shores Police Officer In Robbery Case
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A Detroit jury couldn't reach a verdict in the case of an off-duty suburban police sergeant accused of robbing three men suspected in the theft of a cellphone belonging to his daughter.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Tim Kenny declared a mistrial Friday for Michael Notoriano. The suspended St. Clair Shores officer was charged with armed robbery and unlawful imprisonment stemming from the July 2013 incident.
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Notoriano's 16-year-old daughter and a friend biked to a Detroit gas station where a man allegedly threw the daughter to the ground and took her iPhone.
Prosecutors say Notoriano and then-Detroit police Sgt. David Pomeroy traced the phone to Detroit, where they confronted three other men at gunpoint the next day. That's when Pomeroy allegedly took a handgun and the phone and Notoriano took $300 and marijuana before striking one of the men with a gun.
Pomeroy pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment. Most other charges were dropped.
Notoriano returns to court March 6.
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