A Melvindale police lieutenant was sentenced on Friday to six months of jail time and three years of probation in relation to assault and battery and misconduct in office charges stemming from a July 2024 traffic stop.
Matthew Furman was found guilty by a jury on April 23 for that assault, and not guilty of a felonious assault charged issued in the case.
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Third Circuit Court Judge Mark Slavens also sentenced Furman on Friday to one year of probation for an assault and battery charge, which Furman plead no contest to, in connection with a separate alleged assault of a handcuffed man during a traffic stop in July 2021.
“A bad officer is off of the streets and will never be in law enforcement again,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in response to the sentencing. “Citizens will be safer.”
Furman also faced charges for misconduct in office, felonious assault and assault and battery for allegedly using excessive force against a woman during a traffic stop in April 2024, and a felonious assault charge for the July 2021 incident, but was found not guilty of those charges.
An additional misconduct charge related to the July 2021 case was also dropped at Friday’s sentencing.