A Melvindale police lieutenant who was convicted last month of assault and battery and misconduct in office is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Friday morning.
Matthew Furman was found guilty by a jury on April 23 for the two charges in connection with the alleged assault of a man during a July 2024 traffic stop, and found him not guilty of a felonious assault charge related to the same case.
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Furman also faced charges for misconduct in office, felonious assault and assault and battery in connection with the alleged excessive force against a woman during a traffic stop in April 2024, and a felonious assault charge for the alleged assault of a handcuffed man in July 2021. The jury found him not guilty of all charges in those two cases, however Furman pleaded no contest to assault and battery in the July 2021 case and an additional misconduct charge in the case will be dropped at sentencing.
Check back for more updates as the sentencing hearing begins.
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Jenny Sherman is a digital news producer for ClickOnDetroit and a Michigan State University alumna. She has worked as a reporter and editor in various metro Detroit newsrooms for more than a decade, including for WDET - Detroit Public Radio, The Oakland Press, Macomb Daily, Planet Detroit, Metro Parent and more.