Teh One Who Knocks
05-21-2012, 01:21 PM
The Oakland Press (Michigan)
FERNDALE — A man faces trial for assault and resisting police after police say he turned violent when his fiancée kissed another woman.
John Vincenti, 40, of Ferndale was ordered Thursday to stand trial in Oakland County Circuit Court following a preliminary examination before Ferndale 43rd District Judge Joseph Longo.
Police were called to a house in the 3200 block of Bermuda that Vincenti shares with his fiancee after a neighbor reported a loud fight March 13.
Police said they arrived and found the suspect’s fiancee, 35, and a Royal Oak couple who had earlier been celebrating the fiancee’s birthday along with Vincenti. All three were outside the house and the driveway and yard were littered with broken glass and some household items, police said.
Police said the other man, his girlfriend and the fiancee were highly intoxicated.
“The fiancee was bleeding from her lower lip and the other man had severe lacerations on his forehead and face,” said Ferndale police Sgt. Patrick Jones. “The other woman told us she and her boyfriend had been celebrating with the suspect and his fiancee when Vincenti became upset because she and (the fiancee) kissed at one point.”
Witnesses told police Vincenti began punching his fiancee and the other woman stepped in and punched him.
The other woman, 42, grabbed a frying pan and hit the suspect in the head with it before he took it away and used it to strike her 38-year-old boyfriend, Jones said.
The inside of the house was in disarray and officers said they had to struggle with Vincenti before arresting him in a nearby neighbor’s yard.
The fiancee refused to cooperate with police, saying “John’s my fiancé. I don’t want to throw him under the bus,” according to a police report.
Vicenti is free on bond. He faces arraignment for trial at 8:30 a.m. May 31 before Circuit Court Judge Nancy Grant. He is charged with misdemeanor assault, and resisting and obstructing police, a two-year felony.
FERNDALE — A man faces trial for assault and resisting police after police say he turned violent when his fiancée kissed another woman.
John Vincenti, 40, of Ferndale was ordered Thursday to stand trial in Oakland County Circuit Court following a preliminary examination before Ferndale 43rd District Judge Joseph Longo.
Police were called to a house in the 3200 block of Bermuda that Vincenti shares with his fiancee after a neighbor reported a loud fight March 13.
Police said they arrived and found the suspect’s fiancee, 35, and a Royal Oak couple who had earlier been celebrating the fiancee’s birthday along with Vincenti. All three were outside the house and the driveway and yard were littered with broken glass and some household items, police said.
Police said the other man, his girlfriend and the fiancee were highly intoxicated.
“The fiancee was bleeding from her lower lip and the other man had severe lacerations on his forehead and face,” said Ferndale police Sgt. Patrick Jones. “The other woman told us she and her boyfriend had been celebrating with the suspect and his fiancee when Vincenti became upset because she and (the fiancee) kissed at one point.”
Witnesses told police Vincenti began punching his fiancee and the other woman stepped in and punched him.
The other woman, 42, grabbed a frying pan and hit the suspect in the head with it before he took it away and used it to strike her 38-year-old boyfriend, Jones said.
The inside of the house was in disarray and officers said they had to struggle with Vincenti before arresting him in a nearby neighbor’s yard.
The fiancee refused to cooperate with police, saying “John’s my fiancé. I don’t want to throw him under the bus,” according to a police report.
Vicenti is free on bond. He faces arraignment for trial at 8:30 a.m. May 31 before Circuit Court Judge Nancy Grant. He is charged with misdemeanor assault, and resisting and obstructing police, a two-year felony.