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    Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker released the charging decisions after the death of 17-year-old Riley Doggett.

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    Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker released the charging decisions after the death of 17-year-old Riley Doggett.

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    PROSECUTING ATTORNEY (CRIMINAL DIVISION Tecpnone6t 2i0 Prosser MONICA M.JANISKEE ar het Ansa Presa (On April 8, 2024, at approximately 6:30 PM, Holland Police began to investigate a stolen Land over their city which had been connected to a numberof car thefts inthe city and surrounding areas, On this particular occason, the Land Rover was in the parking lat ofa eym, and soon let with @ bac sedan that police believed to have been stolen from the gym at that time. Multiple Holand Police ‘uisers saw the Land Rover and sedan atthe intersection of 14" Avenue and Waverly and attempted to stop the two vehicles. insteadof stopping forthe police, both vehicles fled, and led Holland Police and ‘ottawa County Sheriff's deputies on a lengthy chase through Ottawa County. n fact, Holland Police only ‘terminated the pursuit when the two vehicles crossed over into Kent County on 1-96 just before Rivertown Parkway, [At approximately 6:57PM that same evening, Kent County Sherifs Deputy Josiah MeMalns was ‘on southbound US 131 and exted at 44” street. Kent County authorities were aware of a white Range Rover (his description) that had been involved in a number of incidents in Kent County and the surrounding area, and had been known to fee police when they had attempted to stop the vehicle ‘Through a contact in the Holland Department, Deputy McMains was aware that Holland Police were in ‘pursuit of the vehicle, He began to monitor the Holland Paice frequency and knew the pursuit had gone Imo Kent County and Holland 1ad stopped pursuit in Grandi. Using the FLOCK camera system, the plate forthe white Range/Lané Rover had “ht” on eastbound 44° Stret near Carol Ave SW. As a result, Deputy MeMains drove towards 44" Street to see fhe coud find the vehicle As he exited US 131 at 44" Street, Deputy MeMlains observed the white Range/Land Rover ‘behind another vehicle at the stoplight onthe overpass to 131. Deputy McMains pulled his fully marked Kent County Sherif cruiser next to the fist cari ine in an attempt to box the white Rover in soit ould not fle. Instead, when be did this, the Rover immediately accelerated and went between two ivan cars also stopped at the light, striking both, and fed down 44” Street. Deputy MeMains then ‘turned his cruser around and pursued the Rover ait fed ‘The chase lasted approximately four-and-a-half minutes, involving not only the deputy but \wyoming Police cruisers as wel, During the pursuit, speeds exceeded 80 miles per hour, and the Rover ‘traveled inthe wrong lanes down some roads an topightz, and almozt truck other vehicles traveling ‘on the road, Eventually the Rover turned northbound onto Division Avenue rom 32" Stret, just ater ‘making this tum, turn two occupants ofthe Rover jumped out ofthe vehicle while twas stil moving, ‘The Rover continued o rll striking cars parked ina lot just ff Division Avenue, while the two subjects fled into the parking lt. Deputy MeMains saw the two individuals jump out ofthe Rover, called this fact out on his rao, then drove over the curb behind the two as they went ran the lot. One individual, who turned out tobe the driver, broke tothe leftard ran between arow of cars the lat. The victim n this case, Riley Doggett, ran tothe right na more open area ofthe at where the cruiser could travel As Riley ran, he had a hood up over his head, nd there appeared o bea black objec in his right hand. There had been information povided to officers that individuals involved with this Land Rover in the last week had broken into cas where guns were stolen, and had been in area where shots were fired. Cleary, the Individuals in the Rover were tying to evade police; this Rover us fled from police in Holland, then fled from Deputy MeMains, and the occupants had been identified as being involved in a numberof criminal Incidents in West Michigan. Given that there were sill a number of people outside a his time of day, along with Deputy McMaine's belief that person running may be armed, he made the decision to try and stop the person from running ay turing his cruiser in front of him to block his path He Indicated, "My intention in doing this wast slow his spring and place myself and my cruiser infront of his path.” As the cruiser passed Riley, he beganto turn and Riley was struck by the side ofthe cruiser and immediately and violently fell on the concrete. From the in-ar video, the speed of the cruiser atthe time of contact ‘was 22 miles per hour. The cruisers equipped with an event data recorder, which would provide exact data, however that device was not sensitive enough to capture what occurred THELAW Based on the facts of what occurred here, there were several posible charges to consider. The fist, and most serous, s the charge of involuntary manslaughter. Involuntary manslaughter is the ‘unintentional king ofa perscn with “gross negligence.” To prove gross negligence a prosecutor must show thatthe person charged ad (1) knowledge ofa situation requiring the exercise af ordinary care ‘and dligence to avert injury to another, (2 abilty to avoid the resulting harm by ordinary care and dlligence in the use of means at hand, and (3) the omission to use such care and diligence to avert the ‘threatened danger when tothe ordinary mind it ust be apparent thatthe results likely to prove disastrous to another. People rede, 40 Mich. App. 221 (2023) (cations omitted). Put another way, {ross negligence means "wantonness and disregard ofthe consequences that may ensue, Le, which ‘exists when “the defendant isaware ofthe risks but indifferent tothe results, it constitutes a higher degree of culpability than reclessness” I, ‘The next possible charge would be reckless driving causing death. The elements of reckless

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