7/25/14 - A sentence has been handed down for one of the two co-defendants in a St. Patrickâs Day bar fight in Hartland Township. 39-year-old Andrew Coleman on Howell was sentenced on Thursday to three days in jail already served as well as 12 months of probation. He must also pay almost $4,700 in restitution. He and his co-defendant, Oakland County Sheriffâs Deputy Thomas Knasiak, were arrested on St. Patrickâs Day on a felony count of resisting or obstructing a police officer. They pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of attempted resisting or obstructing a police officer. While that is not a legal admission of guilt, it is treated as such for sentencing. The incident began when Livingston County Central Dispatch received a call from OâMalleyâs Irish Pub at about 8pm for a report of a man being assaulted. A Michigan State Police trooper was the first on the scene, and Knasiak and Coleman were pointed out as the two men involved. The pair was subdued and taken into custody. Knasiak was placed into a ânon-deputizedâ position with the Corrections Division, and had his gun, badge, and identification taken away pending the outcome of an internal investigation and criminal charges. It is not known if his status has changed. (TD)
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