WARREN (WWJ) — Three teens have been arraigned on charges in connection with large fight outside of a high school, that injured an officer with the Warren Police Department. Now police say more arrests and charges are expected in the case.
Warren Police Commissioner Charles Rushton said Thursday that the investigation remains ongoing as his department is working to identify others who assaulted officers outside Lincoln High School on Monday.
"We expect several additional arrest to take place very soon," Rushron said. "I commend the Prosecutor’s Office for issuing serious charges as well as Judge Chmura for setting appropriate bonds. I am also grateful to members of the Center Line Public Safety Department for responding to the scene to assist our officers."
Thus far, Danasia Kennedy-Johnson, 18, Xavier Jones, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old female are facing several charges, including assaulting a police officer.
The brawl broke out Monday afternoon , when Kennedy-Johnson and Jones were allegedly trying to fight a student on a bus as Lincoln High was releasing students for the day.
As responding officers were trying to arrest Jones, Kennedy-Johnson and the 17-year-old allegedly assaulted an officer. Police believe the teen hit the female officer in the head from behind, causing the officer to fall to the ground.
The officer was taken to a hospital in serious condition, police said. In an update Thursday, the Warren PD said the injured officer remains off work as she continues to recover from her injuries.
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office charged Jones, of Warren, with three counts of assaulting & resisting police (2-year-felony) and one count of disorderly conduct (90 day misdemeanor). Jones was arraigned in 37th District Court Chief with bond set at $75,000 cash/surety only.
Kennedy-Johnson, of Eastpointe, was charged with one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder (10-year felony), assaulting & resisting police causing injury (4-year felony), malicious destruction of property $200 – $1,000 (1-year misdemeanor), and one count of disorderly conduct (90-day misdemeanor). She was arraigned in 37th District Court with bond set at $200,000 cash/surety only.
The 17-year-old juvenile, from Eastpointe, was charged with assaulting & resisting police causing injury (4-year felony), two counts of assaulting & resisting police (2-year felony), malicious destruction of property $200 – $1,000 (1-year misdemeanor), and one count of disorderly conduct (90-day misdemeanor). Juvenile Referee Harrison denied bond and remanded the juvenile to custody pending future court proceedings.
The Warren PD said Thursday that the injured officer is expected to miss some time from work after what Rushton called a "heinous assault." The officer is a 5-year member of the Department and a lifelong Warren resident and is community-policing officer who regularly volunteers her own time to work with students and the community by participating in the Citizen’s Police Academy and Junior Detective Club.
"This is a very serious yet sad incident," Rushton added. "Officers responded to a school to keep the peace and protect children. In doing so, officers were assaulted with one officer suffering notable injuries which will impact her going forward. A school should be a setting where officers and students have positive community-based interactions; assaults on officers cannot and should not occur. Any time an officer is assaulted and seriously injured, the entire law enforcement community suffers. I know the men and women of this Department are working together to help their injured partner get better and return to work."
"Thankfully, the overwhelming majority of the community supports and respects police officers. Please keep the injured officer in your thoughts and prayers and wish her a speedy recovery.”
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