Grand Haven officer arrested for domestic assault
OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Another Grand Haven Public Safety Officer is in trouble with the law.
Thirteen-year department veteran Dana DeVries was arrested late Tuesday night at her home by Ottawa County deputies. She was arraigned Wednesday on charges of assaulting her husband.
Only days after a Grand Haven Public Safety Officer was sentenced for misconduct, another Grand Haven officer has landed herself in trouble and wound up before a judge at Holland District Court.
36-year-old DeVries was arraigned Wednesday on charges of misdemeanor domestic assault, an assault that court documents say was aimed at her husband, James DeVries.
DeVries entered a plea of not guilty.
The arraignment was shifted to the Holland District Court after it became clear that too many people in Grand Haven knew the thirteen-year veteran of Grand Haven's Public Safety Department.
Grand Haven's chief says both Dana and James DeVries worked at the department, though James had only worked there for four or five years.
Grand Haven's Police Chief made a statement to Newschannel 3 about the incident saying "clearly this is not indicative of the vast majority of officers who come to work, like any profession we have members of staff getting into trouble like anyone lese, when we do we try to get info out as soon as possible."
Court documents say that Dana had been married to her husband for two years, but had been separated from him for two months before the alleged domestic assault took place at her current home.
Documents also indicate that alcohol may have been involved, but there were no significant injuries.
DeVries' bond was set at $1,000. She is due back in court on November 10th, and Grand Haven's chief says there will be an internal investigation.
DeVries is just the latest of Grand Haven's Police Officers in trouble with the law. On Monday, former officer Thomas Carey was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading no contest to charges of gross indecency and misconduct in office.
Two women claimed that Carey offered to do his job in exchange for sexual favors.
