Overview
- Joel Masching, 53, was charged with four counts of drug delivery/manufacture, second-degree home invasion, third- and fourth-degree fleeing police, assaulting/resisting an officer, domestic violence, and a habitual offender notice.
- Prosecutors say the incidents began Jan. 11 with an assault and a break-in that led to a second assault of the same victim.
- On Jan. 18, officers report he backed into a patrol car, forced an officer to move out of his path, then drove the wrong way onto eastbound I-94 and crashed on an exit ramp.
- Searches of his vehicle, his Clinton Township residence, and Cornerstone Brick in Fraser uncovered multiple controlled substances and distribution paraphernalia, according to officials.
- Judge Suzanne Faunce ordered a GPS tether, no drugs or alcohol, and no contact with the victim; a probable cause conference is set for Feb. 3 before Judge Michael Chupa, and additional charges remain possible.