Lawyer Charged with Assault and Battery in Courthouse Cop Scuffle
A Michigan criminal defense lawyer has been charged with misdemeanor assault for a courthouse scuffle with a police officer two months ago.
St. Clair Shores lawyer Timothy Barkovic was charged with assault and battery and disturbing the peace, the Detroit Free Press reports. Barkovic contends he was attacked unprovoked and he is the victim; police counter that Barkovic was shouting profanities at the officer, who was trying to get away from the lawyer.
The incident at the Shelby Township courthouse is not Barkovic’s first run-in with police, according to the newspaper. Once he suggested that Shelby Township should change its name to Taser Town after a man died from a Taser shock by police. He was also arrested and charged with resisting arrest at a John McCain campaign rally, the story says. And he was temporarily banned from another courthouse after a run-in with a security officer, the story adds.
