Former Kent County Prosecutor To Get Pension

According to the Grand Rapids Press, the former Kent County assistant prosecutor charged in connection to a November wrong-way crash is not in danger of losing access to retirement benefits. 42 year old Joshua Kuiper, was driving the wrong way on Union Avenue, south of Fulton Street, in the early morning hours of Nov. 19 when he crashed his pickup truck into a parked car. A man getting his coat from the car was injured, and has since filed a lawsuit against Kuiper.Police put Kuiper through dexterity tests but did not administer a preliminary breath test. The city has since started the process of terminating three officers involved in the incident and sued the city's police union for approval to use a series of recorded phone calls against the three officers.Kuiper faces a felony charge of reckless driving causing serious impairment of a body function and a misdemeanor charge of moving violation causing serious impairment of a body function.


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