KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — A former Kentwood commissioner accused of threatening a resident by phone placed the call after she accused him of drinking before a commission meeting, a police report indicates.
Steven Redmond is charged with malicious use of telecommunication services in the Oct. 19 incident.
It all started on Oct. 17 when the resident said she contacted Redmond to voice her opposition to a project to widen Wing Avenue SE between 52nd Street and 60th Street. The resident told authorities she had called Redmond the day before a commission meeting on the topic and eventually hung up on him because he “would not stop yelling.” Redmond told authorities they were both passionate and “excited” during the roughly ten-minute phone call, which ended when he “raised his voice” and she hung up.
The resident said she attended an Oct. 18 city commission meeting to comment on the project.
In a police report 24 Hour News 8 obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the resident told officers that she smelled alcohol on Redmond as she walked past him during the meeting. However, Redmond denied drinking alcohol before the meeting in a November interview with detectives.
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