If suspected drug traffickers Miguel Ocon-Acosta and Mario Rivera didn't appreciate the joys of golf before they were arrested, they probably do now. Arrested in May on charges that they had smuggled 88 pounds of marijuana into Allen Park, the two suspects had felony drug charges dismissed during their June 9 preliminary examination because the two arresting police officers were golfing. I was not happy at all. But we reissued the charges. But the charges against the two weren't reissued for two months.
Police believe they are in Mexico.
Michigan State Police Detective Lt. Mario Burns and Lt. Larry Heins took part in the arrest and were scheduled to testify during the preliminary examination in Allen Park. But both officers had reservations to play in the annual Michigan State Police Southeast Criminal Investigation Division's golf outing at Fox Hill's Country Club in Salem Township, their supervisor, Detective Ron Hnilica, said. Neither the assistant prosecutor nor the defense attorney had a problem with setting the hearing for a later date, he said.