STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Sterling Heights police officers James Sribniak, 31, and Jack Currie, 29, were criminally charged in the 39th District in Roseville for alleged conduct occurring during the pursuit and apprehension of a Roseville man in February.
Court documents said each officer was charged with one count of misconduct in office, a five-year felony, and felonious assault, a four-year felony.
The incident occurred on Feb. 25, 2024, when Sribniak and Currie participated in a vehicular and foot pursuit of the Roseville man involved in domestic violence who fled an earlier traffic stop.
After the pursuit, while the Roseville man was on the ground, surrounded by officers and after having received two taser deployments, Currie urged Sribniak to deploy his K9 to bite the man.
Sribniak, controlling the K9, ordered the dog to bite the man, which he did, upon the man’s posterior right hip.
Sribniak and Currie have not yet been arraigned, and future court dates have not yet been set.
