Antrim County Business Owner Sent To Hospital After Scuffle With State Police

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“The next thing I know, I was down on the ground.”

A longtime business owner is speaking publicly. He was sent to the hospital Friday after a scuffle with state police.

Eighty-three-year-old Larry Sevenski says on St. Patrick’s Day troopers were parked across from his restaurant.  

His customers brought it to his attention, and he decided to go talk to police.

Then, things got physical.

Sevenski owns Larry’s Seven-Ski Inn in Elmira in Antrim County.

Michigan State Police say Friday night two troopers were parked at the corner of US 131 and Thumm Road on St. Patrick’s Day patrols.

Larry Sevenski says all he wanted to do was see if there was a problem, but their encounter ended with Sevenski in the hospital.

“I never believed this could happen,” says Sevenski.

Larry Sevenski has owned Larry’s Seven-Ski Inn on US 131 in Elmira for more than 50 years.

Friday night they were busy for St. Patrick’s Day.

“I remember that somebody told me that the police were watching the bar, so I went out to talk to them, to try to find them,” explains Sevenski.

Sevenski drove across US 131 to Thumm Road. Michigan State Police say that’s when they saw him make a U-turn without using his signal and pulled him over.

“They said I couldn’t talk to them. I was breaking some kind of law, I don’t know. It got crazy, all at once,” says Sevenski.

Police say Sevenski got out of his car and disobeyed the trooper’s commands.

“The subject then grabbed ahold of the trooper’s wrist and proceeded to make a fist in an assaultive motion. At that point, the trooper initiated his defensive tactics techniques and brought the subject to the ground,” says 1st Lt. Mark Harris, Michigan State Police Gaylord Post.

Sevenski says he just wanted to talk to the troopers.

“They handcuffed me, and they hurt very bad because I have a reversed shoulder and I can’t put my arm behind my body,” explains Sevenski. “Everybody’s worried about me. I’ve been worried about me, too. Just don’t know what I did wrong.”

Lt. Harris says, “If he would have complied with the orders of the trooper, got back in the car and not become aggressive and assaultive, he would not have ended up on the ground.”

Sevenski was taken to the hospital Friday night with a broken nose and underwent surgery on his arm.

The Antrim County prosecutor is reviewing a report for charges of assault and resisting and obstructing a police officer.

Sevenski was given a traffic ticket for not using his turn signal.

http://www.9and10news.com/story/34966318/antrim-county-business-owner-sent-to-hospital-after-scuffle-with-state-police

14 thoughts on “Antrim County Business Owner Sent To Hospital After Scuffle With State Police

  1. “Sevenski was given a traffic ticket for not using his turn signal.” Sure…and pigs will fly at noontime. Time for a reset……………

  2. “Larry Sevenski says all he wanted to do was see if there was a problem,…”

    They’re PIGS.

    OF COURSE THERE’S A PROBLEM!!!

    “Sevenski says he just wanted to talk to the troopers.”

    And they just wanted to ‘help’.

    They did.

  3. *** Lt. Harris says, “If he would have complied with the orders of the trooper, got back in the car and not become aggressive and assaultive, he would not have ended up on the ground.” ***

    Way to go, Lt. Harris! I wish I could be as brave as you and your colleagues. [Sarcastic applause]

    Just think of what noble men these law enforcers are! Their heroic, selfless deeds are exemplary of the finest knights from the days of chivalry.

    Seriously, does this old guy have any sons? Because if he was my father, the pigs who did this would already be dead. And I don’t believe for a second that the old man assaulted the pigs. Maybe he touched one in a gesture of persuasion, but no way did he attack them. That’s BS.

    1. Exactly…the day is a coming..their gonna do it to the wrong person who feels and thinks like us…then it’s Armageddon on their asses..

  4. Dear Mr. Sevenski,

    YOU: ““I never believed this could happen,”

    ME: What did you learn?……..

    COMMENT: When the open pit massacres started in countries throughout the 20th century,…. just before those people got a bullet thru the brain, they all thought the same thing.

    JD US Marines: This EXACTLY,… how a country is turned into a terror (police) state, death squads and all….

    .

  5. Sounds about right, as corrupt as ever…..
    They had a saying back in the 70’s about (Grayling almost as bad) Gaylord.
    1st you were told be careful as hell when going through there, the cops were corrupt & their town motto was “Come here on vacation, leave here on probation.”……..

    1. Hey RT! 😀

      Sorry I haven’t replied to your e-mail yet… running slower these days.

      Life’s kinda sucking lately.

      1. Hey there #1 😀
        I hear ya!
        Made some jewelry last night, zoned out for a bit, nice distraction for awhile 🙂 Stayed up too late, almost watched the sunrise lol!

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