A Buffalo resident in Detroit on vacation who ran down a DPD officer in Greektown early Sunday morning may not be going home for awhile, because prosecutor Kym Worthy threw the book at him Monday. Saddam Hussein Mohsin, 30. has been hit with charges ranging from misdemeanor marijuana possession to assault with intent to murder, which is punishable by up to life in prison.
Mohsin was driving his gray Ford Focus the wrong way on St Aubin near the Greektown Casino at about 12:30 AM Sunday morning. A veteran DPD officer on foot drew his baton and approached the car, intending to warn him that he was driving against the flow of traffic. Mohsin drove over him. The tourist then turned the wrong way onto Monroe.
The name of the stricken officer has not yet been released, but his condition has been upgraded to temporary serious and he is expected to recover. One of the reasons for the amped-up charges...
.. against Mohsin was that he was apparently intent on driving away from the scene. According to DPD spokeswoman Sgt Eren Stephens, the suspect stopped on Monroe only because he collided with a car going the right way down the street.
Sandwiched between the charges noted above are several other counts, all felonies. They are: assault with intent to do great bodily harm, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, reckless driving causing serious impairment, and felonious assault.
Mohsin, who has been in the Wayne County Jail since his arrest Sunday, is scheduled to be arraigned at 1:00 PM on Tuesday.
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