Teen Appears in Wayne County Juvenile Court

A 16-year-old teenager who strenuously resisted being arrested earlier this week will face charges in the Wayne County Juvenile Court related to selling marijuana and battering two officers.

The 16-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms resident arrested this week for selling marijuana on Richard Elementary School grounds following a chase and altercation with an officer will go through the Wayne County Juvenile system, Grosse Pointe Farms Detective John Walko said. Arrested Monday afternoon near Cottage Hospital on the Hill, the teenager refused to follow repeated commands given to him by more than one officer and fought strenuously being put into handcuffs. He was eventually taken into custody and officers found he had 24 grams of marijuana in a glass jar. He had sold 1/8 of an ounce to another teenager from Grosse Pointe Park for $40--a transaction witnessed by a woman near the school who called police. Following his arrest, the …

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