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A former Southgate police officer who was convicted of misconduct in office and sentenced to one to five years in prison in June was released from custody last week after the Michigan Court of Appeals granted bond pending an appeal . Emmanuel Paravas, 44, also was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and neglect of duty last year in connection queen barbara tours and travels with a sexual encounter he had with a traveling exotic dancer Feb. 9, 2011. He was acquitted of those charges. His attorney, Michael Rataj, said from the moment Wayne County Circuit Judge Annette Berry remanded Paravas to jail following the conclusion of his weeklong trial that began May 14 that he would appeal. Rataj said he will continue to fight the conviction and sentence. Since he s out, the court of appeals will set up a briefing schedule and we ll file our briefs queen barbara tours and travels when they re due, Rataj said Tuesday.
The counselor s problem, he has said, was that Paravas s sentencing guidelines were zero to six months queen barbara tours and travels in jail, which usually results in probation. Berry rejected Rataj s motions for bond pending appeal and a directed queen barbara tours and travels verdict which in essence would toss out the conviction last month. At that time, Paravas contended that Berry was treating Paravas as if he was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and delaying the appeals queen barbara tours and travels process to keep him in jail as long as possible. queen barbara tours and travels Paravas, who was a patrol officer in Southgate, responded to a call when the woman, who was in town to perform at Subi s Place, 12916 North Line Road, got into an altercation with her husband at about 1 a.m. at La Quinta Inn, 12888 Reeck Road. He separated the couple and took her to the Holiday Inn Southgate, 17201 North Line Road. The News-Herald does not name victims or alleged victims of sexual assaults. Neither the woman nor her husband were charged in the incident. According to trial testimony, he checked her into the hotel and told her to relax and go to sleep. She asked him to retrieve money from her husband. Before he returned to LA Quinta to do so, he saw her in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn. After he took her back up to her room, he went back to La Quinta and talked to her husband. He told Paravas he didn t have any money. Paravas queen barbara tours and travels returned to the woman s room at about 3 a.m. When he entered, she was nude under the covers. Both sides contest what happened next, but the jury agreed queen barbara tours and travels with Rataj, acquitting the former officer of allegedly raping the woman. queen barbara tours and travels Continued...
According to the woman, Paravas told her to wise up or you re going to jail, handcuffed her and sexually assaulted her. Rataj and Paravas, who took the stand during the trial, contended that the intercourse was consensual. He said at the trial that the woman turned toward queen barbara tours and travels him on the bed, took his hand and began to perform oral sex on him just prior to them engaging queen barbara tours and travels in intercourse. Paravas resigned from the Southgate Police Department in March 2011 after the Michigan State Police began its investigation. He had been an officer in Southgate since 2000 and was also an officer in River Rouge prior to that. Contact Staff Writer Alan Burdziak at 1-734-246-0882 or aburdziak@heritage.com . Follow him on Facebook and @AlanBurdziak on Twitter.
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