The Wayne County Circuit Court Jury trial for James Forrest Chapman had been scheduled for Feb. 5, but on Monday it was adjourned by the court until 9 a.m., Feb. 21, because another jury trial was lasting longer than anticipated.
Chapman, 58, is charged with the June 13, 2016 felony of assaulting / resisting / obstructing a police officer by jumping into Belleville Lake after a Van Buren Township police officer told him to stop. He also refused to provide a DNA sample, which is an attending misdemeanor.
He is free on $2,000 personal recognizance bond. His court-appointed attorney is Patrick Erwin Nyenhuis.
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