Court Watching: Judge sentences David Brooks to 2 years non-reporting probation

David Ryan Brooks, 24, the former Romulus police officer who was involved in a road-rage incident on Belleville Road in May, has been sentenced to two years of non-reporting probation starting Nov. 5.
As part of the plea deal, Brooks pled guilty to a new misdemeanor charge of attempted assault with a dangerous weapon. The original charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year felony, and felony firearm, a mandatory two-year felony, were dismissed.
On Nov. 5, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge James A. Callahan said the misdemeanor charge could have brought Brooks 6 months in jail. His fees totaled $728 and he was ordered to give a DNA sample.
Brooks of Van Buren Township was off-duty at the time of the incident. He was accused of pointing his hand gun at another motorist at a confrontation during road construction on Belleville Road on May 29 in VBT. Brooks also had served as a police officer in the City of Belleville.