The case against a Southfield man accused of blocking police who were called to his home for a possible domestic assault will be heard in Oakland County Circuit Court, a district judge ruled.
At the conclusion of a preliminary exam Friday, 46th District Judge Shelia Johnson said there was probable cause to bind over the case against Carl Lockhart, 61, to the higher court.
Lockhart is charged with resisting/obstructing/assaulting a police officer as well as felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a Jan. 30 incident at an apartment on Berg Road where he was reportedly living with his wife. For the firearms charge, when Lockhart was taken into custody his wife gave the arresting officer a Smith and Wesson revolver that she said was brought into the home by Lockhart, according to police testimony from Friday’s preliminary exam. Lockhart is prohibited from having a firearm due to a 2017 felony conviction for drug possession.
In testifying, Southfield police officers Garrett Ros and Austin Sharp recounted being dispatched to the apartment after Lockhart’s granddaughter called police due to a domestic issue. Sharp said he’d been to the apartment multiple times prior for similar issues, and this time Lockhart refused to let him and Ros enter the home despite his wife gesturing them in. The wife also reportedly told Lockhart to get out of the way and let the officers in.
Both Ros and Sharp testified that Lockhart blocked them from coming into the home which they were duty-bound to enter because of concern for the people inside, as reported on the 911 call. They also noted there was a personal protection order against Lockhart filed in Wayne County.
Ros testified that Lockhart “attempted to slam the door” on him and Sharp, and that they ended up wrestling him to the ground and handcuffing him in the apartment building’s hallway, just outside the door.
Det. Sgt. Ryan Losch also testified, recounting his interview with Lockhart following his arrest. Losch told the court that Lockhart said he had found the handgun while he and his wife were doing home restoration.
After the bindover was announced, defense attorney Dory Baron asked the judge to reduce Lockhart’s $25,000 bond by adding a 10 percent provision, noting that he was a 10-year military veteran with ties to the community, had options to live elsewhere rather than with his wife, and that his grandchildren needed him because their mother had recently died. However, Johnson denied the request and kept the bond intact.
Lockhart’s arraignment in Oakland County Circuit Court is pending.
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