UPDATE: Sunday, March 16, 2025, at approximately 3:45PM, Michael Southworth allegedly used the butt of a long gun to shatter the driver’s window of a white Cadillac sedan at the Mobil Gas Station at 24 Mile Road and Shelby Road in Shelby Township.
Following that incident, he led Macomb County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Deputies and Michigan State Police on chase northbound on M-53 in Washington Township. Southworth’s vehicle left the roadway and came to a stop in a field north of 34 Mile Road.
Southworth exited his vehicle with a long gun in hand, ignoring law enforcement commands. The MSP Officer on scene fired shots. MCSO and MSP were able to approach Southworth and take him into custody without further incident.
Today, March 19, 2025, Michael Southworth, was arraigned at 41A-1 Shelby Township District Court on charges of:
- Count 1: Police officer – fleeing – third degree – vehicle code; a 5-year felony
- Count 2: Assault with a dangerous weapon (felonious assault); a 4-year felony
- Count 3: Weapons felony firearm; a 2-year felony
- Count 4: Weapons felony firearm; a 2-year felony
- Count 5: Weapons felony firearm; a 2-year felony
- Count 6: Police officer – assaulting/resisting/obstructing; a 2-year felony
- Count 7: Weapons – firearms – possession of a loaded firearm in or upon vehicle; a 2-year high court misdemeanor
- Count 8: Malicious destruction of personal property - $200 or more but less than $1,000; a 1-year misdemeanor.
Southworth was given a $1 million cash/surety bond and remains housed at the Macomb County Jail.
