SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)-- The former commander of the Michigan State Police Post in Gladstone has been acquitted of drunken driving after a three-day trial.
William Smith was arrested after crashing his vehicle in Chippewa County last July. The Escanaba Daily Press reports a jury found him not guilty Thursday.
The charge was dismissed last year due to a problem with a search warrant for a sample of Smith's blood. But the case was reopened in November when a different prosecutor took over.
Smith was subsequently demoted to Sergeant and lately has been working at the Gaylord Post downstate.
