James Burke was charged with two counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the September deaths of Cedric Hayden, Jr. and DeJuan Pettis.

Macomb County prosecutors said Burke was driving nearly 94 mph without emergency lights and sirens when his police vehicle crashed into the men's SUV.

A former Warren police officer will stand trial in the deaths of two men who were lifelong friends when his speeding police vehicle collided violently into their SUV without emergency lights and sirens activated.

The case against James Burke , 29, was bound over on Aug. 15 to Macomb County Circuit Court during a lengthy ruling by 37th District Court Chief Judge John Chmura in what he called a very difficult, high-profile case. He parsed through various pieces of the testimony in explainin

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