The lawsuits, both filed this year, focus on a March 2024 traffic stop that involved Brookhaven's borough council president. Read more Google Street View

by Vinny Vella Published Oct. 4, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET

A traffic stop in a small Delaware County borough has become the focal point in a bitter public feud between two government officials who have accused each other of wielding official authority to settle a personal grudge.

Brookhaven Council President Terry Heller has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the borough and its former police chief, Michael Vice, saying he was targeted in an “illegal, unconstitutional” traffic stop and later falsely portrayed as an alcoholic and a criminal.

Heller’s filing comes months after Vice — who resigned last year after the

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