KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Former Comstock Township Deputy Fire Chief Michael Dyer was sentenced in court today, after previously pleading no contest in a drunken driving case.

Dyer was sentenced to 18 months of probation on Monday, Nov. 10, in Kalamazoo County District Court, WWMT reported .

In September, he pleaded no contest to one count of operating intoxicated causing serious injury after he was arrested for allegations he ran into a child while drunk driving, court records show.

Dyer, 63, did not admit guilt with his plea, but accepts the punishment associated with the charges.

A restitution hearing will be held in the future.

He was driving a 2020 Ford F-450 in a June 22 crash at 12:01 a.m. hitting an 11-year-old girl, causing a fractured bone that required surgery, according to

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