GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Charges have been filed against a man accused of entering a Grand Rapids Township fire station and assaulting a lieutenant.
Robert Daniel-Brent Joppe, a 40-year-old Cedar Springs man, was charged with resisting and opposing an officer causing serious injury, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting and opposing an officer.
If convicted on all charges, Joppe could face up to 32 years in prison and $19,500 in fines.
Kent County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Grand Rapids Township Fire Department, located on East Beltline, by a fire lieutenant just before 4 p.m. on Saturday.
The preliminary investigation shows that the lieutenant was working alone at the fire station and let Joppe into the garage because he thought Joppe was there to work on the concrete, deputies say.
The lieutenant told deputies Joppe was suicidal. Investigators say he had consumed illicit drugs and had a firearm.
Joppe then apparently began to physically assault the lieutenant. Deputies physically restrained Joppe and arrested him.
Deputies said the lieutenant has several injuries and is being treated at a local hospital.
Joppe's arraignment date has not been set yet.
