A Kalamazoo man fled from officers. The state Supreme Court said he had the right to.

A Kalamazoo man fled from officers. The state Supreme Court said he had the right to.

• Kalamazoo police officers approached Douglas Prude on May 30, 2019, as he was sitting alone in his car with the engine off in the parking lot of Fox Ridge Apartments, a complex that police patrolled regularly because of frequent reports of criminal activity, according to court documents...
• He didn’t give his name, but one of the officers knew who he was.
• When Deleeuw went to check an apartment complex database to see if Prude had been warned about trespassing there in past, Prude asked the other officer, Nathan Belen, whether he was being detained. Belen said he was.
• Prude started his car. He drove away, fast. 
• He was caught, charged and convicted by a jury Kalamazoo County...