Inglewood cop faces weapons charge*
*Updates with correction from DA's office that he no longer works for IPD.
From the District Attorney's Office:
LOS ANGELES - An former Inglewood police officer who, while off-duty, allegedly pointed a firearm at a motorist in the presence of his children was charged with several crimes today.
Deputy District Attorney Amy Pellman Pentz of the Justice System Integrity Division said Michael Lewis Robinson, 44, surrendered today to the California Highway Patrol.
Robinson is due to be arraigned on May 15 in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.
He is charged in case No. BA355864 with one count of brandishing at a person in a motor vehicle, two counts of child abuse and a misdemeanor count of resisting, obstructing and delaying a peace officer.
The charges stem from an incident on March 31, 2008, during which Robinson allegedly flashed a firearm in a threatening manner at another motorist on the 405 freeway. The defendant's two children, ages 6 and 11, were in the vehicle at the time, prosecutors said.
Robinson's bail is set at $100,000. If convicted as charged, he faces a maximum term of nine years in state prison.
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