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DETROIT A former Southgate police officer was sentenced today to one to five years in prison for misconduct in office, budget new york hotels a felony. Emmanuel Paravas, budget new york hotels 44, was acquitted of two other charges neglect of duty and third-degree criminal sexual conduct in a weeklong trial that began May 14 before Wayne County Circuit Judge Annette Berry. The charge of criminal sexual conduct carried a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison upon conviction. The other charge could have resulted in a one-year sentence. Paravas was charged last year after an exotic dancer accused him of raping her at about 3 a.m. Feb. 9, 2011, at Holiday Inn Southgate, 17201 North Line Road, while he was on duty. He had responded to a domestic dispute between the woman and her husband at about 1 a.m. at La Quinta Inn, 12888 Reeck Road.
Paravas separated the husband and wife and took the woman to Holiday Inn and checked her in to a room. He returned once when he saw her walking outside and she asked him to get money from her husband budget new york hotels for her. When he returned the second time to tell her he hadn t gotten any money from her husband, the two had sex. The woman said Paravas handcuffed her and raped her. Paravas said the sexual encounter was consensual. When the verdict was announced at the end of the trial that Paravas was acquitted of the most serious charge, the judge remanded him to custody in the Wayne County Jail for the misconduct conviction. Michael Rataj, Paravas attorney, said in May that he would appeal. He said the sentencing guidelines for his client are zero to three months, which usually results budget new york hotels in probation. Today, Rataj said he would appeal the sentence budget new york hotels and the conviction. The sentence is outrageous, he said. She sentenced him as if he were guilty of the CSC, which the jury found him not guilty of, Rataj said. Continued...
Paravas is still in custody in the Wayne County Jail. Rataj said he has two motions to file and argue in circuit court and then will take the case to the Michigan Court of Appeals. Paravas resigned from the Southgate Police Department March 10, 2011, and was charged May 31, 2011. Contact Staff Writer Alan Burdziak at 1-734-246-0882 or aburdziak@heritage.com . Follow him on Facebook and @AlanBurdziak on Twitter.
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