MI Man Sees Ex-Girlfriend In Truck, Throws Rock That Bounces And Injures A Child: Cops

OTSEGO COUNTY, MI — A Gaylord man was arrested Saturday after a child was injured when he threw a rock that bounced off a truck with his ex-girlfriend inside, Michigan State Police said.

Brandon Allen Clifton, 31, was charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of malicious destruction of personal property over $1,000 but less than $20,000 and littering-object in vehicle path, officials said. He was placed in the Otsego County Jail with a $2,000 cash bond.

State troopers said Clifton was driving a jeep on Plywood Road Saturday evening when he saw a truck with his ex-girlfriend inside driving in the opposite direction. Clifton turned around and began following the truck, troopers said.

Once on McCoy Road, troopers said Clifton sped past the truck and then stopped on McCoy Road in Bagley Township at 7:26 p.m.

As the truck caught up, Clifton threw a rock, which ricocheted off the truck and went through the windshield of a Dodge Caravan that was driving in the opposite direction, state troopers said.

A 7-year-old girl, who was sitting in the backseat of the Caravan, was injured by flying glass after the rock smashed through the windshield, state troopers said.

Troopers said they recovered the rock from inside the Dodge Caravan.