Ex-Westland Police Sergeant Yells Racial Slurs, Threatens Security At Detroit Casino: AG

WESTLAND, MI — A former Westland police sergeant was ordered to stand trial Monday after he assaulted and yelled racial slurs to a security guard at a Detroit casino last year, according to the Michigan Attorney General's Office.

Kevin Yudt, 42, of Grass Lake, was charged with two counts of ethnic intimidation and two counts of assault and battery in connection with an incident that happened at MGM Grand Detroit on April 6, 2023. His next court date is July 9.

If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison.

Police said MGM Grand Detroit security guards denied Yudt access to the casino floor because he appeared drunk, according to the attorney general's office.

Yudt then told security, "I’ll be waiting for you when you come to Westland, and you will not survive," according to the attorney general's office.

Yudt also began poking the security officers in the chest while shouting racial slurs, according to the attorney general's office.

Westland Police fired Yudt a month after the incident.

"My office takes allegations of ethnic intimidation and assault very seriously and will prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law," Nessel said in a news release.