Ex-Warren Police Officer James Burke charged with homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle in crash that killed Cedric Hayden Jr., DeJuan Pettis.

Preliminary hearing for former Warren police officer involved in deadly shooting Day 2 of the preliminary hearing for former Warren Police Officer James Burke continued on Wednesday.

James Burke faces manslaughter charges after a collision that killed two men while he was responding to a call about a stolen car.

James Burke was bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court on charges that included homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle.

Ex-Warren police officer James Burke faces homicide-manslaughter charges in Sept. 30 crash that killed Cedric Hayden Jr. and DeJuan Pettis.

From left, Defense attorney Marc Curtis sits with his client James Burke during the preliminary exam for Warren police officer James Burke at 37th District Court in Warren on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

The former Warren, Michigan, police officer charged in the September 2024 crash that killed two men will stand trial, the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. James Burke, 29, is charged ...

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – A former Warren police officer was bound over to stand trial in connection with a crash that killed two men, a judge ruled Friday. James Burke was charged with two felony ...

James Burke and his mother, Beth Haines, are caring for 7-year-old Lavender Burke, who has been in a coma since a devastating car accident on July 8.