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The honeymoon will have to wait for a Michigan man who told arresting officers he had left his wedding reception before wandering drunkenly in traffic Saturday night.
Jeffrey Lloyd Heady
Jeffrey Lloyd Heady, 26, of 2464 Dalson, then tried to escape police custody twice by kicking out the rear windows of two police cruisers. Heady's bride could not be located, but he was found intoxicated and wandering along Apple Avenue wearing black clothing, Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler said.
Roesler said a chaotic string of events following Heady's arrest landed the groom -- who turned out to be a parole absconder -- in the Muskegon County Jail on what he told police was his wedding night. He's now facing five felony charges.
"It must have been one heck of a wedding reception," Roesler said. "But he'll be spending his first wedding anniversary in prison, that's for sure."
Roesler said Heady told authorities he had left a reception hall and was trying to find a gas station. Police said passersby witnessed Heady "staggering in and out of traffic" around 10:20 p.m. on Apple Avenue near Bolen Road in Egelston Township.
It was not clear where Heady's wedding reception was being held. Muskegon County Clerk's office had no marriage license under Heady's name on file.
When a sheriff's deputy pulled up along Heady to speak to him, Heady fled north across Apple Avenue "forcing several cars to brake to keep them from hitting him," Roesler said.
The deputy caught up with Heady in the parking lot of Egelston Township Hall where Heady initially gave the deputy a false name. But when the deputy located Heady's wallet, he discovered Heady's real identity and the fact he was a parole absconder. Information from the Michigan Department of Corrections indicates Heady served time for breaking and entering in 2002.
The deputy then arrested Heady, handcuffing his hands behind his back and "properly" securing Heady in the back of the cruiser, Roesler said.
But it wasn't long before Heady began "yelling about having a panic attack," so the deputy pulled the cruiser over to the side of the road to "get him to settle down," Roesler said.
A Muskegon Township Police officer showed up at the scene to assist the deputy. Heady was again secured in the back seat with his hands cuffed behind his back, and the deputy continued to the jail, Roesler said.
But Heady managed to get his handcuffs in front of him, take his seat belt off and kick out the rear window of the cruiser, Roesler said.
"The deputy heard a loud crash and turns to see the subject had ... smashed out the rear window. (He) jumped out of the vehicle and ran behind a house, running north," Roesler said.
The Muskegon Township officer, who had been following the sheriff's vehicle, witnessed Heady jump a 6-foot fence before darting behind a house. The officer located Heady hiding in bushes nearby and arrested him, Roesler said. Heady attempted to bite officers at the scene and had to be pepper sprayed, according to the police report.
Heady was then handcuffed again and placed into the township cruiser -- this time with leg shackles, Roesler said.
But the groom had one more escape attempt left in him. Roesler said the township officer got about "five or six blocks down the road" when Heady kicked out the back window of the second cruiser -- but this time, didn't have the chance to escape.
The officer contacted the jail and requested a prisoner transport van to pick up Heady, Roesler said.
Heady was arraigned Tuesday in Muskegon County District Court on five felony charges: Two counts of malicious destruction of police property and three counts of resisting and obstructing an officer. He was also charged with escape from lawful custody, a misdemeanor.
Heady was still lodged at the Muskegon County Jail as of late Tuesday afternoon. Bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety. A preliminary examination is slated for June 9.

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