Michigan Rep. Neil Friske charged with sexual assault and gun crime

Authorities in Lansing, Michigan, are seeking sexual assault and weapons charges against Republican Rep. Neil Friske, according to documents obtained The Detroit Free Press.

The 62-year-old deputy was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning after allegedly “stalking an adult dancer following an argument” while in possession of a firearm. The office of Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane told Free Press that police responded to reports of an armed man “as well as possible gunshots.” In their response, police officers learned “of a possible sexual assault on an adult female.”

In a statement posted on Facebook, Friske’s campaign team wrote: “Representative Friske always exercises his 2nd Amendment rights. We have no details other than what the media gathered, oddly enough before any of us knew.”

The campaign also noted that the arrest was “highly suspicious” considering it occurred “right before the mail-in ballots were released” and “one day after an unknown phone number conducted a poll on Race 107 between Representative Friske and our deep state-connected opponent.”