Michigan State Senator Suspected Of Firing Numerous Shots At His Ex-wife's Car

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State Sen. Virgil K. Smith, suspected of firing numerous shots at his ex-wife's car early Sunday, told investigators it was the stupidest thing he had done in his life, according to police.
The incident occurred after the Detroit Democrat's ex-wife pushed her way into the house and attempted to attack another woman who was in Smith's bed, according to police. Smith told police she threw a chair at the windows of his house and he shot at her car.
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Smith, a graduate of Michigan State and Western Michigan universities, was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 2002. He was elected to the Senate in 2010. His father, Virgil Smith Jr., is presiding judge in Wayne County Family Juvenile Court and served more than 20 years in the Legislature.
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Former Attorney General Mike Cox said Monday that the crimes Smith is accused of don't fit with that ballot proposal approved by voters in 2010 that prohibits people from holding state elective office if they were convicted of a felony that involved "dishonesty, deceit, fraud or a breach of the public trust."
"That wouldn't have anything to do with him holding public office," Cox said. "Traditionally, it's misconduct in public office or embezzlement or something like that."
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This isn't Smith's first run-in with law enforcement, He was convicted twice in 2004 of drinking and driving — first in February of operating a vehicle while impaired by liquor in Lansing and in August of operating while intoxicated offense in Chelsea. His license was revoked because he had two or more drunken-driving convictions within seven years, according to the Michigan Department of State.
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Prior to that, while in college, Smith was arrested twice in two shoplifting-related cases. In February 2002, when Smith was in his early 20s, he dropped a philosophy book down his pants at the Student Book Store in East Lansing, according to police records. He was caught while leaving the store and handed the book back but gave police a false name and birth date, according to the report. He was arrested on disorderly conduct and presenting a false identification, later sentenced to a $250 fine and probation.
Before that incident, he'd been arrested in July 2001 while trying to flee a Meijer store in Okemos with a bottle of tequila, hiding the bottle in his sweatpants. He pleaded guilty in that case to retail fraud, according to previous reports.

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Sen. Smith said firing shots stupidest thing in his life
By Gina Damron and Robert Allen,

Detroit Free Press

7:47 p.m. EDT May 11, 2015