MASON, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A former Kent County Deputy accused of assaulting a paralyzed man in an alleged road rage incident last August has been found not guilty.

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A jury found Marcelo Aranda not guilty in a Ingham County courtroom Monday following a two-day trial.

The case stems from an Aug. 19, 2022 incident when Aranda pursued Tyler Lueken and attempted a citizen’s arrest after he says Lueken drove erratically on I-96. Aranda was off duty at the time.

That incident was caught on cell phone and showed Aranda approaching Lueken’s vehicle yelling. The video shows Aranda pulling Lueken out of the vehicle and punching him on the ground.

Aranda believed Lueken was drunk during the incident. Lueken was later charged with a DUI.

Aranda was fired from the Kent County Sheriff’s Office a month after the incident.

Cell phone video filmed by Lueken’s girlfriend was shown in court. Aranda’s lawyer claimed Lueken hit Aranda before the filming began. The prosecution argued that Aranda abused his position as a police officer and attempted to perform police work outside his jurisdiction.

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