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More details emerge in pre-trial hearing of Grindley case

A motion to suppress Kristen Grindley case evidence, the final minutes of a police interview at the sheriff’s sub-station in Albion last Nov. 11, was granted Friday after a two-plus hour Miranda rights hearing in superior court. Judge David Frazier ruled the final part of the interview should be suppressed because Richard Pasma, Grindley’s former boyfriend who has been charged with failing to report an accident, expressed a desire for an attorney at the end of the Albion session.

The early morning interview at Albion ended at 5:12 a.m. after Pasma declined to continue.

Judge Frazier’s ruling F...

 

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