Washtenaw sheriff’s outreach worker assaults cop, steals police car, killed in fight with police

You can’t make a sto­ry like this up.

From the Ann Arbor Inde­pen­dent:

On April 4, 2025 30-year-old Deshawn Leeth was shot and killed in Beaver Coun­ty Penn­syl­va­nia after what offi­cials described a “wild” car chase that start­ed in Ohio. Leeth was one of Sher­iff Alichia Dyer’s out­reach work­ers, a reformed habit­u­al felon who, between 2012 and 2015, racked up 13 felony home inva­sion charges and 10 felony con­vic­tions. He was sent to prison at age 18. On April 4, Leeth crashed a car on the Ohio Turn­pike. An Ohio State troop­er stopped to check on Leeth. Ohio State Police offi­cials say Leeth fought with the troop­er and attempt­ed to steal his gun. Leeth then stole the trooper’s cruis­er and led police on a chase into Penn­syl­va­nia.

The Washt­e­naw Coun­ty Sher­iff hires out­reach work­ers to go into the com­mu­ni­ty and assist in coor­di­nat­ing between law enforce­ment and the pub­lic, to reduce crime and reduce reof­fend­ing. Under Sher­iff Jer­ry Clay­ton and for­mer Dir. of Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment Der­rick Jack­son, felons were rou­tine­ly hired. in 2024, one com­mu­ni­ty out­reach work­er, a felon, was stopped by Coun­ty Sheriff’s Deputies and found with a cache of guns, includ­ing auto­mat­ic weapons. Upon exit­ing his vehi­cle, the indi­vid­ual told the Washt­e­naw Coun­ty Sheriff’s deputies that he “worked” for Jer­ry Clay­ton. The out­reach work­er, a felon in pos­ses­sion of guns, was arrest­ed and charged.

The Sheriff’s Dept. Com­mu­ni­ty Out­reach Coor­di­na­tor is Mar­vin Gundy, who has been under inves­ti­ga­tion by the Michi­gan AG for wit­ness tam­per­ing and wit­ness intim­i­da­tion.

In Penn­syl­va­nia on the Turn­pike, Leeth crashed and flipped the stolen police cruis­er. In a video tak­en from across the high­way by a truck­er, while being detained Leeth punched and kicked the two offi­cers. He was then shot and killed.

Nat­u­ral­ly, those sur­round­ing Leeth have absolute­ly no con­cept of the notion that per­haps a career crim­i­nal should not be asso­ci­at­ed with the Sher­if­f’s depart­ment or being any kind of “com­mu­ni­ty out­reach” per­son. On the con­trary, lib­er­als are keen to do so.

Per Mlive, Sher­iff Ali­cia Dyer (a social work­er with zero expe­ri­ence as a police offi­cer) post­ed the fol­low­ing:

“Like so many in the com­mu­ni­ty, we are left in shock, with unan­swered ques­tions and pro­found sorrow…His loss will be deeply felt by the young peo­ple across our coun­ty whose lives he touched. No mat­ter who you were or what you had been through, Deshawn showed unwa­ver­ing com­pas­sion and care to every­one he worked with.”

Watch the video of Deshawn Leeth assault­ing a police offi­cer and steal­ing his car below, and decide for your­self whether he had the “unwa­ver­ing com­pas­sion” adver­tised: