KALAMAZOO — A Kalamazoo police officer was arrested in Van Buren County after his wife placed a 911 call shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety confirmed today.
Van Buren County Undersheriff Gabrielle Rought said "probable cause existed, so an arrest was made" by sheriff's deputies upon their arrival at the home of Officer Steve Luthy, a 10-year veteran of Kalamazoo Public Safety.
Rought said she would not release further details about the case, which is at the Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office for review. Luthy's wife declined to seek medical treatment, which "was offered," Rought said.
Luthy was taken to the Van Buren County Jail and, following his release, was placed on administrative leave, according to the statement issued by the public safety department.
That statement reads, in part:
Luthy was awarded the department's Professional Excellence Award in 2003 for his work on a hit-and-run accident in which a pedestrian was critically injured.