Haakma

Charles Haakma

RACINE -- Charles Haakma was sentenced on Tuesday, March 12 to $3,000 in fines plus court costs for his role in a scuffle with Mount Pleasant police in August 2017. A portion of the episode was caught on police body camera.

Police were called to Spring and Ohio in Mount Pleasant after a series of car crashes that occurred because of ongoing construction in the area.

"He was just trying to get into his driveway. The man was blocking it," said Daniel Storm an investigator for Haakma's attorney, Walter Stern.

Storm said Haakma never punched the officer. Storm believes the officer hit his head on the car's grab bar. The punch was not captured on body cameras -- because it fell off while the officer tried to remove Haakma from the vehicle.

Mount Pleasant Interim Police Chief Matthew Soens issued the following statement on this matter: