Repeat offender suspected in robbery of EMU students sent to prison for fleeing and assault

A Washtenaw County judge ordered an Ypsilanti man to prison for fleeing and eluding police and assault.

Court records show Dion Wade, 22, was ordered to serve between six months and two years in prison for leading officers on a chase after he and another man were suspected of robbing two Eastern Michigan University students last October. Circuit Judge Archie Brown credited him for four months served at the county jail.

Prosecutors ultimately dismissed armed robbery charges against Wade and another man who was also caught after the brief foot chase along the Huron River because witnesses didn’t show up for court.

Wade also avoided prosecution in an unrelated assault case when an accuser also didn’t appear for court in December, forcing prosecutors to dismiss felony charges.

Wade pleaded guilty as charged to one count of assaulting and resisting a police officer last month. Prosecutors agreed not to sentence him as a habitual offender. His criminal history dates back to 2006 and includes convictions for receiving and concealing stolen property, and fleeing and eluding police.

Art Aisner is a freelance writer for AnnArbor.com. Reach the news desk at news@annarbor.com or 734-623-2530.