One of Michigan’s most famous attorneys is going after Bloomfield Township and its former elected clerk because of a fatal September pedestrian crash.
Jan Roncelli, who was on track to retire after not seeking reelection last year, was at the wheel of a township-owned Jeep Grand Cherokee when the vehicle struck a Rochester man in Birmingham at about 3:30 a.m. Sept. 22.
Bradley Wade Bauer, 32, apparently was hanging out with a friend just before he purchased cigarettes from a Rite Aid store near Maple Road and Coolidge Highway.
Roncelli would tell police she was westbound on Maple Road, listening to news radio after a long day of work, when Bauer, wearing a hooded Detroit Tigers sweatshirt, crossed her path.