Former state House Speaker Craig DeRoche (R) arraigned on gun charge

Less than two weeks after he was sentenced to six months probation on an impaired driving charge, former state House Speaker Craig DeRoche was arrested early Sunday morning after a family member called and said he was intoxicated and carrying a gun.

“We got a call from a family member,” said Novi Deputy Police Chief Thomas Lindberg. “But no shots were fired and no one was injured.”

According to Novi Police Department reports, DeRoche’s wife told police that she was out of town and concerned for her three children because DeRoche was caring for them but sounded intoxicated on the phone when she called. She also said that one of her children told her he kept falling off his bike when they went for a bike ride.

She called a friend and asked him to get DeRoche out of the house and then her mother to look after the children.

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That does not tell me where hes from though..I try to keep up, but there is so much going on that I cannot.

.....but he was smart enough not to play with his gun at the same time.