Crime & Safety
Man Dies after Using Drugs at Ferndale Chaplain's House
A 43-year-old Lincoln Park resident died after taking drugs at the home of a Ferndale police chaplain and pastor at a local LGBT-community church.
Mark Bidwell, a Ferndale chaplain and pastor at the , is under fire after a 43-year-old Lincoln Park resident died last week after taking drugs at the chaplain's home.
Steven Michael Fitch, 43, died about 5:30 a.m. Sept. 21 at the Bidwell’s house in the 2700 block of Burdette, the Daily Tribune is reporting.
Bidwell is a pastor at the LGBT community Metropolitan Community Church licenses a space at . The two are separate, however, and have separate congregations. He is also one of several chaplains for the Ferndale Police Department.
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“Based on the information we have it is sufficient to determine he (Bidwell) is not a person we want associated with our department,” Ferndale Police Lt. Detective William Wilson told the Tribune.
Criminal charges for Bidwell are unlikely, the department said.
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Correction: This brief was updated for clarity.
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