The body of a man who jumped off the Wayne County bridge to Grosse Ile last week to escape police has been found.
The man has been identified as Kevin Noble, 22, of Woodhaven.
Officers from several agencies spent hours trying to find him after he jumped off the bridge shortly after 5 a.m. June 10, but were unsuccessful.
A fisherman found Noble's body Saturday morning near the Detroit light, located south of Grosse Ile in Lake Erie, Grosse Ile police Detective Lt. Joseph Porcarelli said.
Marine officers retrieved the body, and the family identified it.
Flowers and notes have been placed on the bridge in memory of Noble.
Noble, who police had been looking for in relation to alleged thefts from vehicles, had jumped off the bridge to get away from a police officer.
Before jumping, Noble had pulled a knife out of his pants pocket, and the officer had tried to get the man to surrender, according to police.
Instead, Noble jumped into the river. The officer then got a life ring from his vehicle and tried to get it to Noble.
The officer then saw Noble go underwater and not resurface.
Earlier that morning, a second man who also had allegedly been involved in the thefts was arrested.
Officers did not immediately find Noble, however, until he was spotted by the officer near the free bridge at 5:18 a.m.
The man who was arrested, Kevin Devany, 20, was arraigned June 12 before Judge Edward Nykiel at 33rd District Court in Woodhaven.
In relation to the incidents on Grosse Ile on June 10, Davany was charged with two counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle, causing damage, and with one count of filing a false police report. Both are felonies.
He posted bond, which was set at $22,000/10 percent, and has been released.
A preliminary examination of the evidence against him is scheduled for June 24 before Nykiel.
Devany also might have been involved in thefts from motor vehicles in Woodhaven that same morning, police said.
Grosse Ile police Detective Robert Bow said officers have connected property in the vehicle Devany was driving to items that had been stolen from Woodhaven.
Because this information was discovered later, it is expected to be presented to the judge at the examination.
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