GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who had two violent encounters with Grand Rapids police, including one in which an officer shot him, pleaded guilty but mentally ill Thursday in both cases.
The criminal cases against 20-year-old Nodin Chervenka, of Grand Rapids, had been delayed for months as he underwent psychiatric exams. His defense attorney, John Zevalking, had argued that Chervenka was criminally insane.
In December 2023, he charged at Grand Rapids police officers with a box cutter in an alley near Lyon Street and Union Avenue NE. Police shot and injured him.…