He drove till arm tore off, police charge

Police say he dragged his wife down a dirt road, her arm tangled in the seatbelt strap through the open door of his pickup, until the limb ripped clean from her body.

His lawyer says he's a hero, rushing his injured wife to the hospital before she bled to death.

Stephen Humphrey, 39, of Romulus was arraigned Thursday in 1st District Court in Monroe on charges of third-offense drunken driving causing serious injury and operating a vehicle with a suspended license, also causing serious injury.

If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. He's being held in the Monroe County Jail on $100,000 bond.

"I'm saying he's a hero," John Gonta, Humphrey's lawyer, said Thursday. "He made sure his wife survived. Whatever happened before that, I don't know, but I'm glad he took her to the hospital."

Police, too, aren't entirely sure what led to 34-year-old Brenda Humphrey's arm being ripped off about 1 a.m. Sunday. After days of searching, police still haven't found the crime scene or the arm.

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