Laketown Township —
Charges from 2008 against a Holland man will be thrown out after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday police illegally entered his home.

Angel Moreno Jr. refused to let Holland police into his home without a warrant in December 2008. The officers were looking for a suspect they believed was in the home.

A police report said officers smelled “burning or burnt marijuana” when a woman answered the door. The woman admitted minors were drinking alcohol in the residence.

Moreno tried to close the door, but one officer pushed his shoulder against the door, keeping it from closing, according to court documents.

An officer suffered a torn hamstring and bruised elbow in the struggle that followed, and Moreno was charged with resisting and obstructing a police officer causing injury.

State Supreme Court justices ruled the officers’ conduct was unlawful.