BAY CITY, MI -- Earlier this month, Michael J. Dzurka pleaded no contest to a felony he faced for throwing a beer bottle at a bartender who had cut him off. Free on bond and awaiting sentencing, Dzurka allegedly wound up in another fracas in a bar, drunkenly scuffling with a bouncer and police before having to be restrained.

The incident began about 11:51 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, when a police officer responded to the Whyte Goose Inn, 108 S. State St., for an unwanted person call. Dzurka, a patron at the bar, had been cut off and was refusing to leave, according to police reports contained in court records.

The officer found Dzurka, 38, nearby and drove him to within a few blocks of his home, court records show.

About two hours later, police responded to Lucky's Pub, 615 E. Midland St., for another unwanted person complaint. Officers arrived on scene and saw Dzurka on the ground in front of the pub, security personnel on top of him, court records show.

A bouncer told police he saw Dzurka enter Lucky's from the abutting Westown Theater, swaying and with a bottle in his hand. The bouncer tapped Dzurka on the shoulder and told him he had to leave, but Dzurka pulled away and said he wasn't going anywhere. The bouncer took the bottle from him and began leading him to the front door, when Dzurka swung on him, grazing his nose.

The bouncer began scuffling with Dzurka until they were on the sidewalk, he said. Dzurka punched the bouncer in the jaw, and the bouncer then took him to the ground, he said.

An ambulance arrived and paramedics began treating Dzurka, who was bleeding from his face. Still unruly, Dzurka punched one of the paramedics in the chest, police wrote in their reports.

Dzurka appeared highly intoxicated, had slurred speech, and described himself as a warrior, court records state. He eventually had to be restrained to a cot and struggled with police.

"Michael continued to yell, scream, and call me and my family several derogatory names," an officer wrote in his report. Dzurka repeatedly tried freeing his hands and spit at an officer as well, court records state.

Dzurka on Monday, March 20, appeared before Bay County District Judge Timothy J. Kelly for arraignment on three counts of assaulting, resisting, or obstructing police and two counts of assault and battery. The former charge is a two-year felony, while the latter is a 93-day misdemeanor.

Kelly set Dzurka's bond at $50,000 cash-surety.

Dzurka is to appear for a preliminary examination before Judge Kelly at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5. After that, Judge Sheeran is to sentence Dzurka at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 17.

Dzurka on March 8 pleaded no contest to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, a four-year felony. In exchange, the prosecution agreed not to seek a habitual offender sentencing enhancement and to recommend he not be incarcerated on the initial sentence. Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran indicated he would sentence Dzurka to one year of probation.

Dzurka had previously been outspoken that he would not plead to a felony and that the charge was trumped up against him.

The charge stems from an incident that happened June 12 at the Willew Lounge, 3005 E. Midland Road in Bangor Township. Jill Redfern, a bartender, testified in a September preliminary examination that she cut him off when he began staring at two other male patrons and getting loud toward them.

Dzurka then walked outside with a beer bottle and Redfern pursued him to the door. When she told him he had to bring the bottle back inside, he chucked it at her, she testified. Redfern closed the door in time and the bottle struck it or a nearby pole and shattered, she said.