Ex-Detroit cop will serve probation for killing attorney Cliff Woodards in a car crash
The officer sped through a red light and slammed into Woodard's car
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Cliff Woodards
Attorney Cliff Woodards.
A former Detroit cop who killed prominent attorney and radio personality Cliff Woodards II in a car crash pleaded no contest to willful neglect of duty on Monday.
Teaira Iris Funderburg, 31, was on duty in a patrol car on Feb. 8, 2021, when she sped through a red light and slammed into a car driven by Woodards at the intersection of West Chicago Road and Jeffries Service Drive. She was responding to another officer in a nonemergency call.
Woodards, a popular 58-year-old defense attorney and radio host on 910AM Superstation, was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Funderburg’s no contest plea is not an admission of guilty but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
Detroit Police Department
Ex-Detroit Police Officer Teaira Funderburg.
Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 30.
In June 2021, prosecutors charged Funderburg with involuntary manslaughter, a felony that carries up to 15 years in prison.
Woodard’s daughter, Melissa Connelly, is suing Funderburg and the city of Detroit for $50 million for wrongful death.
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