Former councilmember is charged with felony along with his brother

By Charles Sercombe
Former Hamtramck City Councilmember Ian Perrotta has once again found himself in the public spotlight.
Perrotta, 37, is charged with home invasion — a felony — and stalking, a misdemeanor.
His twin brother, Andrew, is facing a more serious charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than murder – a felony. He is also facing a misdemeanor charge of aggravated assault, domestic violence.
Both were arraigned on Thursday, July 21, in Hamtramck 31st District Court.
Ian Perrotta, who is an attorney, was released on a $3,000 bond, while his brother was given a $5,000 bond.
Their next hearing, for probable cause, is on Aug. 3 in 31st District Court.
However, Andrew Perrotta faced a court hearing on July 27 for allegedly violating his bond conditions. The details of that allegation were not made public, according to court records.
The Review went to press before the outcome of the bond violation hearing was available.

(Editor’s note: After The Review went to press, court records show the bond hearing was rescheduled for Aug. 3)

Court records also do not provide details for the charges, and the Hamtramck Police Department’s policy is not to talk about pending matters.
But, according to various sources familiar with the incident, the matter involved a woman both brothers know.
Andrew Perrotta’s incident allegedly happened on Wednesday, July 18, and Ian’s incident allegedly occurred the day after.
If convicted, Andrew faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
Ian faces a maximum penalty of five years and/or a $2,000 penalty.
The brothers own Trixie’s Bar on Carpenter.
Ian’s brief tenure on city council was rocky. He faced two censures by his colleagues. The first, which was ultimately not voted on, involved comments he made about the sanitation habits of immigrants that some found offensive.
The second censure, which did go through, involved Perrotta’s conduct with a former city hall employee over a dispute about an improvement project at Trixie’s.
It was alleged that Ian berated the male employee during a heated disagreement, calling him a “little b–” who was “just a f– kid and didn’t know anything.”
Perrotta later apologized for his behavior.
He eventually resigned from council during a testy council meeting where he was cut off from commenting by then-mayor Karen Majewski for inappropriate comments.