A Wayne County judge today listened to an unusual request for release from jail on bond for a Michigan Lottery millionaire awaiting trial for first-degree premeditated murder.Postal workers in the news.
Freddie Young is accused of shooting his daughter's landlord, Greg McNicol, 45, during a May 7 argument over unpaid rent -- just three months after the 62-year-old U.S. Postal worker hit a $46.5 million jackpot with his 13-member lottery club.
After taxes, an even split would have amounted to $1.57 million. When arrested at work five days after McNicol's death, police took $600,000 in cash from the glove box of the new Cherolet Avalanche pickup truck state records show he purchased after his lottery windfall, along with a new Corvette.
Under Michigan law, first-degree murder is one of only a few criminal charges that allow a judge to hold a defendant in jail without setting bond. Conviction on the charge carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Lottery winner accused of murder seeks release from jail
The Detroit News reports:
