DETROIT – Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged a 16-year-old boy from Detroit in connection with the armed robbery and assault of an 18-year-old Detroit man.
The incident occurred on Tuesday (Jan. 27) about 8:15 p.m. at an apartment building in the 600 block of Williams Mall on the campus of Wayne State University.
Investigators allege the juvenile physically assaulted the victim, produced and fired a handgun, and robbed the victim of his necklace before fleeing the scene.
Wayne State University Police investigated the incident and arrested the juvenile on Feb. 26, 2026.
The juvenile respondent has been charged with armed robbery, unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and felonious assault, prosecutors said. He is not being charged as an adult defendant; he has been designated an adult.
Adult designation means that, upon conviction, the judge may sentence the respondent as a juvenile, as an adult, or impose a blended juvenile sentence with the option of imposing an adult sentence if the juvenile is not rehabilitated.
A preliminary hearing was held on Wednesday, March 4, in the Juvenile Detention Facility, and the juvenile was remanded to custody.
A probable cause conference is scheduled for March 9, 2026, at 1 p.m. in the Lincoln Hall of Justice.