SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 20-year-old Macomb Township man has been convicted of murder for his role in a 2024 drunk driving crash when he was 17.
According to authorities, Jack Robb was driving nearly 90 mph when he blew a red light in Shelby Township on Jan. 7, 2024. Police said he was driving north on Hayes Road when he struck a westbound car on 21 Mile Road.
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The driver of the car, 26-year-old Austin Southwell, was killed in the crash.
Prosecutors said Robb had drank alcohol and smoked marijuana prior to the crash.
On Friday, May 1, a jury found Robb guilty of second-degree homicide and he was remanded to jail.
Robb is scheduled to be sentenced June 25 and faces a possible life sentence in prison.