LIVONIA, Mich. – Two men have been arraigned on charges stemming from the fatal stabbing of a 34-year-old Detroit man in Livonia last Thursday.
Spencer Jude Krusell, 30, of Highland Park, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing, and was denied bond. Scott Andrew Harrington, 26, of Taylor, faces charges of larceny from a building for allegedly stealing the victim’s backpack prior to the incident, and for receiving and concealing stolen property worth $200-$1,000. His bond was set for $400,000.
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Police officers were dispatched to the area of Middlebelt Road and Orangelawn Street around 4:30 p.m. May 29 to find the victim — identified as 34-year-old Nicholos Hatcher, of Detroit — lying on the side of the road with a single stab wound to the upper chest.
Emergency personnel attempted life-saving techniques upon arrival, but Hatcher was pronounced dead at the scene.
An investigation into the incident determined that Hatcher, Krusell and Harrington were seen at a BioLife Plasma Services center on Plymouth Road in Livonia prior to the stabbing, where police say one of the suspects stole Hatcher’s backpack.
Hatcher later followed the suspects to a nearby area, where investigators say a confrontation occurred that escalated into a physical altercation. It was during that altercation that Hatcher was fatally stabbed.
Police located the suspects in a neighboring city the night of the stabbing and took both into custody.
Both Krusell and Harrington are scheduled to appear before 16th District Court Judge James Jolly for a probable cause conference at 9 a.m. on June 11.