The US Marshals Service was helping local authorities search for the couple Friday, and had offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information that could lead to their arrest.
The defense attorneys and the prosecutor also clashed over whether the couple were fleeing prosecution or intended to turn themselves in before they were arrested. “This court is going to see … there is far more going on than what this court has been made aware of.”Ĭouple withdrew $4,000 from an ATM on Friday, official told CNN
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“When the prosecution is stating that this child had free access to a gun, that is just absolutely not true,” Smith said. One of the parents’ attorneys, Shannon Smith, countered during the hearing that “the gun was actually locked.” James Crumbley shook his head as McDonald made both statements. Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald has alleged that James Crumbley on November 26 bought the gun at a store in Oxford, and that the parents gave the weapon to their son as an early Christmas present.ĭuring Saturday’s arraignment, McDonald said, “It’s … clear from the facts that (Ethan Crumbley) had total access to this weapon,” and that the parents “didn’t secure (the gun) and they allowed him free access to it.” Parents’ attorney says ‘the gun was locked,’ and son didn’t have free accessĭuring Saturday’s arraignment, defense lawyers denied prosecutors’ contentions that the parents gave Ethan Crumbley unfettered access to the gun he’s accused of using. The shooting – the deadliest at a US K-12 campus since 2018 and the 32nd such attack since August 1 – claimed the lives of Madisyn Baldwin, 17 Tate Myre, 16 Hana St. “We believe they were assisted in that location to get there, to get in, and we’re gathering that information,” Bouchard said in a news conference Saturday afternoon.Įthan Crumbley was charged Wednesday as an adult with terrorism, murder and other counts in the shooting.īouchard said there was clear evidence the shooting was premeditated and that the shooter was “looking forward to it.” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the person potentially faces “charges for either aiding and abetting or obstruction of justice” as determined by the county prosecutor. The Detroit Police Department has identified a person who guided the Crumbleys as they parked their vehicle in the back of the building where they were found, a law enforcement official told CNN.
White added someone let the couple into the building, and said that person could face charges. White said he didn’t know the Crumbleys’ intentions, but that “this isn’t indicative of turning themselves in, hiding in a warehouse.” They were “very distressed” after they were detained, the chief said. “They appeared to be hiding in the building,” Detroit Police Chief James White said during a news conference early Saturday. James and Jennifer Crumbley had been charged Friday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter over Tuesday’s shooting, and were supposed to attend an arraignment Friday afternoon, authorities said.īut they missed the Friday arraignment, making them fugitives and setting off a search for them, authorities said.Įarly Saturday, police said they found the couple on the first floor of an industrial or commercial building in Detroit – some 40 miles south of the Oxford area where they live – after someone tipped police Friday night that their vehicle was nearby. The detained couple, sitting alone in separate rooms, made their arraignment appearance by video conference with the judge, their attorneys and the county prosecutor.īoth spoke little beyond saying they understood each charge – with Jennifer Crumbley appearing to cry between words – and pleaded “not guilty” to each.ĭuring the arraignment, their attorneys stressed their clients had fully intended to turn themselves in before authorities arrested them Saturday morning, and denied prosecutors’ assertions that their son had unrestricted access to the gun he’s accused of using.Īuthorities look for motive with 15-year-old Michigan high school shooting suspect in custody. The parents of the teen accused in this week’s deadly Michigan high school shooting pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges Saturday morning, hours after police said they arrested them in a Detroit warehouse following an hours-long search.Ī judge in Michigan’s Oakland County set bond at $500,000 each for James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teen jailed on suspicion killing four schoolmates and wounding seven other people at Oxford High School on Tuesday.
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