I-96 corridor shootings suspect back in court Wednesday

Posted on Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 11:30 a.m.

I-96 corridor shootings suspect back in court Wednesday

By Cindy Heflin

Previous coverage of the I-96 corridor shootings

Raulie Casteel, the man accused in the Interstate 96 corridor shootings, was scheduled to be back in court Wednesday for two hearings, MLive reported

Raulie Casteel

Casteel has court appearances scheduled in Novi related to shootings that occurred in Oakland County and in Howell related to Livingston County shootings.

The hearings are to discuss the possibility of Casteel waiving his right to a pretrial hearing within 14 days of his arraignment.

Casteel was arraigned last week on 66 felony charges related to the string of shootings that from Oct. 16 to Oct. 27 that occurred on and near I-96 in Livingston, Oakland, Ingham and Shiawassee counties. He is being held without bond in the Livingston County Jail.

Police said the shooter fired from his car as he drove, mostly at other cars. One person was injured.

Read the MLive report.

Comments

treetowncartel

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 9:40 p.m.

Thank you task force members!! Your work does not go unnoticed, or unappreciated.

Tru2Blu76

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 5:34 p.m.

At least now we have a probable defense strategy: "My ideology made me do it." ;-)

DNB

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 5:12 p.m.

Cindy, is local attorney, Charles Groh, on Casteel's defense team?

DNB

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 6:26 p.m.

Thanks, Cindy. I just wanted to confirm. I thought I saw him in some Local 4 footage.

Cindy Heflin

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 : 6:12 p.m.

Charles Groh is one of Casteel's lawyers.