LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Attorney General Dana Nessel announced 20 new charges against the 26-year-old man accused of kidnapping and murdering 2-year-old Wynter Smith earlier this month.
In addition, Rashad Trice faces charges that he allegedly assaulted Smith’s mother prior to the kidnapping.
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The state of Michigan has charged Trice with the following:
- One Count First Degree Premeditated Murder
- One Count Felony Murder
- One Count Assault with Intent to Murder
- Two Counts First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct
- Two Counts Kidnapping
- One Count Home Invasion, First Degree
- One Count Disarming a Peace Officer
- One Count Second Degree Feeling and Eluding
- One Count Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property, valued between $1,000-$2,000
- One Count Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property, motor vehicle
- One Count Unlawfully Driving Away an Automobile
- One Count Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
- One Count Resisting and Obstructing Causing Injury
- Three Counts Resisting and Obstructing
- One Count Second Degree Domestic Violence–Second Offense
- One Count Stalking
Nessel’s office is charging Trice as a fourth-offense habitual offender. It came to an agreement with Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido, and Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy to consolidate the many charges against Trice into a single prosecution.
Trice is being lodged in the Newaygo County Jail.