William McCray
Courtesy of WCSO
One of the three men accused of holding up a cab driver in Ypsilanti Township pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of armed robbery in the Washtenaw County Trial Court.
Twenty-two-year-old William McCray, of Detroit, took a plea deal offered by the prosecutor's office. McCray pleaded guilty to the first count of armed robbery in exchange for the dismissal of a second county of armed robbery and two counts of unarmed robbery.
Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecuting Brenda Taylor said a habitual offender status also would be dismissed.
A sentencing agreement was not part of the plea deal.
When Judge Darlene O'Brien asked McCray what he did that made him think he was guilty of the charge, he replied: "Robbed a cab driver."
Police said McCray, along with Samuel McCray, 17 and Richard Winston, 17, assaulted a cab driver and took cash and a cellphone after being picked up at 6:15 p.m. Dec. 26 in the 800 block of George Place in Ypsilanti Township.
McCray remains in the Washtenaw County Jail where he is being held with no bond.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.