A 16-year-old Superior Township boy accused of shooting a man in the leg after taking his money refused a plea deal offered by the prosecution Tuesday in the Washtenaw County Trial Court.
Bertel Franklin Gibbs is charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, armed robbery and three counts of felony firearm for a November shooting at an Ypsilanti Township apartment complex.
Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth offered Gibbs a deal that would have dismissed the count of assault with intent to murder and two counts of felony firearm if Gibbs pleaded guilty to the rest of the charges.
"That offer has been rejected," Longsworth told Judge Donald Shelton.
A trial is scheduled to start on April 22.
Gibbs is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Ypsilanti Township man who told police he was walking through an apartment complex in the 1100 block of South Harris Road when Gibbs allegedly brandished a handgun and told the man to give him all his money, police said.
Even though the man handed over an undisclosed amount of money, police say Gibbs shot the man in the leg. Neither Gibbs or the victim lived at the apartment complex and did not know each other, according to police.
The 39-year-old was treated at the hospital for the gunshot wound and released soon after the incident.
At the time of his arrest, Gibbs was given a $500,000 bond and was being held at the Washtenaw County Juvenile Detention Center. No booking picture is available because Gibbs was processed as a juvenile.
Gibbs was charged as an adult due to the seriousness of the crimes, police said.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.