Courtesy of the WCSO
A plea deal could be in the works for the 21-year-old Ypsilanti Township man accused of beating and stabbing his girlfriend, as well as running her over with a car.
Judge Donald Shelton adjourned Michael Glenn's final pretrial hearing Tuesday in the Washtenaw County Trial Court after two long bench conferences with attorneys.
"Plea negotiations are still underway," Shelton said before adjourning the case until June 4.
Glenn briefly appeared in the courtroom, where he smiled and waved at family and friends seated in the gallery while being led to and from the lectern.
He is accused of beating a woman last fall after she tried to break up with him while the two were in a vehicle parked in front of his house in the 2300 block of McKinley Road in Ypsilanti Township.
Police said Glenn got in the woman’s car and punched her in the face multiple times when she told him she wanted to break up with him. She was stabbed multiple times with an unknown object and strangled until she blacked out before Glenn took her out of the car and ran her over with the vehicle, according to police.
Investigators said Glenn tried to put the woman in the trunk of the car before she convinced him she wouldn’t leave him. When Glenn walked away from the area, the woman fled to a neighbor’s home and called police. Glenn allegedly stole the woman’s car and fled the area before deputies could arrive on scene.
Glenn faces two counts each of assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. He faces a single charge each of carjacking, motor vehicle theft, unlawful imprisonment and domestic violence.
He was arrested in Detroit last January and continues to be held in the Washtenaw County Jail on a $250,000 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.