3 charged in carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel music icon Marvin Winans
(CBS/AP) DETROIT - Three men accused in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans, were arraigned Sunday.
Detroit residents Montoya Givens, 20, Christopher Moorehead, 20, and Brian K. Young, 18, were charged with carjacking, unarmed robbery and conspiracy, according to the Wayne County prosecutor's office.
The charges carry up to life in prison.
The men appeared in Detroit's 36th District Court and were ordered held on $200,000 bonds. Their preliminary examinations, in which a judge decides where there's enough evidence for the case to go to trial, are June 1.
Winans, 54, was attacked Wednesday afternoon while pumping gas in Detroit. The robbers took his sport utility vehicle, Rolex watch, cash and credit cards.
Winans sustained bruises and scrapes and was treated at a hospital and released. He is pastor of the 4,500-member Perfecting Church and delivered singer Whitney Houston's eulogy in February.
"I'm just saddened that it has come to this," Winans said shortly after the attack. "This kind of nonsense just has to stop. It's just the savageness of what's happening in the street."
Winans told reporters before the service that he believes Detroit can be turned around.
"The city is fixable, and it starts with the men of the city, in particular the black men," he said. "And I ... want to urge all of you men who hear me to go and get your sons. I'm not bitter. I'm not upset. I'm saddened by what has taken place. But I'm also inspired. We have to make a change in this city."
