Lottery winner's fortune frozen in Mich. murder case

(CBS) - A Michigan lottery millionaire - who is also a murder suspect - has had his fortune frozen by a Wayne County judge, according to the Detroit News.

Circuit Judge Brian Sullivan issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday preventing Freddie Young from "transferring, dissipating or otherwise squandering his current assets." Young is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of his daughter's landlord in a rent dispute.

Judge Sullivan acted in response to a lawsuit filed Monday by the widow of the landlord, 45-year-old Greg McNicol.

Young, a 62-year-old postal worker, and his 13-member lottery club hit a $46.5 million jackpot in February. The group took a cash payoff, which if split evenly after taxes would have resulted in shares of $1.57 million each, the Detroit News reported.

On May 7, Young was jailed without bond after he allegedly shot and killed McNicol. The Australian native who moved to Detroit to buy and live in a 10-unit apartment building on the city's east side was allegedly confronted and shot by Young in front of many of the building's tenants.

Judge Sullivan will hold a hearing June 28 to determine if the order freezing Young's fortune should be extended or made permanent.

The judge also ordered the Detroit Police Department to hold an unspecified amount of cash seized from Young's pickup truck on his arrest. The judge overseeing Young's criminal charges

Young's next appearance in court is June 16, when Wayne County Circuit Judge Linda Parker will consider an unusual request for bond.

First-degree premeditated murder, which is punishable with a mandatory sentence of life without parole, is one of the few charges under Michigan law for which judges can decline to set bond.