A Monroe probationer was convicted last month of charges stemming from a 2025 drive-by shooting, officials said.
Richard Dwayne Gray II was found guilty by a Monroe County Circuit Court jury on April 24 of nine charges following a three-day trial, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said on Friday.
Gray was convicted of a count of assault with intent to murder, a life felony; discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, a 10-year felony; possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, a five-year felony; possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, also a five-year felony; four counts of using a firearm during the commission of a felony, a two-year felony; and witness tampering, a four-year felony, according to the office.
The 34-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25.
Gray’s attorney, Steven Jedinak, was not immediately available for comment on Monday.
Prosecutors alleged Gray was in a fight at a Monroe home on March 16, 2025. Later the same day, he returned to the home and fired a gun at it while speeding down the street in a vehicle.
Police said a 16-year-old was standing on the porch when Gray fired his weapon, and a round struck the house about four feet away from the victim. No injuries were reported.
At the time of the incident, Gray was on probation for a drug-related offense, according to authorities. He began his probation for a drug charge in November 2024 and was set to be released two years later, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections.
Prosecutors said Gray repeatedly pressured a witness, implicitly and explicitly, not to testify in court following the shooting.
The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office initially charged Gray in March 2025, but turned the case over to the state attorney general’s office.
“To keep our communities safe and ensure that offenders are held accountable, witnesses must be able to come forward without fear or intimidation,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a statement. “Violent behavior and attempts to interfere in our legal process cannot be tolerated, and my office will continue to prosecute those who threaten the safety of residents and the integrity of our judicial system to the fullest extent of the law.”
Gray is among Michigan residents who have recently been accused of assault with intent to murder.
Last week, a man and a woman were charged in connection with a weekend drive-by shooting in Harrison Township.
Also, a man was sentenced last week to a year in prison for a stabbing outside a Troy restaurant.
Last month, a Chesterfield Township man accused of attacking a sleeping man with a weightlifting bar was charged.
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