A Clarkston man faces two years in jail after pleading no contest to four charges stemming from an October incident where he shot a friend in the abdomen. A fifth charge was rescinded.
Dominic Demetrius French, 25, was sentenced to two years in jail with credit for 175 days served in Sixth Circuit Court in Pontiac on April 12 before Judge Nancy Grant, according to court officials.
French faced charges of felonious assault, reckless discharge of a firearm, felon in position of a firearm and two counts of firearm possession during the commission of a felony, as reported in The Clarkston News Oct. 26 edition.
French was arraigned on Oct. 19 following the incident where he and a friend returned home after celebrating French’s passing of a test to enter the military. According to police reports, French drove his wife’s vehicle home striking another car along the way.
Upon returning home, French grabbed a .22 caliber rifle resulting in the shooting of his friend.
The victim was transported to Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc and underwent surgery and was later released.