Driver pleads to second-degree murder in Sterling Heights high-speed fatal crash

Young driver guilty of second-degree murder in Sterling Heights crash

The circuit court jury deliberated about three hours Thursday afternoon before convicting Travion Smith of the murder charge and four other offenses for the 2023 death of Faith Gumma, 31, who was pregnant, and the injury of her husband, Norman, 36, and their son, Elijah, 4, in a Sterling Heights crash.

Driver pleads to second-degree murder in Sterling Heights high-speed fatal crash

A 21-year-old Detroit man who killed a woman four years ago while driving and fleeing police pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and faces a lengthy prison term. Angelo Rickey Smith II entered pleas to second-degree murder and three other charges Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court in exchange for dismissal of charges of first-degree murder and second-degree fleeing police for the 2023 crash in Sterling Heights that killed 20-year-old…