Clinton Twp. Duo to Spend Life in Prison for Fatal Robbery

A pair of Clinton Township residents were sentenced today to spend the rest of their lives behind bars for their involvement in the robbery and death of a Highland Park man in December 2011. 

Larry Stewart, 22, and Renyatta Hamilton, 21, were sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 19, in Macomb County Circuit Court to life in prison without parole in the death of Kevin Brown, 22.

Prosecutors say Brown was the victim of an armed robbery orchestrated by Stewart and Hamilton on Dec. 19, 2011. Lured to the Clemens Court Apartments in Clinton Township on the pretext of taking Hamilton out for a date, Brown was ambushed by Stewart and shot four times in the struggle that followed, The Macomb Daily reported during the July trial.

Brown later died from his injuries.

A jury found the pair guilty in July of first-degree murder, felony firearm, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, according to court records.

Judge Peter Maceroni credited Stewart and Hamilton, respectively, with 272 and 273 days credit for time served, according to court records. Stewart was sentenced to an additional 25-50 years on the robbery counts and ordered, with Hamilton, to pay $6,300 in restitution. Both were ordered to have no contact with Brown’s family or each other, according to court records.

Hamilton was also sentenced to an additional 10-20 years in prison on the robbery charges.