AG takes on I-96 shootings case

3 counties combine prosecution; Oakland to handle own case

Lansing — Attorney General Bill Schuette's office will handle prosecution of a Wixom man suspected in a string of shootings along the Interstate 96 corridor in three counties.

Schuette's office said Tuesday that prosecutors in Ingham, Livingston and Shiawassee counties requested assistance from the attorney general's criminal division in the prosecution of the suspected shooter, 43-year-old Raulie Casteel.

In statements released by Schuette's office, the other three prosecutors said a single prosecution was the best strategy for handling a case that involved a frantic manhunt that covered numerous police jurisdictions.

"It will provide a consistent approach to the case that is not possible with multiple jurisdictions handling multiple cases," Livingston County Prosecutor David Morse said.

By Chad Livengood
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