Fatal drunk driving case advances to circuit court
The case against a Plymouth man facing charges as the driver in a fatal drunk driving crash last month in Novi has been advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial.
Donovan Lycette,
24, is charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, punishable by up to five years in prison. After he waived his right to a preliminary exam Wednesday, 52-1 District Judge Travis Reeds bound the case over to the higher court.
According to police, the crash happened at around 3 a.m. on Oct. 3 when Lycette lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree on Cranbrooke Street, near 10 Mile and Haggerty roads. A back seat passenger, Justin Mark Griesemer, 32, of Novi, was killed. A front seat passenger, a 24-year-old Novi man, suffered a broken leg, police said.
Lycette is scheduled for arraignment Nov. 30 before Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren.