DETROIT – A 23-year-old man from Detroit has been sentenced to years in federal prison for his role in a violent kidnapping tied to a mistaken belief about a carjacking.
Semaj Ayes pleaded guilty to kidnapping in March. He is one of seven people who were charged in the kidnapping. Cortez Blake and Nasir Lewis were convicted at trial, while Maijah Greene, Shatonnia Kimbrough and Armond Williams pleaded guilty. Karamoh Turner was acquitted.
According to authorities, Blake and others kidnapped and beat a woman they wrongly believed was involved in a carjacking. The group offered the woman a ride from a local business, but instead took her to an empty lot against her will and assaulted her…