Man charged in kidnapping of 16-year-old Hamtramck student waiting for bus

A 48-year-old Hamtramck man is charged with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl who was abducted Monday morning, prosecutors said.

Donald James Joseph Arthur Fields was arraigned Thursday on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, felonious assault, three counts of felony firearm, five counts of felony firearm and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, police said. He was ordered held without bond after the arraignment hearing and remanded to the Wayne County Jail.

The victim, who is a student at Frontier International Academy in Hamtramck, was waiting for a school bus when she was kidnapped about 7:05 a.m. Monday, authorities said. She noticed a man walk up to her, place something at her back, and forced her into the back of a van before driving away…

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