Nik Rajkovic / news@whmi.com

Village of Pinckney Police Department issued an update Monday to last year's theft of new vehicles at Pinckney Chrysler, saying a total of seven suspects have now been charged.

It happened in March 2024, when an officer responding to a "suspicious situation" arrived to find vehicles fleeing the parking area off Kirkland Court. One vehicle was stopped, and it was determined that the driver was a participant in the theft that was occurring.

Police in Brighton, Hamburg and Michigan State Police almost immediately engaged in a pursuit of one of the stolen vehicles. The suspect driver was eventually caught as well as another getaway driver who was trying to help him.

Pinckney PD investigators began questioning these suspects and started a year long investigation into what turned out to be a statewide auto theft ring. After many months of search warrants, evidence review, and hundreds of hours of investigation, the Livingston County Prosecutor’s office has issued the following charges:

1. Desean Stanley -20 year old male from Detroit. $500,000 cash/surety bond
a. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
b. Using a Computer to Commit Crimes
c. Conspiracy to Commit B&E w/Intent
d. B&E with Intent
e. Conspiracy to Commit UDAA
f. UDAA (5 Counts)
g. Conspiracy to Commit Larceny in a Building
h. Larceny in a Building
i. Operating a Chop Shop
j. Flee & Elude
k. Driving With a Suspended License
l. Reckless Driving

2. 22 year old male from Detroit
a. Conspiracy to Commit B&E
b. UDAA (5 Counts)
c. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
d. Flee & Elude
e. Malicious Destruction of Property over $50,000

3. Kristopher Hayes - 24 year old male from Detroit $500,000 cash/surety bond
a. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
b. Using a Computer to Commit Crimes (20 Counts)
c. Conspiracy to Commit B&E w/Intent
d. B&E w/Intent
e. Conspiracy to Commit UDAA
f. UDAA (5 Counts)
g. MDOP over $50K
h. Conspiracy to Commit Larceny in a Building
i. Larceny in a Building
j. Habitual 2nd
k. Reckless Driving
l. Flee & Elude

4. 25 year old male from Detroit
a. Conspiracy to Commit B&E
b. B&E
c. UDAA (5 Counts)
d. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
e. Flee & Elude
f. MDOP over $50K

5. Dakarai Williams - 24 year old male from Detroit $500,000 cash/surety bond
a. Conspiracy to Commit B&E
b. B&E
c. UDAA (5 Counts)
d. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
e. Flee & Elude
f. MDOP over $50K

6. 20 year old male from Detroit
a. Continuing Criminal Enterprise
b. Using a Computer to Commit Crimes
c. Conspiracy to Commit B&E w/Intent
d. B&E with Intent
e. Conspiracy to Commit UDAA
f. UDAA (5 Counts)
g. Conspiracy to Commit Larceny in a Building
h. Larceny in a Building

7. 23 year old male from Detroit
a. Accessory After the Fact to a Felony (2 Counts)
b. Felony Firearm
c. Possession of Financial Transaction Information and Personal Identifying Information (5 Counts each)
d. Using a Computer to Commit Crimes (5 Counts)
e. Lying to Police


Pinckney Police could not connect this suspect to the Continuing Criminal Enterprise for the Pinckney Chrysler incident but there are other jurisdictions that can, based on the investigation. This suspect was also charged with five counts of each financial crime, but we identified approximately 50 victims from all over the country.

According to the release, these subjects have been identified as allegedly victimizing citizens and car dealerships all over southern Michigan. The only charges listed above that are not multi-year felonies are the suspended license and reckless driving violations.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.