GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Four men have received long
federal prison sentences for the gang-related 2010 kidnapping and murder
of a 19-year-old Lansing woman who was fatally shot in a car trunk
outside her home.
The four were convicted last August in Grand Rapids federal court and sentenced this week.
The
longest sentence of life in prison for premeditated murder went to
36-year-old Charles Lewis Sr., who authorities say fired the rifle shots
that killed Shayla Johnson.
Twenty-six-year-old Mustafa Al-Din
was sentenced to 50 years, his 25-year-old brother Walee Al-Din to 60
years and 24-year-old Raphael Crenshaw to 47 ½
years in prison.
Prosecutors
say they were tied to the "Block Burners" gang and wanted to kidnap
Johnson to force her boyfriend to turn over cash and drugs.
Four others were sentenced earlier.