While a Pontiac man accused of shooting two others nearly two years ago — killing one of them — awaits trial in Oakland County Circuit Court, another connected to the case has made a plea deal.

At a hearing Thursday before Judge Daniel O’Brien, two counts of accessory after the fact were dismissed against Ja-Vontay Boykin in exchange for him pleading guilty to an added charge of neglecting or refusing to help authorities investigating a criminal case by withholding information. The added charge is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in prison and/or a $1,000 fine, while the other charges were felonies.

The felonies were the second and third charges dropped for Boykin; a charge of lying to a police officer was dismissed in May of 2024. Boykin’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Ja

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