Xavier Gardner

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old man from Florida was convicted of all charges for his role in violently abducting a man outside a Shelby Township gym in 2023.

On Oct. 31, a Macomb County Circuit Court jury found Xavier Gardner guilty of one count each of carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, torture, unlawful imprisonment, conspiracy to commit unlawful imprisonment, first-degree home invasion and conspiracy to commit first-degree home invasion, as well as three counts of felony firearm. He will be sentenced Dec. 17.

According to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, Gardener and five others carjacked a man at gunpoint, restrained him in his own vehicle and drove away. The suspects, according to reports, tortured t

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