LIVONIA (WWJ) -- Two men have been charged in connection with a deadly stabbing in Livonia last week.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Monday she is charging 30-year-old Jude Krusell of Highland Park and 26-year-old Scott Harrington of Taylor in the killing of 34-year-old Nicholos Hatcher of Detroit.
Livonia Police responded to emergency calls last Thursday. after 4:45 p.m.. saying an unresponsive person was lying on the side of the road near Middlebelt and Orangelawn.
The first arriving officers saw the person (later identified as Hatcher) had suffered a stab wound.
Medics declared him dead on the scene. Prosecutors allege Krusell and Harrington robbed Hatcher's backpack, which lead to a verbal altercation before eventually escalating into Krusell stabbing him in the chest with a pocketknife.
He and Harrington then fled the scene.
They were both arrested later that night, officials said.
Krusell has been charged with Second-Degree Murder while Harrington has been charged with Larceny from a Building and Receiving and Concealing Stolen Property - $200 or More But Less Than $1,000.
Both were expected to be arraigned on Monday.
