Overview
- Victims were identified as dealership owner Marvan Batoo, 40, and customer Ghaith Baban, 48, who were found fatally shot inside Star Auto Sales on Nov. 7.
- Terrance Jermaine Sandles, 46, of Houston, was arrested pre-dawn Nov. 8 at a Romulus hotel after officers tracked a suspect vehicle and reviewed surveillance footage.
- Police say they recovered cash believed stolen from the business, firearms, and a large quantity of cocaine in the hotel room during a no‑knock raid.
- Sandles was arraigned on multiple felonies including two counts of first-degree murder, is charged as a fourth‑offense habitual offender, and is being held without bond at the Macomb County Jail.
- Authorities say two charges were later withdrawn, leaving 13 felony counts, with a potential drug case to proceed separately; court dates are set for Nov. 24 and Dec. 1.