Overview
- Two men were found shot to death on Nov. 7 inside Star Auto Sales in Shelby Township, identified as Marvan Batoo, 40, and Ghaith Baban, 48.
- Terrance Jermaine Sandles, 46, of Houston, was arrested before dawn Nov. 8 at a Romulus hotel after police tracked a vehicle linked to the case.
- Investigators report finding evidence in the hotel room that ties him to the killings, along with a large quantity of cocaine.
- Sandles was arraigned Nov. 10 on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder plus armed robbery, drug, and weapons charges, and was charged as a fourth-offense habitual offender.
- A judge ordered him held without bond at the Macomb County Jail, with a probable cause conference set for Nov. 24 and a preliminary examination on Dec. 1.