3 charged in connection with shooting of businessman outside his home

• One man was charged in October after businessman Eddie Jawad was shot on October 14; the opposite two suspects had been charged on November 3.
• Jawad was injured within the taking pictures, which occurred as he pulled out of the driveway of his Macomb Township dwelling.
• All three suspects are being held within the Macomb County Jail.

Allegations of embezzlement by an employer after which a plot to silence him in an effort to forestall him from pursuing the case have landed three folks in jail following the tried homicide of a Macomb Township businessman and fuel station proprietor.

Daybreak Huffman, who labored for businessman Eddie Jawad for greater than 20 years, her husband and his brother are charged in a plot that Macomb County prosecutors say almost killed Jawad outdoors his luxurious dwelling final month.

Huffman, workplace supervisor for Jawad’s agency, who labored for Jawad Investments for greater than 22 years; her husband, Rachard Huffman, who labored for the corporate from August 2023 to August 2025, and his brother, Jasan Martin, are all charged.

The District Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch that Daybreak Huffman used a bank card meant to pay DTE payments for a number of Jawad Funding properties. She is accused of utilizing the cardboard to embezzle greater than $100,000; and Rachard Huffman and Martin are accused of conspiring to silence Jawad to forestall him from pursuing the case.

Jawad was shot days later, on October 14, after he backed out of his storage and into his driveway. The taking pictures was captured on surveillance footage. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham mentioned Jawad was grazed on his proper leg and a bullet struck his left leg however didn’t penetrate, and he suffered accidents from damaged glass.

Prosecutors mentioned Martin entered Jawad’s property, a gated dwelling on 24 Mile Street close to Wellington Valley Drive, and hid underneath a automobile parked within the driveway. As Jawad drove, Martin got here out of hiding and fired seven photographs as Jawad drove by.

Wickersham beforehand mentioned brake mud on the wheel properly, stains and fowl droppings on a Ford Escape SUV believed to have been used within the incident led to the arrest of Martin, who was on parole in Ohio.

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Prosecutor Peter Lucido mentioned in his press launch this week that conspiracy to commit homicide “ranks among the many most evil and reprehensible of all crimes. It represents not solely a willingness to take an harmless life, but additionally a deliberate and premeditated plan to take action.”

Martin, 32, of Eastpointe, was beforehand charged with a half-dozen misdemeanors, however was charged Nov. 3 with a further misdemeanor — conspiracy to commit first-degree homicide. He’s being held within the county jail on a $1 million bond.

Rachard Huffman, 39, of Sterling Heights, is charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree homicide and conspiracy to commit embezzlement – agent or trustee of $1,000 or extra however lower than $20,000. He’s additionally being held within the county lockup on a $1 million bond.

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Daybreak Huffman, 44, of Sterling Heights, is charged with embezzlement of $100,000 or extra and conspiracy to commit embezzlement – agent or trustee of $1,000 or extra however lower than $20,000. She is being held within the county jail on a $500,000 bond.

If both Huffman posts bond, they are going to be required to put on a GPS tether and haven’t any contact with the opposite co-defendants. Preliminary exams for the trio will happen Nov. 24 within the 41A District Court docket in Shelby Township. Not responsible pleas had been entered in all three circumstances.

Messages had been left for Martin’s legal professional, who had no touch upon the unique six costs after Martin’s arraignment, and for Rachard Huffman’s legal professional. Daybreak Huffman will retain counsel, however no legal professional was registered for her in district court docket as of Nov. 5.

Contact Christina Corridor: chall@freepress.com. Comply with her on X: @challreporter.

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