‘Squatter’ pleads to drug charge

A Troy man described by police as a squatter was in Oakland County Circuit Court docket by way of Zoom on Monday, the place he pleaded responsible to a diminished drug cost.

Devin Bushue, 35, faces as much as one yr in jail on one rely of use of a managed substance. Prosecutors dismissed a cost of possession of a managed substance, methamphetamine/ecstasy, which carries a extra extreme penalty.

Bushue was arrested Jan. 4 after police discovered him and a Shelby Township girl, Miranda Laight, 37, sleeping within the basement of an condo constructing within the 100 block of South Lovington Drive in Troy. Officers found the 2 whereas responding to a trespassing criticism, and after waking them, noticed suspected methamphetamine and a used syringe close to the place that they had been sleeping, police stated.

After Bushue and Laight have been arrested, officers searched their belongings and reportedly discovered a small Ziploc bag containing methamphetamine in Bushue’s bag and a syringe containing heroin in Laight’s bag.

Bushue can be sentenced on March 2 by Choose David Cohen.

The case towards Laight remains to be on the district courtroom stage. An examination is scheduled for January 29.

Bushue and Laight are being held within the Oakland County Jail with bail set at $7,500 for Bushue and $5,000 for Laight. The bonds have a ten% provision, which means Bushue could be launched if he posts $750, and Laight could be launched if she posts $500.