Lansing resident and former iCab taxi driver Brandon McLittle enters the courtroom at Veteran's Memorial Courthouse on Wednesday, June 24 to hear his sentencing for his involvement in an armed robbery which took place Dec. 9, 2014 in East Lansing. Ryan Squanda/The State News
Lansing resident and former iCab taxi driver Brandon McLittle has been sentenced to no less than nine years and no more than 20 years in prison, the Ingham County Circuit Court ruled Wednesday morning.
McLittle previously plead guilty to armed robbery on May 27 for the role he played in the Dec. 9, 2014 kidnapping and assault of MSU student Hongda Jiang.
On that date, upon returning to East Lansing after taking Jiang on an elaborate shopping spree in December, two men then entered the vehicle in East Lansing and began beating Jiang and stealing various items such as his iPhone, his backpack and various items inside the backpack.
While McLittle said he did conspire for the two men to enter the vehicle and rob Jiang, he did not intend for such a gruesome beat down to take place. McLittle expressed remorse in court Wednesday for what occurred.
"I have no excuse for what I have done," McLittle said. "I'm very sorry."
In addition to this, in reference to information in regards to the other men involved in the assault, McLittle said he'd like to take full responsibility for what occurred and that the other men "had nothing to do with it."
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