DETROIT — For Armani Kelly, 2023 was shaping up to be a major year.
Months after his release from prison on an armed robbery charge, the 27-year-old Oscoda resident was working, taking college classes, laboriously pursuing rap music and planning a wedding.
"He really turned his life around," said his fiancée, Taylor Perrin, who has known him since they were teens growing up in Lansing.