DETROIT – A Grosse Pointe man will spend decades behind bars for an armed robbery and assault that happened in November 2020 in Detroit.
Original Story: Suspect flees scene after robbing Detroit dollar store, sexually assaulting employees
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According to authorities, Antonio Lee Cotton entered a dollar store in Detroit, just south of Warren, on Nov. 30, 2020, produced a handgun, robbed and sexually assaulted two employees and fled from the scene.
He was arrested and charged with two counts of torture, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of armed robbery, 11 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, six counts of felonious assault, one count of felon in possession, and 24 counts of felony firearm.
On June 4, 2025, Cotton pleaded guilty to torture, kidnapping, armed robbery and felony firearm. He was sentenced Thursday, June 26, to 25-45 years in jail.
