Court Watching: Kial Smith bound over to circuit court for allegedly stabbing uncle

Kial John-Glen Smith, 20, of Wayne, waived his preliminary exam on April 5 before 34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green.
He was scheduled to appear on April 19 for his arraignment on the information at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, but his retained attorney Ronald L. Marsh indicated he had a conflict that day and would change the date by contacting circuit court.
Smith posted his $500,000/10% bond. He is charged with one count of assault with intent to commit murder, which could bring life in prison, and one count of assault with intent to do bodily harm less than murder, which could bring ten years in prison, if convicted.
Judge Green continued his bond and ordered him to have no contact with the victim, who is his uncle.
Van Buren Township Officer Mike Long is the officer in charge of the case.
VBT Public Safety Director Greg Laurain said it all started on Saturday, Jan. 21, at about 11:40 p.m., when police and fire officers were called to a home in the 9900 block of Hamilton Street in Haggerty Subdivision on the report of a stabbing.
Officers found a 36-year-old male who was suffering from stab wounds to his chest and arm. The victim told police his nephew stabbed him after a verbal altercation earlier that evening at a home on Zachary Street.
Director Laurain said officers went to a home in the 42000 block of Zachary and observed blood on the outer front door and door handle of the residence. They located the Smith, the victim’s nephew, within.
The victim was transported to the hospital.