Westland man pleads guilty to role in garden store robbery [Video]

(WWJ) – A Westland man pleaded guilty after being charged with the robbery of an Albion garden store, according to authorities.

On Friday it was announced that 27-year-old Andrew Curtis Williams pleaded guilty for his role in an armed robbery at Albion Hydroponics in February 2020, a press release from U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Tottens’ Office said.

“This crime was brazen and incredibly dangerous,” Totten said. “No business owner or employee should fear violence at work. Accountability for these crimes will be swift and serious.”

Authorities say that Williams pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm while committing the robbery as well as a separate offense of conspiring to rob the location.

Williams was at the store while his co-defendant, 28-year-old Kyle Lynn Carson, of Jackson, “used a firearm to strike the victim of the robbery with a gun,” the press release said. Carson has also …