Court doctor says Waterford murder linked to drug dealing; victim’s name – The Oakland Press

The man killed recently in Waterford Township — found fatally shot outside the MJR theater complex on M-59 — was a 28-year-old White Lake Township resident identified in court documents as Antonn Cecil Richard Thomas.

The murder allegedly involved a drug transaction that occurred “while conspiring to deliver a controlled substance or while executing or attempting to commit the delivery,” according to the filing.

Waterford Police Chief Scott Underwood declined to release the victim’s name, saying in an email to The Oakland Press last week that it was “not that unusual” and happened “fairly frequently” — but did not specify why. case.

The suspected killers, Mike Vladislav Kruglik, 24, of West Bloomfield, and Jesse Del Jordan Bradshaw, 26, of New Boston, are charged with first-degree felony murder. Felony murder is the killing of a person during the commission of a serious crime.

Kruglik and Bradshaw, who were denied bail at their Nov. 12 arraignment before 51st District Judge Richard Kuhn, are being held in the Oakland County Jail. They are scheduled to return to court Wednesday for a probable cause conference.

Thomas was found shot outside the MJR Waterford Cinema on November 7. As previously reported, a news release from the Waterford Police Department stated that a call came in to 911 “about a man who appeared to have a gunshot wound” around 11:30 p.m. in the theater parking lot at 7501 Highland Road. The man, who was shot in the upper chest, was treated at the scene by Waterford Regional Fire Department personnel and then transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Kruglik was arrested Nov. 8 after police executed a search warrant in West Bloomfield Township. Bradshaw was arrested later that day in New Boston, where the vehicle believed to be used in the murder was also located, police said.