PI Assists in Case Where Man Charged For Allegedly Hitting, Dragging Man With Car

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Detroit man was arraigned at the 41-B
District Court on multiple charges, including manslaughter with a
vehicle after police said he hit a pedestrian with his car and dragged
his body nearly four miles.

Arthur Bishop Haynes Jr., 24, faces multiple charges including causing
an accident with a revoked or suspended license, manslaughter with a
vehicle and failure to stop at the scene of the accident that caused death.

Police said Haynes struck Joseph Candela, 53, of Harper Woods with his
car at Gratiot Avenue, near Metropolitan Parkway, in Clinton Township
Saturday morning and dragged him to a Fraser neighborhood near 13 Mile
and Kelly Roads.
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Police said Haynes was driving a Chevrolet Lumina, and fled the scene
of the accident.

Candela was dead when police arrived.

A tipster, who is also a private investigator, led police to arrest Haynes.
The unidentified tipster told Local 4 News that he followed a
suspicious-looking vehicle with a hole in the windshield to a Detroit
location and called the Michigan State Police.

The arraignment was an emotional scene on Monday as both the victim’s
and defendant’s families there.

“The family didn’t do anything. The young man made a mistake, but he
compounded it by leaving the scene of an accident. Somebody died­this
is serious,” said the victim’s brother Frank Candela.

Haynes entered a mute plea. When you stand mute, it means you concede
nothing, and it’s as if you entered a not guilty plea.

Haynes bond was set for $10,000 cash.

“He murdered somebody and carelessly drove away, and for
$10,000­that’s ridiculous,” said the victim’s brother Tony Candela.

Haynes could face up to 15 years in prison, if convicted.

The judge will set a preliminary examination date within the next two weeks.