Family Dollar Murder Suspect Waives Prelim in Sex Offender Registry Case

The 34-year-old man accused of killing two people who worked at a Dearborn Family Dollar store waived his right to a preliminary exam Wednesday in Detroit. 

Lavere Bryant was bound over from the 36th District Court by Judge Alicia Jones-Coleman to Wayne County Circuit Court for failure to report to Michigan's sex offender registry, according to Maria Miller of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. 

In 1999 Bryant pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct in which he served jail time and probation. Two years later, he was imprisoned on an assault charge that led to his transfer from Marquette to Ionia Correctional Facility in 2011, according to Channel 4.

The Ionia prison did not change his address, however, on the sex offender registry--which would have required him to report to a law enforcement agency after his release. Instead, he was mistakenly listed him as a prisoner at the time of the double homicide in Dearborn, the television station reported. 

Bryant is scheduled for a preliminary exam for the homicide examination Aug. 21 in the 19th District Court in Dearborn, Miller stated. 

He is accused of fatally shooting Brenna Machus and Joseph Orlando, both 20. He denied murdering them at his arraignment last month.