Man caught with gun while trying to sell stolen go-kart in Detroit, police say

Derick Hutchinson, Digital Executive Producer

DETROIT – A man was caught with a gun when he drove a stolen go-kart to a Detroit gas station to sell it back to its original owner, officials said.

Donald Wayne Cummings is named in a criminal complaint that was filed July 26, 2024.

Detroit police said they learned July 18, 2024, that a go-kart had been stolen from a Family Dollar store.

The original owner said an advertisement for the go-kart was posted on Facebook Marketplace by Cummings.

The owner arranged to meet Cummings on July 25 at a Citgo gas station on Wyoming Avenue in Detroit to buy the go-kart for about $2,000.

Detroit police coordinated with the owner and watched the gas station during the meeting.

Cummings showed up in a stolen white van, police said. He tried to convince the other man to pick up the stolen go-kart at his house, but the man refused to travel with Cummings.

Officials said Cummings left the gas station and returned driving the go-kart. When he got out, Detroit officers tried to take him into custody.

Cummings ran toward the back of the gas station and threw a black handgun and holster behind him before jumping over a fence, according to the criminal complaint.

He ran toward a house on Esper Street and jumped over a second fence to get to the backyard, police said.

Officers told Cummings to get on the ground, and he complied.

When police picked up the handgun, they identified it as a .40-caliber Glock 23. It was loaded, they said.

Cummings was sentenced to 24 months in prison in 2023 for a gun charge. He is currently on federal supervised release and is not allowed to have a gun.

The criminal complaint concludes Cummings knowingly possessed a gun while he wasn’t allowed to do so.

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