Update: Michigan man convicted of armed drug trafficking, attempted robbery in Knox Co.

A federal grand jury convicted a Flint, Michigan man recently for armed drug trafficking and attempted robbery in connection with a Knox County shooting, and he is facing up to life in prison when he is sentenced later this year.

After two hours of deliberation on July 25, following a five-day trial, the jury convicted Charles Ray Edwards, 39, on all seven counts, including: heroin trafficking, fentanyl trafficking, conspiracy to distribute both substances, felon in possession of a firearm, use of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking, and for his role in an attempted Hobbs Act robbery at a convenience store. His trafficking and robbery offenses involved three shooting victims, including the death of a bystander in the convenience store, according to a release by the United States Attorney’s Office.