PONTIAC, MI — An Indiana man has been charged with killing a Pontiac resident 27 years ago.

Jack A. Young, 45, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, appeared before Oakland County District Magistrate Angelena Thomas-Scruggs for arraignment on single count of first-degree felony murder and felony firearm. A conviction of the former mandates a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, while a conviction of the latter mandates a minimum two-year sentence consecutive to any related stint.

Thomas-Scruggs set Young’s bond at $2 million cash-surety.

Law enforcement allege a then-18-year-old Young on April 30, 1998, was burglarizing a home on Corwin Street in Pontiac when he was surprised by the homeowner, 73-year-old Charles Barnett. Young shot Barnett then stole his vehicle and fled the sc

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