MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025 

PONTIAC, Mich. - A jury in Oakland County Court Friday found Malik Smith, a 21-year-old resident of Farmington Hills, guilty of Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm for a March 1, 2024, attack on an 8-year-old victim inside a YMCA locker room.

According to testimony, Smith and the victim exchanged words inside the locker room. A witness saw Smith slam the victim's head against a counter before the witness intervened.

"The victim was left unconscious and bleeding, and he had to be hospitalized after this assault," said Prosecutor McDonald. "When we first brought charges, I said this was a vicious, senseless attack and clearly the judge agreed after looking at the evidence. Their verdict will hopefully provide the victim a measure of justice."

Assault with intent to do Great Bodily Harm is punishable by up to ten years in prison.

Smith is scheduled to be sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court on May 20.

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