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attorney tried to break into a fellow attorney's home

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2026/02/27/dearborn-heights-attorney-gets-prison-for-attempted-home-invasion/88882875007/?tbref=hp

Ex-Dearborn Heights attorney had duct tape, gag, rope during attempted home invasion
Portrait of Kara BergKara Berg
The Detroit News
Feb. 27, 2026, 9:37 a.m. ET

Pontiac — A former Dearborn Heights attorney who tried to break into a fellow attorney's home with a gun, three different types of rope, duct tape, condoms, a
Michael Myers mask and a gag was sentenced this week to at least three years in prison.

Levi Smith, 36, was found in June 2024 lurking outside the home of an attorney in Royal Oak who he had worked with five years prior and had not seen or spoken
to in a year, Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Andrea Ajlouni wrote in a motion to increase bond.

Smith tried the doorknob several times, then hid behind the chimney, Ajlouni wrote. Once the woman's alarm turned on, he left.

Royal Oak police arrested Levi Trahern Smith, 34, outside a woman's home as he was allegedly trying to break in with a backpack full of weapons, the Oakland
County Prosecutor's Office announced in a press release.
Police used the woman's video security system to identify Smith and arrested him. He was found with a loaded .45 pistol with a round in the chamber, two
hammers, two pairs of gloves, a crowbar, condoms, mechanics gloves, three different types of rope, handcuffs, a Michael Myers mask, a beanie, a headlamp
flashlight, a shovel, a knife, wire cutters, yellow cleaning gloves, duct tape and a mouth gag, Ajlouni wrote.

He had a list of six women, including the victim, at his home, Ajlouni wrote.

Smith was sentenced Thursday to three to five years in prison for attempted first-degree home invasion and two consecutive years for felony firearm.

Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Jacob Cunningham said this has been extremely traumatizing for the victim.

Cunningham gave Smith a sentence above the guidelines, which at its lowest called for no prison or jail time, because he said he does not believe the guidelines
account for the facts of the case.

"Specifically concerning to this court was that there was a list of names, with the victim's name," Cunningham said. "Probation doesn't meet the needs in this
case."

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Cunningham and John Freeman, Smith's attorney, said Smith has issues with his mental health. He said Smith has always planned to take responsibility for his
conduct in this case and he wrote a letter of apology.

"Please do not give up on Mr. Smith," Freeman wrote in a pre-sentencing memorandum. "Please ensure he receives monitored and structured mental health
treatment."

Smith's law license is currently suspended, but he does not have any listed discipline under the Attorney Discipline Board.

kberg@detroitnews.com

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