The man police say intentionally struck and killed a firefighter who was collecting donations for charity pleaded guilty Thursday as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Grant Taylor, 24, of Lansing, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to second-degree murder and other charges in a plea deal in the death of firefighter Dennis Rodeman.
The deal sets his minimum sentence at 30 years in prison. There is no maximum.
He had been charged with murder and several other charges and faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of first-degree murder at trial.
After the plea hearing, Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor John Dewane said that on Aug. 16 he and Prosecuting Attorney Carol Siemon met with the Rodeman family about the potential plea agreement.