Michigan prison inmate charged with solicitation of murder

COLDWATER, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan prison inmate has been charged with solicitation of murder after authorities say he tried to arrange the slaying of an ex-girlfriend.

The office of Attorney General Bill Schuette says 28-year-old Michael Christopher Still of St. Clair County is facing the charge in Branch County. The charge was filed Wednesday and the District Court says Thursday that Still doesn't yet have a lawyer on record.

Schuette's office says officials at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Branch County in April intercepted a letter that was returned to Still as undeliverable. In the letter, they say Still attempted to solicit a former prison inmate to kill Still's ex-girlfriend.

Still, who was imprisoned for robbery, is being held at Ionia Correctional Facility. Branch County prosecutors asked Schuette's office to handle the case.