Plymouth Township Teen Wants New Trial In Plot To Kill Family

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MI – The Plymouth Township teen who pleaded guilty in a plot to kill her family has asked for a new trial, claiming ineffective counsel, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said. Roksana Gabriela Sikorski, 17, was 15 when she was accused of plotting with her boyfriend to kill four members of her family so the two could be together.

Sikorski was sentenced last March to 10 to 20 years in prison. In exchange for her February 2016 guilty plea to one count of assault with intent to commit murder, six other felony counts against her were dropped. As her boyfriend, Michael Angelo Rivera, then 23, texted instructions, Sikorski cut her brother’s neck with a knife, prosecutors said. He recovered from his injuries.

Rivera is serving life in prison after a jury convicted him four counts of conspiracy to commit murder, one count of assault with intent to commit murder and one count of felonious assault. He also was sentenced to 30 months to 15 years in prison for having sex with Sikorski, a minor.

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Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Maria Miller told The Plymouth Observer that Sikorski has asked for a new trial. She is expected to make her case before Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Hathaway on March 10.

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