Flint Rapper Cliff Mac Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot

A Flint rapper has been charged with hiring a man to murder a Sterling Heights woman for $10,000 in cash. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan said  A federal grand jury issued a superseding indictment charging Clifton E. Terry, III, a.k.a. “Cliff Mac,” 31, of Flint with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury, murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury, and using a firearm
during and in relation to a crime of violence. The shooting was captured on home security camera and the victim survived, although she was shot multiple times.

The grand jury had previously indicted defendant Andre D. Sims, 25, of Grand Rapids, on March 16, 2022, for his role in the murder-for-hire plot with Terry. Terry is also charged with first degree murder in a separate case in Genesee County Circuit Court for his alleged role in the August 17, 2021, killing of Devaroe Davis.

Terry faces a maximum of twenty years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on the charges of conspiring to commit murder-for-hire and for committing murder-for-hire resulting in personal injury. For the charge of aiding and abetting the use and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, Terry faces a mandatory minimum of ten years in prison and a maximum of life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.