A Detroit teen will be charged as an adult to face allegations he carjacked an animal rescue worker from Macomb County, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Prosecutors have charged Dwayne Noah Alexander-Perdue, 17, with armed robbery and other crimes. He is scheduled to be arraigned today in 36th District Court.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy noted how the victim’s intentions in saving a dog were in contrast to those of the defendant.

“The victim in this case was providing an all too necessary service that is sorely needed in the City of Detroit,” Worthy said in a news release. “The defendant’s alleged actions in this case were the opposite of altruistic — they were predatory, violent, unacceptable, and criminal.”

Police and prosecutors say the incident took place about 3:30 p.m. May 7 when the 47-year-old woman from Warren was trying to feed dogs in the backyard of a home on the 17400 block of Charest, near Conant and Nevada Avenue on the city’s east side.

That’s when the woman was confronted by a gunman, who robbed her of her car keys, prosecutors said. The attacker fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle, authorities said.

Alexander-Perdue was arrested later that day following an investigation by the Detroit Police Department.

In addition to armed robbery, Alexander-Perdue is charged with carjacking, unlawfully driving away an automobile, receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle, resisting and obstructing a police officer, carrying a concealed weapon, and three counts of felony firearm.

A spokesperson for the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said the police report didn’t name the dog rescue organization the victim worked for.