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2 charged in alleged Craigslist ambush
Updated: October 12, 2015, 6:53 pm
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — Two men have been charged after police say they ambushed a father and son during a Craigslist transaction in Battle Creek earlier this week.
Christian Logan, 23, and Torry Pesche, 19, have been arraigned on armed robbery charges in connection to the incident.
Logan was arraigned in court Friday afternoon on two counts of armed robbery and one count of a felony firearm charge. Police said it’s alleged that Logan had a gun with him Tuesday evening.
Pesche faces the same two counts of armed robbery, but was arraigned from the hospital Thursday and remains in stable condition.
Police said 42-year-old Jon Vanderwiel and his father, 72-year-old Robert Vanderwiel, drove to Battle Creek’s Urbandale neighborhood Tuesday evening for a meeting to buy a classic car they saw on Craigslist.
When they arrived, police said the father and son were jumped by Logan, Pesche and a third individual.
Jon Vanderwiel has a concealed pistol license and shot Logan and Pesche, who both ran away, but were later arrested and hospitalized with serious injuries.
In a 911 call recording, a woman tells police that Pesche showed up to her house with a gunshot wound.
“We’ve got a guy here, says he’s been shot,” said the woman.
The dispatcher asked the woman for his name and the woman replied saying “Torry Pesche.”
Jon Vanderwiel spoke with 24 Hour News 8 Thursday saying he felt bad for shooting the suspects and didn’t expect anything like that to happen.
A third individual is being considered a person of interest, but has not been charged at this time.
2 charged in alleged Craigslist ambush
Updated: October 12, 2015, 6:53 pm
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — Two men have been charged after police say they ambushed a father and son during a Craigslist transaction in Battle Creek earlier this week.
Christian Logan, 23, and Torry Pesche, 19, have been arraigned on armed robbery charges in connection to the incident.
Logan was arraigned in court Friday afternoon on two counts of armed robbery and one count of a felony firearm charge. Police said it’s alleged that Logan had a gun with him Tuesday evening.
Pesche faces the same two counts of armed robbery, but was arraigned from the hospital Thursday and remains in stable condition.
Police said 42-year-old Jon Vanderwiel and his father, 72-year-old Robert Vanderwiel, drove to Battle Creek’s Urbandale neighborhood Tuesday evening for a meeting to buy a classic car they saw on Craigslist.
When they arrived, police said the father and son were jumped by Logan, Pesche and a third individual.
Jon Vanderwiel has a concealed pistol license and shot Logan and Pesche, who both ran away, but were later arrested and hospitalized with serious injuries.
In a 911 call recording, a woman tells police that Pesche showed up to her house with a gunshot wound.
“We’ve got a guy here, says he’s been shot,” said the woman.
The dispatcher asked the woman for his name and the woman replied saying “Torry Pesche.”
Jon Vanderwiel spoke with 24 Hour News 8 Thursday saying he felt bad for shooting the suspects
and didn’t expect anything like that to happen.A third individual is being considered a person of interest, but has not been charged at this time.
