COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Kinderhook Township man was sent to the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered guilty pleas to three charges in connection with the air rifle shooting of a woman on October 12, 2022.
50-year-old Richard Stolte was ordered to serve a total of five to 12 years after he admitted his guilt on January 30, 2023 to charges of Assault with Intent to Do Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder, Felony Firearm and Possession of a Controlled Substance.
The felony firearm charge carries a sentence of two years. The other two charges will carry a total consecutive sentence of three to 10 years.
In exchange for his guilty pleas, prosecutors dismissed charges of possession of a weapon by a felon, possession of ammunition by a felon and third offense domestic violence.
Prosecutors said at the time that a woman suffered significant injuries after being shot with pellets from an air rifle twice during a domestic dispute.
The woman was later taken to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo where doctors determined that her heart was pierced in multiple places which caused her lungs to fill up with blood.
Stolte was charged by Branch County Prosecutors following a Michigan State Police investigation.
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