COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A suspect in the armed robbery of the Meijer gas station at 610 East Chicago in Coldwater on August 17, 2022 was arraigned on Friday in Branch County District Court.
35-year-old Robert Ernest Geiger of Saginaw has been charged with armed robbery and felony firearm. Branch County prosecutors have also filed a habitual offender sentencing enhancer after Geiger was convicted of larceny in 2013.
According to Branch County court documents, Geiger allegedly got away on foot with $400 after he brandished a black handgun and demanded money from the cashiers. The employees were not injured.
He matched the description of the suspect involved in two other armed robberies that had taken place around the same time at the BP Gas Station on M-60 in Tekonsha and in Jackson County.
The Coldwater and Tekonsha robberies took place within a couple of hours of each other. Geiger was arrested while he was an inmate at the Saginaw County Jail.
Bond was set at $50,000 and not guilty pleas were entered on Geiger’s behalf. A probable cause hearing was scheduled for September 9 with a preliminary exam set for September 15.
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