COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Two suspects from Coldwater were formally charged during an arraignment in Branch County District Court on Wednesday in connection with the breaking and entering of a home in the 1000 block of State Line Road in California Township.
50-year-old Ricky Dale Cox II and 47-year-old Robin Lee Stenger have both been charged with Breaking and Entering with intent and possession of methamphetamine. Prosecutors also filed a fourth time habitual offender sentencing enhancer against Cox.
Stenger was also charged with absconding from bond after she failed to appear for a District Court hearing in another methamphetamine case on April 8, 2024.
Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of both defendants during their arraignments. Probable cause hearings were scheduled for July 16 with preliminary exams set for July 23.
State Police say a third suspect remains at large and that a considerable amount of the stolen property has been recovered from the Monday break in.
Cox and Stenger were arrested on Tuesday after they were found living out of a camper in the area of Willowbrook Road and White Drive in Coldwater.
State Police say drug use is a suspected factor in the break in and the matter is still under investigation.
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