SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 38-year-old Florida man has been arrested and charged in connection with the violent kidnapping of a Shelby Township man.
Police said a 24-year-old Shelby Township man was kidnapped by several armed, masked men in the parking lot of a Lifetime Fitness on Lakeside Boulevard on Oct. 23, 2023. The victim was found tied up in the back of a crashed pickup truck in Sterling Heights after a police chase.
Police said he had been tied up and forced into the back of his own black pickup truck. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said the suspects tortured the victim, drove to his house, and entered the home.
When Sterling Heights police arrived at the victim’s home, the suspects fled with the victim in the back of the truck. Police said the truck crashed near 15 Mile Road and Maple Lane. All four suspects fled on foot, but one was arrested immediately.
The first man to be charged is a 38-year-old man from Florida. He was charged with 12 felonies, including carjacking, armed robbery, torture, first-degree home invasion, unlawful imprisonment, felony firearm and more.
The second man to be charged was a 22-year-old man from Florida. He was charged with Carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, armed robbery, and more.
Renado Coleman, 38, is the third man to be charged. He was extradited to Michigan and arraigned on 12 charges.
Those charges include carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, felony firearm, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, felony firearm, torture, unlawful imprisonment, conspiracy to commit unlawful imprisonment, felony firearm, first-degree home invasion, and conspiracy to commit first-degree home invasion.
Coleman was arraigned in 41A Shelby Township District Court by Magistrate James VerPloeg. His bond was set at $5 million.
A probable cause hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29. The two other men are expected back in court for a hearing at 3 p.m. on Feb. 26.
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