Newly filed charges allege the July assault of a local business owner was the result of a weekslong scheme that was at least partially coordinated from a state prison.
VIRGINIA â Two men made court appearances on Monday in connection to a shooting at a screen printing shop in Babbitt in July.
Dylan Thomas Peterson, 29, of Grand Rapids, attended his omnibus hearing in the Sixth District Court in Virginia. He has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault. Prosecutors said he was scheduled for hearings for Oct. 18.
Meantime, Joel Earl Vandervest, 38, of Babbitt, went to his initial appearance hearing in the court. He has been charged with three felony charges, including second-degree assault, intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety and reckless discharge of a firearm within a municipality. Prosecutors said he was scheduled for hearings on Aug. 16.
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Keith Vandervort
VIRGINIA An ice pick or similar object was allegedly used in a July 10 attack in Babbitt in which a business owner was stabbed multiple times in the stomach and legs, according to court documents filed last week in St. Louis County District Court.
The suspect, Dylan Thomas Peterson, 29, of Grand Rapids, was charged last Wednesday with three felonies, according to the criminal complaint. He was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault.
The victim, the 53-year-old owner of the NE Time NE Wear screen-printing store in Babbitt, was allegedly stabbed multiple times, court documents say. An online fundraising effort identified the stabbing victim as Leah Marie Bodas. She is reportedly recovering from serious injuries that are not life-threatening.
VIRGINIA â Suspect Dylan Thomas Peterson of Grand Rapids allegedly used an ice-pick type object to stab a screen printing shop owner multiple times in the leg and stomach Saturday in Babbitt, court records say.
Peterson, 29, was charged Wednesday with three felonies for the incident Saturday night, according to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday in St. Louis County District Court. The felony charges include two counts of second-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault for entering the NE Time NE Wear store and allegedly stabbing the owner multiple times, court documents say.
A 38-year-old Babbitt man, who was working in the store at the time, was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly shooting at Peterson after the stabbing incident was reported Saturday around 7:45 p.m., according to criminal complaints filed in the matter. The man, Joel Earl Vandervest, now faces three felony charges including second-degree assault, intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers
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