Robbery suspects confess

By Kristen Beaumont

Daily Staff Reporter

Ann Arbor Police arrested four suspects this weekend in connection with a string of robberies that targeted businesses and pedestrians near Central Campus.

In a little more than a week, several seemingly connected robberies occurred within city limits. Police are charging Amber Visser, Casey Campbell and Michael Heard with eight counts of armed robbery and a fourth suspect, Kennith Grim, is charged with one count of armed robbery, said Blake Hatlem of the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.

The suspects, none of whom are University students, were all arrested at the home of two of the suspects Saturday following an armed robbery of the Amoco gas station at State Street and Eisenhower Parkway.

Visser, Campbell and Heard are all charged in connection with eight robberies including:

- Armed robbery of the Amoco station at State and Eisenhower.

- Jan. 3 armed robbery of two female University students in the 1200 block of Prospect Street.

- Jan. 3 armed robbery of the Silver Fox store on South State.

- Jan. 3 armed robbery of a 21-year-old Ann Arbor man on East University Avenue.

- Armed robbery of a Subway Sandwich Restaurant on South University Avenue.

- Armed robbery of an Ann Arbor woman on Pauline Boulevard.

Grim is charged in connection with the Jan. 3 armed robbery of the Silver Fox store.

The suspects have confessed to the charges and all four have been arraigned.

Each count of armed robbery carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, Hatlem said.

"We are throwing the book at the suspects," he said.