Two people have been arrested on preliminary charges of robbery after they were accused a beating a robbing a local resident after dragging the victim into a local residence.
Columbus police saw a vehicle associated with the Thursday night robbery at about 10 p.m. Thursday traveling on Marr Road, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
When officers attempted to stop the vehicle near 30th Street and Marr, one of the vehicle’s doors opened and a person fled from the vehicle, Harris said.
The remaining occupants, Perry K. Davis, 22, Columbus, and Willowdale A. Bennett, 38, Columbus, were taken into custody, Harris said. Each was arrested on preliminary charges of robbery, criminal confinement, battery with bodily injury and theft, Harris said.
Both are being held without bond in the Bartholomew County Jail while an investigation into the incident continues.
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