The two suspects were identified by Springfield police as Elijah Amere Cuffie, 19, of Columbus, and Davon Lashon Hunt, 21, of Springfield.
Credit: Bill Lackey
Credit: Bill Lackey
Both men pleaded not guilty to aggravated robbery charges in the same case, according to court records. Cuffie was given a $75,000 bond in the case, along with an additional $80,000 on unrelated charges. Hunt’s bond was set at $150,000.
Officers were dispatched just before midnight on Tuesday to the 700 block of Villa Road in reference to an aggravated robbery, according to an affidavit filed in the case.
Credit: Bill Lackey
Credit: Bill Lackey
The victim told police he just got home from his business when someone knocked on his apartment door. He said when he opened the door, a man grabbed him.
“A male grabbed him and forced him down the stairs to his vehicle where another male was waiting. They then rummaged through his vehicle and kept asking, ‘where is the store money?’ The two males then forced the victim back up to his apartment, and one of them then struck the victim in the head with a firearm,” the affidavit stated.
According to the affidavit, the two men, identified as Cuffie and Hunt, then went through the victim’s belongings and took $3,000, several keys, three rings and an iPhone.
A short time later, the U.S. Marshal Task Force served a warrant at a Fairborn residence where they found Cuffie and Hunt after the renter of the apartment gave them consent to search, the affidavit stated. Detectives also found items related to the aggravated robbery that took place on Villa Road.
Cuffie and Hunt were then arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, along with other unrelated warrants.
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