BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Charges have been dropped against a 26-year-old man in connection with an alleged kidnapping and shooting incident on September 10.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reports Assistant Prosecutor Daniel Schwalm moved to dismiss all charges against Jatai Nicholas-Rafano Cummings after the alleged victim failed to appear for a preliminary examination.
The charges dismissed include assault with intent to murder.
No injuries were reported in the shooting incident.
Cummings was found by police three days after the incident hiding in the back of a cargo van in the area of Greenwood Avenue and Oneita Street during a traffic stop.
The arrest was a joint effort between Battle Creek Police and the Michigan Department of Corrections Absconder Unit.
