Authorities ID 3 WMU robbery suspects

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) - Three people have been charged in three armed robberies on or near Western Michigan University's campus.

Charged in the Dec. 7 robberies on campus and at a West KL Avenue 7-Eleven are Antoine Bernard Cantrell, 19; Ryan Donnell Hattaway, 20; and Jocelyn LaShawn Walker, 18.

They were each arraigned Thursday on three counts of armed robbery.

According to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office, all three hail from the east side of the state but are now West Michigan college students. Walker attends WMU. Hattaway and Cantrell attend Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

The three were among four people arrested Dec. 10 after they allegedly snatched a woman's purse at the Walmart on Ninth Street in Oshtemo Township and then crashed their getaway vehicle near KL Avenue.

After their arrest, deputies noted their similarity to suspect descriptions in the Dec. 7 robberies. After being interviewed by WMU Public Safety and Sheriff's detectives, the three admitted they had been involved in the campus-area robberies, according to the sheriff's department.

Walker is being held on $5,000 bond. Hattaway and Cantrell are each being held on $150,000 bond.

They remain under investigation as authorities look into other similar crimes in the area.