A Benton Harbor man has pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence for his role in the robbery and theft of guns from the Dunham’s Sports store in Benton Township earlier this year.
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten says 33-year-old Darnell Bishop now faces up to life in prison.
Bishop was charged along with codefendant Dontrell Nance for the theft of 123 handguns from the Benton Harbor Dunham’s Sports in April. As part of his plea agreement, Bishop admitted that he and Nance kidnapped the Dunham’s manager from outside the manager’s home using a pistol, took him to a second location, and convinced the manager to provide the alarm code for Dunham’s. Bishop said he then went to the store and stole 123 pistols, which he carried away in two large coolers.
Police have since recovered all the firearms.
Nance previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 22.
The sentencing date or Bishop has been been announced.
