KETTERING — A man has been formally charged in connection to a violent armed robbery in Kettering.
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A Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted Bernard Schuler, 48, on the following charges on Tuesday:
- Two counts of aggravated robbery
- Two counts of felonious assault
- Two counts of abduction
- Two counts of kidnapping
- Two counts of theft
- One count of grand theft (motor vehicle)
- One count of having weapons under disability
- One count of disrupting public services
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As previously reported on News Center 7, Schuler is accused of robbing David Parenti in the 1700 block of West Stroop Road around 9:55 p.m. on Feb. 10.
Kettering police said Parenti was pistol-whipped “several times” before being tied up with duct tape and having their wallet, phone, and vehicle stolen.
Parenti told News Center 7 that he played dead in hopes that the attack would stop.
“I played dead. And he guessed it may be a good time for him to get away. So he left. I didn’t know, I struggled to get out unwrapped from all the tape and all the findings I had me under,” he said.
Parenti said at one point Schuler used duct tape on him.
“Sat on me, and began taping me up. I mean, duct tape across the mouth, the nose, my hands, my legs,” he recalled.
Schuler was arrested in Hamilton County but has since been transferred to Montgomery County.
He remains booked in Montgomery County Jail.
Schuler is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 27.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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