BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — A Battle Creek man charged with murder took the victim’s ATM card and van and sent a text stating, “I did it,” court records show.
Monteko Brown, 34, was arraigned Tuesday on a count of open murder as third-time offender, the Calhoun County prosecutor confirmed to News 8. The charges stem from the death of John Bruggeman, court records show.
The documents show Bruggeman picked Brown up in his white van at Claude Evans Park at N. Washington Avenue at Parkway Drive in Battle Creek on the evening of Aug. 25.
The documents say police took a cellphone from Brown that had an audio recording on it in which Bruggeman told Brown he had more than $109,000 in his bank account…