5/2/13 - The Brighton-area man charged in connection with two robberies has rejected a plea deal in one of the cases against him. 34-year-old David Rentsch is accused of robbing the 7-11 store at Grand River and Pleasant Valley Road in Green Oak Township on March 15th, then robbing the BP gas station on Grand River in Brighton three days later. He was offered a plea deal in the BP robbery case at a pretrial hearing on April 19th, but rejected it. A settlement conference in that case is scheduled for May 10th and trial will begin on the 13th is a plea agreement cannot be reached. An exam conference was scheduled yesterday in the 7-11 robbery case. In both instances, police allege that Rentsch would walk in, display a handgun, demand money and then flee after receiving an undetermined amount of cash. He was originally taken into custody after the BP robbery, when police spotted him near the BECC building. (TD)
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