8/20/14 - One of three armed home invasion suspects charged after an incident in Oceola Township is headed to trial. 18-year-old Cody James DeBruyn was bound over to Livingston County Circuit Court on 26 criminal charges including 1st degree home invasion, unlawful imprisonment, larceny in a building and various felony weapons charges. Debruyn remains held on a $2 (m) million bond. Two other suspects, 39-year-old Ronald Johnny-Wayne Morrell and 28-year-old Richard Quam, face similar charges. Authorities say the three were armed with handguns when they stormed a home on Hughes Road last June and confronted the owner, which led to a physical confrontation and a shot being fired from one of the intruderâs weapons, although no injuries resulted. One of seven other people in the residence at the time of the attack was kicked in the mouth and lost some teeth. A judge determined there was enough evidence to bind over DeBruyn for trial during a recent hearing, where more information about the motive was also revealed. Testimony from Livingston County Sheriffâs Detective Gary Childers about his interview with DeBruyn indicated the three defendants were at a cookout in Grand Rapids where Quam and Morrell were discussing $50,000 needed to start a business. DeBruyn allegedly started throwing out names of people they could rob including the local victim, at which point Quam and Morrell were said to have immediately started gearing up, putting on camouflage and arming themselves with guns and knives before driving to the victimâs home with Morrellâs wife and children. (JM)
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