Three men sentenced in fairground robbery

Circuit Court Judge Paul Stutesman last week sentenced three men involved in the robbery of two vendors in 2014 at the St. Joseph County fairgrounds.
Samuel Davis, 28, of Toledo, Ohio, was sentenced to 16 to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of armed robbery.
John Earl Gregory, 35, of Toledo, was sentenced to 14 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery.
Corderrius Cook, 28, of Holland, Ohio, will spend eight-and-a-half to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery.
The incident occurred Sept. 23, when four men robbed two vendors at gunpoint. They tied up the vendors and left the scene with about $10,000. A short time later, a red SUV in which the men were riding was stopped by a St. Joseph County Sheriff’s deputy on M-66, just south of the M-86 junction. Deputies recovered three handguns and the stolen money.
In February, the first defendant to appear before Stutesman in the case was Robert William Howe, 56, of Toledo. He was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery.