New court hearing set in barricaded gunman incident at campground. A new court date has been set for a year-old Battle Creek man accused of threatening campers at the Welcome Woods campground in Carlton Township last month.
A conference had been scheduled for last week but was adjourned, court officials said. Leiter is charged with three counts of felonious assault and one count of reckless use of a weapon in connection with the May 16 incident at the campground on Welcome Road, north of the city of Hastings.
Michigan State Police received a report of a domestic dispute involving the suspect and his girlfriend. When troopers arrived, Leiter initially refused to exit the RV, and officers surrounded the vehicle.
Leiter had to be pushed towards the patrol vehicles. Leiter became more resistant and had to be brought down to the ground and held down. The girlfriend escaped without injury, and no one else was hurt in the incident. State honors sheriff's sergeant for heroism. Ware allowed the whole incident to end without any civilian or police officer casualties.
Police in the area were notified to keep a lookout for Riddle. Riddle was stopped by police as he was leaving the station. When police started to question Riddle, he grew agitated and sped off, heading north on M Police reports and testimony in court said Riddle reached speeds as high as mph. Police reported that Riddle pointed a shotgun out the window at pursuing officers throughout the chase.
