Two men accused of breaking into a Patton Way apartment and robbing the resident and another person there were charged in a superseding indictment.

A Warren County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Pherius Malik Wilhoite, 20, of Nashville, and Michael Lewis Thomas Jr., 20, of Bowling Green, on charges of first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery.

The original indictment against both men, which the grand jury returned in April, alleged that the robbery and burglary took place Sept. 1, but the superseding indictment places the incident as happening between Sept. 1 and Nov. 1.

Bowling Green police learned of the incident March 1 while investigating a separate assault at College Suites.

During the course of that investigation, police learned that a man had been robbed the previous year when he lived at the apartment complex.

Police contacted the man, who said he did not report the incident “because he did not want to be involved in the reporting process or become a target,” according to a BGPD incident report.

The man agreed to speak with Detective David Grimsley and said he was hanging out with another man at the apartment late last year when he received either a text or a phone call from Thomas stating that he was on his way to the apartment and another communication stating he was there.

The man heard a knock on the door and when he opened it, Thomas stepped inside.

“(The man) stated he then observed three black males come around the corner,” the report said. “(The man) stated two of the males had AK-47 rifles and the other man as well as (Thomas) had pistols.”

The intruders held both men against a wall at gunpoint and the first man was also dragged into the living room at gunpoint, he told police. The robbers took two safes of marijuana and about $400 in cash from the apartment, according to police records.

Police contacted the other man, who is described in the report as “slightly uncooperative.” He said that someone named “Big Mike” came to the apartment but denied knowing anything else about the incident and did not want to be involved in the investigation, according to the report.

The man later contacted police and asked if what he discussed with Grimsley was confidential, the report said.

Grimsley said he would complete a report and told the man he would like for him to cooperate with the prosecution process. The man responded that he would rather not be involved, and Grimsley was later advised by the Warren County commonwealth’s attorney’s office that the recorded interview with the man provided probable cause for apprehending a suspect, according to records.

Thomas was taken into custody March 4 and interviewed that day.

During the interview, Thomas admitted having a gun and going to the apartment.

“Thomas stated his gun was not loaded and advised there were only two black males,” Grimsley’s report said. “Thomas denied knowing much about one of the black males other than he was from Nashville. Thomas stated he only knew him as ‘Furb’ which was the name he used on Snapchat.”

Thomas told police the other man was Furb’s friend and that he did not know anything else about him. He also said Furb did not have a weapon and that the other person was carrying a rifle, according to police records.

Detectives reviewed Thomas’ phone and located a contact known as “Pherb,” who police determined was Wilhoite.

Officers attempted to make contact with Wilhoite but were not successful, according to the report.

On April 13, Grimsley contacted Thomas’ attorney, Dwight Burton, about information from Thomas about the incident.

After Burton agreed to the meeting the next day, he, Thomas and Grimsley met at BGPD headquarters for a recorded interview.

Over the course of the interview, Thomas was shown a photograph of Wilhoite and, after an initial denial, confirmed that the person was the same as the man he knew as “Furb” or “Pherb.”

“I asked Thomas if the Pherb that was present the day (the man) was robbed is the man in the picture and Thomas confirmed that,” Grimsley stated in his report.

Thomas provided a description of the other man involved in the incident, saying that he went by “Ron,” records show.

Thomas and Wilhoite are co-defendants with Dantoine Steen and Aron Strange, who are accused of taking part in multiple robberies, including a March 1 incident at College Suites that resulted in the shooting of 18-year-old Mario Lopez.

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